Prepare for these! 12 job interview questions for the job-seeking admin
Have your answers ready before your next interview.
The Heart Card grace
Each Heart Card sparks connection and spontaneously opens our hearts.
The art of procedural writing
Whether it’s being tasked with updating the employee manual, or you’re trying to prepare your colleagues to handle your desk during a planned absence, or you’re leaving a list for your pet sitter, at some point most of us have to prepare written instructions. Authors Jane Curry and Diana Young share specific tips.
Preserve your brain’s health
Recently on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” guest Professor James Goodwin talked about brain health. Host A. Martinez mentioned that his father was convinced that doing a crossword puzzle in pen, every day, would keep his mind sharp.
Add copywriting to your skills list
Here’s a structured guide to the information you should gather and the questions to ask to best equip yourself before giving it a shot.
1-Minute Strategies: March ’22
Inspire confidence with questions … Hold, please … Try this homemade ink remover … The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., has a lot of shelving. Like, a lot …Where did J.K. come from? … One of Dracula’s biggest fans is gone
Time for that annual clique check!
We all have a group at work that we feel more comfortable around and share thoughts with more freely—but has yours become a mistrustful or exclusionary clique? Ask yourself today whether others may see you as inseparable from your close comrades at work, too likely to share the same opinions, biases and insular habits. And […]
Avoid a role in the ‘drama triangle’
We’re all players in the drama triangle occasionally. Where the problem lies is when you get stuck in it and can’t move on.
The lowdown on finance and accounting
Unless you understand how your company’s numbers come about, you’re not truly a fully educated employee.
PowerPoint: No more font conversions
Do you use specific fonts for branding? After others contribute to the presentation, do you notice that your custom fonts have been converted back to standard ones? Here’s how to solve this problem.