Corporate Metrics: How your performance is assessed and why it’s important to demonstrate your value
Some companies don’t emphasize metrics. I didn’t know this until I actually worked for a business where they didn’t really assess your yearly performance. Every other company I have worked for has assigned me metrics. By metrics, I mean the criteria that will be used to assess your achievements for the year. It varies for [...]
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»Meeting etiquette: exhibiting the right behavior in a public setting
At some point and time in your corporate career, you will attend a meeting. This is a mandatory requirement, and I don’t know a single person who works for a business that has not attended a meeting. What follows are my tips and guidelines to help you avoid a public disaster. Whether you’re a seasoned [...]
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»Why good grades don’t translate into a lucrative career
Let me begin by saying that I know that many people don’t define success by the amount of money they make. Heck, I’m one of these people. Still, having millions in disposable income wouldn’t be a bad thing, right? When I was younger, I was told to make good grades so that I could be [...]
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»Corporate Stereotypes: You probably know or work with one of these
Please note, I have used the male pronoun to describe these sterotypes. It just makes it easier to type up. Females definitely fall into these stereotypes too. After all, it’s an Equal Opportunity world.
The Long Hours Guy
The dude just can’t find time to go home. He has too much to do and too little time. [...]
Job hopping in Corporate America and the implications of being a “Lifer”
When I first started working for a company, my goals was to move up the ladder and become a “Lifer,” in other words, work for the same company my entire career. I felt like people left companies because of their own incompetence. Now that I’m a little older and wiser, I know that this just [...]
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