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Managing your Retirement

Managing your Retirement By Robert Boroff | Google + If you are like many Americans today, your once stable nest egg has cracked and crumbled, falling off the wall like the rest of the economy during the recession. Although these unfortunate circumstances had a great impact on people’s retirement and savings funds,…

Make Yourself Relevant

Make Yourself Relevant By Robert Boroff | Google + Landing that promotion or new opening at a company you want to work for can be yours for the taking if you learn to brand yourself, thereby transforming yourself into a desired commodity, according to CareerBuilder.com. “Each job seeker is a distinctive brand,”…

Whose Needs Matter More

Whose Needs Matter More By Robert Boroff | Google + Executives face a daunting challenge balancing the needs of individual employees against the needs of the corporation. Training and developing an employee’s skills can be a value to both the individual and the company when balanced, according to Rana Sinha, a human…

Business Lunch Etiquette

Business Lunch Etiquette By Robert Boroff | Google + Executives can make or break a business deal using effective Business Lunch Etiquette techniques. “Dazzling a potential client, business partner or employers with your good manners and social graces can result in a job offer or lucrative contract. Alternatively, a lack of composure…

5 Tips for Surviving Your First Day on the Job

5 Tips for Surviving Your First Day on the Job By Robert Boroff | Google + After you have updated your resume, gone through the long interview process, and the finally landed the job, the next important step in making a lasting positive impression on your new company is nailing your first…

Balancing Life

Balancing Life By Robert Boroff | Google + Twenty four hours never seems like enough time in the day, especially if you are working at least nine of those hours and sleeping for another eight on top of that. Between dropping the kids off at school, going to work, running errands, picking…

Make Yourself Relevant

Make Yourself Relevant By Robert Boroff | Google + Landing that promotion or new opening at a company you want to work for can be yours for the taking if you learn to brand yourself, thereby transforming yourself into a desired commodity, according to CareerBuilder.com. “Each job seeker is a distinctive brand,”…

Structuring Your Workday Morning

Structuring Your Workday Morning By Robert Boroff | Google + Everyone moves at a different pace in the morning. You’ve seen those “morning people” out there. They’re always ready to go tackle the day, firing on all cylinders at the crack of dawn. Then there are the zombies. These people can’t function…

Training: How to Make It Stick

Training: How to make it stick... By Robert Boroff | Google + Training can seem like an easy answer for managers looking to increase employee productivity. However, many managers complain that the training session did not produce any long term effects or that the training participants did not make any changes in…

Time Management and Goal Setting

Time Management and Goal Setting By Robert Boroff | Google + Many times it seems like there just aren’t enough hours in the day. No matter how productive we are and no matter how much free time we wish we had, the clock is always ticking. Think back to what you were…