Career Advice

Effective Time Management While Working Remotely During The COVID-19 Pandemic Time management is one of the most common issues in the way of productivity under normal circumstances. But we are operating in strange times. Working from home automatically comes with its own additional time management challenges under regular circumstances. Some tips he had for all of us to consider to set us up for success during this unique time include:

Why Now Is The Best Time To Learn New Skills Learning is always a good thing, and now is the best time to learn new skills. Why now? Because you’ll be bettering yourself and fostering personal growth and development. You’ll also be taking advantage of a less than ideal situation by doing something positive for yourself.

A New Way To Network During The Coronavirus You are working from home wondering if, or when, your career is going to get impacted by this pandemic. Should you be updating your resume? Most definitely, yes. Mary, a 56-year-old office manager, said, “I’ve been trying to file for unemployment all week, but I keep getting kicked out of my state’s website and I’ve been on it different times each day all week and still I haven’t been able to complete my filing.” She asked what she could do, and I said, “Keep trying to file and start networking.” She asked me exactly how she was supposed to do that since non-essential businesses have closed, and people are holding up in their homes. A good question that many people might be pondering.

What You Need To Do If You Lose Your Job There’s a high probability that you, a family member or a friend will be downsized. In this time of grave uncertainty, losing a job is not your fault. The current circumstances are out of your control. You’re a victim of the outbreak and its aftermath. There’s no sugarcoating it—when you lose your job, it hurts. It's a sucker punch to the face.

Communicating Through the Coronavirus Crisis As someone who studies crisis communication, I regularly tell my students and clients that you need to communicate early and often with your key constituencies throughout a crisis. Even if you’re still trying to understand the extent of the problem, be honest and open to maintain credibility. Approach the situation with empathy. Put yourself in your constituents’ shoes to understand their anxiety. You will sometimes get it right, and you will often get it wrong, but it is still better to be as transparent as you can.

5 Tips To Work From Home I’ve spent the last 8 years running a business from my home office and have supported clients and colleagues in doing the same. Here are 5 key strategies to help ease the transition to remote work and preserve your sanity.

How To Stay Productive If You Are WFH Because Of The Coronavirus In this article, I share advice from veteran WFH professionals and guidance from experts who can help you be productive—and happy—while working from home. Specifically, I focus on how to be productive and how to remain connected to your team when you no longer need a badge to get your into your office.

4 Proven Strategies For Taking Control Of Your Career Getting started is often the most difficult part. Burnison crafted and recommends the MORE approach. Applicable to everyone, from recent college graduates to senior executives, it’s an effective, organized strategy to reinvigorate your current work environment or plan for a career move. It starts with you but it's not about you.

Should You Take a Job If You Don't Like The Manager? If you’re interviewing for a position, and you get a bad vibe from a manager, or think that you’ll struggle to get along with the person, it can be hard to know how to proceed. Should you take the job, and figure things will work themselves out? Or, turn down a job offer, even though there’s always a possibility the manager isn’t so bad after all?