Stop Doing Low-Value Work
Harvard Business Review · 3 minIt’s actually a matter of professional life or death to get rid of your low-value work—tasks that mean little or nothing to customers or colleagues.
It’s actually a matter of professional life or death to get rid of your low-value work—tasks that mean little or nothing to customers or colleagues.
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing many of us to work from home. There’s plenty to learn from the people who’ve always worked in isolation.
Letters of recommendation have grown supersized and one-sided in their praise. How can a reviewer find out who’s really good?
Thanks to the work of psychologists and neuroscientists using MRIs, EEGs, PETs and other tools, we can observe in never-before-seen detail what entices readers to read and listeners to listen.
Whether you’re just looking to punch up your tweets or have ambitions to write the Great American Novel, we’ve got you covered.
Smart employers will need to balance the needs of both those employees who have been more productive and satisfied at home and those who are miserable there.
It takes a lot more than an impressive resume to land a job at Amazon. Even in its early years, when the online retailer had just 2,100 employees, founder and CEO Jeff Bezos was fastidious about hiring the strongest employees possible.
Timnit Gebru, one of the few Black women in her field, had voiced exasperation over the company’s response to efforts to increase minority hiring. Timnit Gebru, who was a co-leader of Google’s Ethical A.I.
With breathing techniques, it is possible to gain some mastery over your mind.
I recently saw this tweet asking people about their career's most expensive mistake. The most common one was people staying too long at their jobs and not switching sooner. I've seen people make this mistake over and over. Hell, I've made this mistake myself. Change can be scary.
Job interviews are not a one-way street. You, the job seeker, are interviewing the company just as much as the company is interviewing you. The answer you receive will lead to important insights that, should you get an offer, will play a major role in your decision to take the job.
Career changes are some of the biggest moves we will ever make, but they don’t have to be daunting. Using mental models to make decisions we determine where we want to go and how to get there. The result is a change that aligns with the person we are, as well as the person we want to be.
Especially in service industries, old jobs may not be coming back. Training programs are aiming to provide skills for more resilient occupations.
Celeste Joy Diaz, a former recruiting manager for university programs at Amazon, said there is one big thing that can irk recruiters during the application process: namedropping your place of employment, without explaining what you did there.
During job interviews, candidates spend too much time trying to understand the specific responsibilities of a position, instead of what it will be like to work for the direct supervisor.
Smart employers recognize the value of emotional intelligence in the workplace. In a survey of more than 2,600 hiring managers and HR professionals, HR company CareerBuilder found that: Emotionally intelligent employees are invaluable because they help build chemistry.
At Farmington Central Junior High in rural Illinois, classes still start at 8 a.m. But that’s about the only part of the school day that has not changed for Caitlyn Clayton, an eighth-grade English teacher tirelessly toggling between in-person and remote students.
Microsoft has apologised for enabling a feature, “productivity score”, which critics said was tantamount to workplace surveillance.
Cloud computing giant Salesforce is acquiring workplace chat app Slack, the two companies announced on Tuesday.
My dad was in the military. I can’t count the number of times he said these words to me when I was a kid. Regardless of the warnings, like a lot of people, I still spend an extreme amount of time in my head either ruminating over past decisions or worrying about future ones.
A smart pair of pants, colorful or patterned blouses, blazers, skirts, dresses, heeled boots and designer sneakers were all part of her wardrobe, which she used to express her personality and keep up with her stylish ad world colleagues.
If you’ve applied for several positions, chances are you have been asked to complete a cover letter with your resume. I have previously written an article about what you should include in your cover letter, but this post will help you take your cover letter to the next level.
Your resume is always imperative for standing out and securing interviews (and ultimately your dream job). Today, with unemployment rates soaring thanks to COVID-19, having a polished, well-presented resume is all the more crucial.