2 Tips if you have Bored Employees

Last week,  I talked about how boredom at work is one of the worst employment states and offered suggestions for how employees can improve bored working conditions.  I want to focus now on leaders who have bored workers. If you have people who are bored on the job, I believe there are two primary reasons and two primary tips for curing the boredom. 1. They are bored because you don’t need them, or you don’t need them full-time.  Long gone are the days where every single position on the face of the planet needed to be a 40 hour a

Bored as a Gourd? Not an ideal employment state

I’ve been struck the last couple of weeks with the reiteration of one of the things that is extremely detrimental to both employers and employees: boredom at work. I’ve recently been working with an adult client wanting to make a career change.  She is an extremely talented individual, and In talking with her about her current employment  she says she is just a “warm body”.  One of the main reasons she wants a change is because she’s bored as a gourd at work!   She works for a government contractor (the waste of taxpayer money as she sits there bored

Marketing Yourself Must Go Beyond the Traditional Resume

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Considering a career change or actively looking for a job?  Just brushing up your resume isn’t going to get you where you want to be, most likely.  Even if you are not on an active job hunt, creating a personal brand for yourself that highlights your strengths and expertise can help you get to where you want to be. In addition, using a variety of mediums or avenues for marketing yourself is important. In the days of googling everyone and everything, you need to have a web presence. I have one client who TOTALLY gets this. While we spent time