Careers to Pursue in Photography

Careers to Pursue in Photography

Careers to Pursue in Photography

People take pictures for a number of reasons. Some people click photos to capture memories while some click photos as it is their hobby. It depends on person to person how they look upon photography. Nowadays people upload their photos on the social networking...

Employment Tips for Getting Your First Bartending Job

Employment Tips for Getting Your First Bartending Job

Employment Tips for Getting Your First Bartending Job

Dress Code First impressions are created within the first ten seconds of meeting someone. Dress according to the bars dress code for bartenders. If a bar requires their bartenders to wear black and white, go to apply and interview in black and white. If a...

Get The Holiday Time Off You Need Without Hurting Your Team

Get The Holiday Time Off You Need Without Hurting Your Team

Get The Holiday Time Off You Need Without Hurting Your Team

As the holiday season approaches, many people are starting to think about time off. Planning ahead and being organized is always best, but sometimes, plans go awry or a friend decides to get married at the last minute, and you need to negotiate with your...

HR Wants To Meet! What Do I Do?

HR Wants To Meet! What Do I Do?

HR Wants To Meet! What Do I Do?

You get the call or the email and your heart sinks to your feet. HR wants to meet with you. Unless you think a promotion or raise is in the works, a meeting with HR is usually something employees dread. But if you do some basic preparation, you can be ready for...

How to Salvage Your Career After an Employer's Epic Fail

How to Salvage Your Career After an Employer's Epic Fail

How to Salvage Your Career After an Employer's Epic Fail

As we've all watched the story unfold around the Affordable Care Act (ACA) website disaster, one thing is certain: more than a few people will be named responsible for this large-scale failure. This kind of highly publicized mistake is mainstream. As the finger-pointing...

Are Hugs The New Handshake?

Are Hugs The New Handshake?

Are Hugs The New Handshake?

Depending on where you stand on the hug continuum, hugging at work is either inappropriately awkward or a great way to greet your colleagues. Unless your workplace actually prohibits hugging between colleagues, you may be left to your own devices when...

What It's Like To Be... An Indoor Cycling Instructor

What It's Like To Be... An Indoor Cycling Instructor

What It's Like To Be... An Indoor Cycling Instructor

Every once in a while a craze takes hold and bundles of jobs are created as a result. One such fad over the last few decades has been indoor cycling, better known by its trademarked name Spinning. The fitness regimen was invented in 1989 in Santa Monica, Calif.,...

Tips to Survive a Yahoo-Style Bell Curve Performance Review

Tips to Survive a Yahoo-Style Bell Curve Performance Review

Tips to Survive a Yahoo-Style Bell Curve Performance Review

In another controversial leadership move, sources indicate Yahoo's CEO, Marissa Mayer has implemented a bell curve performance rating system to identify and fire low-performing employees. How it works:Employees and managers rate co-workers based on a set...

8 Ways to Finish the Year Strong

8 Ways to Finish the Year Strong

8 Ways to Finish the Year Strong

As the days get shorter and the calendar moves closer to a new year, many begin to think about their new-year resolutions and plan for how to start things off right in January. Ideally, before you jump ahead to 2014, it's a good idea to decide how to make the most...

Will A Conversation I Record At Work Land Me In Jail?

Will A Conversation I Record At Work Land Me In Jail?

Will A Conversation I Record At Work Land Me In Jail?

In light of the arrest of a South Carolina government employee for tape recording a conversation between co-workers, I thought I'd discuss a question I'm asked all the time in my law practice: Can I record a conversation with my employer? Unfortunately,...

7 Things The Ballet Can Teach Us About Work

7 Things The Ballet Can Teach Us About Work

7 Things The Ballet Can Teach Us About Work

I love the fall season in New York. Everything seems to come back to life once September rolls around and the arts kick into high gear, igniting the city with blasts of creative energy. People begin flocking to music, theater and dance performances. A few weeks...