If you really enjoy your current assignment, you may be thinking about how to make the work a permanent part of your daily life. To achieve this goal, you’ll need to talk to your manager – especially if your contract is about to end.   While it can feel intimidating to talk to your manager about… Read more »

No manager likes to tell people how they’re doing badly. Giving a negative performance review can feel like navigating a field of landmines. You need your staff member to understand what’s gone wrong and how to fix it, but you also need to avoid triggering such overwhelming negative emotions that they can’t hear what they… Read more »

Recent world events have injected an unprecedented level of uncertainty into the economy, affecting businesses at every level. With so many factors still unknown, many companies are uncertain whether or not they should hire new staff members now, or wait for things to change.  If you’re on the fence about hiring, here are three signs… Read more »

Data entry specialists focus on ensuring that information gathered from customers, clients, and other sources is entered into the business’s computers in a way their software can use and analyze. As a result, they play a key role in a wide range of business practices.  What do data entry professionals do?  Data entry staff are… Read more »

Having a clear goal and a plan to achieve it is essential to employee engagement on the job, yet many managers take a hands-off approach to employee career planning. When you work together with staff to plan their careers, however, you build a stronger relationship, boost their ability to do quality work, and reduce the… Read more »