Is Your Review the Best Time to Ask for a Raise?
Your annual performance review is approaching. Reviews can bring up a lot of different feelings and thoughts for each of us. For some reviews are exciting, but for the majority, they bring up a bit of stress and fear due to the uncertainty and because many use review time to ask for an increase.
What’s right for you? Understanding the role of Mentors, Sponsors, Career Counselors, & Career Coaches
Many people have heard of mentors, sponsors, career counselors, and career coaches, but what is the difference, and how can they help you achieve your career goals?
How to negotiate an increased salary during a career change?
If you’re thinking about changing careers and you want to ensure you maximize your salary and future earnings by negotiating effectively, then this is going to be a helpful guide for you.
How to Negotiate Your Salary When Getting A Promotion
Have you ever let an opportunity for a compensation increase with your promotion pass you by? Perhaps you were afraid you might look ungrateful or were so happy to be recognized that you didn’t think about it at the moment, or maybe you didn’t know how to approach the negotiation. Negotiating the salary you deserve […]
The One Thing That Determines Workplace Advancement
Workplace advancement sometimes seems complicated. After all, there are many factors that impact getting a promotion. But ultimately, career advancement depends on one thing: how you frame yourself as capable and ready for your ideal role. Here’s how to do it.
7 Obstacles That Limit Your Negotiation Skills and How to Overcome Them
Should you negotiate? Upon college graduation, I had multiple job offers. All of which I failed to negotiate. I wasn’t afraid. I didn’t realize that I should or needed to maximize my earning potential until I was hired and quickly learned that others in my role made more than me and with lesser skill. My […]
How Your Career Advancement is Influenced by Your Physical Environment
Did you know your attitudes and emotions are greatly influenced by your daily environment? That is why when it comes to working, research shows that the physical aspects of a workplace directly affect the employees’ productivity, performance, health, comfort, and focus. So exactly how does our physical environment impact our careers and our desire to […]
A Proactive Career Approach: Is it Really Helping You?
A lot of people want the formula for career success and advancement. Should you just work hard? Should you be proactive? What are the steps to take? Taking a proactive approach to your career advancement is taking tangible action steps towards your career goals. Some common examples of this include: These are, of course, all […]
How to Remove Fear and Upgrade Your Approach to Career Progression
It’s 2022 and we need to update our approach to career progression. Women have been listening to outdated advice for too long, and it’s time to shake things up. If you are a professional woman looking to advance in your career, there are proven techniques and strategies on how to do it. Here’s what you […]
Is Hard Work the Best Career Advancement Strategy?
Most of us are taught that hard work is the best way to get noticed and promoted in our jobs. So, many women in the workplace work hard and put in the hours and effort to get recognized. And yet, this doesn’t always translate to career advancement opportunities. The overtime, extra projects, and early mornings […]
