Author Archives: Michael Gabriel
5 Excellent Ideas to Inspire Your Employees to Stay
The truth is, it’s much easier to keep employees than hire new ones. Employing new personnel is pretty expensive and inconvenient. But how do you exactly make your employees stay motivated and happy? Here is another truth: money is not … Continue reading
The Pros and Cons of a 360-degree Employee Feedback
It is mandatory for every company to appraise or evaluate their employees’ performance. After all, any non-performing worker is a certified liability. One of the best types of feedback available is called the “360-degree feedback”. What Is It? Also called … Continue reading
How to Remain Professional when E-mailing
Thanks to e-mailing, you don’t have to spend a lot of time talking with your boss or with your colleagues. Using email, you can also do your job at the comforts of your own home. In fact, you can still … Continue reading
How to Improve the Look of your Office Cubicle
Most probably, you work in a cubicle. A lot of us spend more of our waking hours in our office cubicle than anywhere else. So it’s surprising that most people do not care about how their office cubicles look. It … Continue reading
The Top 5 Benefits of Being a Management Trainee
Not everybody is a born leader, and certainly, nobody is born with the skills of a manager. Managerial skills are gained and developed from experience. But the simple truth is, every company needs good managers on its team. However, the … Continue reading
Start Saving Now For Retirement
It is quite easy to spend every cent that you earn. In fact, with the credit card culture, it’s very easy to spend more than what you earn. Most Americans are in debt. According to the U.S. National Debt Clock … Continue reading
How to Get Rid of Discrimination in the Office
An employer should be very concerned about discrimination. After all, this is not just a personal issue. In legal perspective, anyone who is caught discriminating individuals in whatever form can be held criminally liable. It is also not good for … Continue reading
Making Employees Socially Responsible: 6 Ideas HR Can Put Up
How do you exactly make the employees more aware of their social responsibilities? It is a common headache among HR officers: they come up with drives, only to realize they will not be getting enough support from the personnel. One … Continue reading
The How’s During a Phone Interview
A lot of companies these days use phone interviews. With just a simple phone call, they can save time by eliminating the not-so good candidates. For the applicants, though, this is going to be a make-or-break step. To breeze through … Continue reading
How to Survive a Grueling Panel Interview
Of all the phases of the hiring process, the scariest would definitely be the panel interview. For one, it seldom happens. Thus, not a lot of people can really teach you what to do or say. Moreover, a panel interview … Continue reading
5 Reasons Why You Cannot Even Get to First Interview
Unless you have impressed someone so much, it is possible that you get interviewed more than once. Unfortunately, there are also times when you don’t even get past the first interview at all. Now before you whine about how companies … Continue reading
How to Use Business Cards to Land a Job
Great things can start in small packages. It can be as petite as your wallet or the pockets in your pants. What I’m talking about are business cards. To many, business cards are meant only for those who are trying … Continue reading
Jobseekers: How to Handle Rejection
According to the 2010 study conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor, there will be, at the very least, 5 to 6 people fighting for one vacant position. This means more than 80% of the applicants will be rejected — … Continue reading
Job Seeking: To Search or Not To Search Online?
Check the different job ads on newspapers, magazines, posters, radio, and TV. Only a few isn’t it? During the 1990s, these media became the haven of job seekers. However, with the advent of the Internet, job seeking took a 360-degree … Continue reading
Jobseekers, Beware: How to Prevent Working on Scams
You can blame it on the weak economy and intense competition. The bottom line is, jobs are scarce these days. Thus, jobseekers are forced to be less picky when it comes to employment. The bad news is, some of them … Continue reading
Internship: The Greatest Bridge to Landing a Good Job
If you are in a dilemma whether to work as an intern or not, do the former. Internships can be time-consuming and sometimes it’s not an easy thing to do. It is usual to hear cases of students working more … Continue reading
6 Tips to Encourage Positive Discipline to Your Employees
Any organization cannot thrive without rules. You have to make sure your employees work according to the values and conduct you are trying to uphold. If one or a number of them decide to turn away from these sets of … Continue reading
When Money Comes Second: How to Bring the Right People into Your Business
You can have a gazillion products and services, but if you do not bring in people, your business will die a natural death. When we say people, we are referring not only to your steady stream of prospects and customers. … Continue reading
Recruitment: Is it a Job, Career, or a Vocation?
Is there a difference among job, career, and vocation? The answer is yes. In fact, the difference is overwhelming it can be used to determine how long you are going to last in your current work as a recruitment officer. … Continue reading
How to Deal with Work Stereotyping and Office Labeling?
John is the “office jock”, Marian is the “gossiper”, Sam is the “lazy technician”, and Michael is the “yes man” — though some actually revel on the name calling, stereotyping should never be encouraged in the workplace for a lot … Continue reading
How to Effectively Manage Your Time between Work and Kids
Who says being a superparent is one easy job? It is already difficult to handle several work-related tasks. Most definitely, work becomes more daunting if kids are around. But that does not mean you can’t manage both huge responsibilities especially … Continue reading
What Companies Are Looking for in New Graduates
If you are a graduate and you are still unemployed despite your fervent efforts, you may want to take a look at your resume and the career path you are taking. It is either the former is poorly made, or … Continue reading
Present Trends in Telecommuting
So what’s up with telecommuting? Surprisingly, there are many. If you are considering becoming a part of the industry or you are already at it, you may want to pay attention to the current trends. In any kind of job, … Continue reading
When the Relationship Does Not Work: How to Terminate an Employee
Great talents are assets, bad ones are liabilities. Ask any company. They don’t want the latter. If you think you and the employee are a mismatch and the latter has many work and personal issues, it is definitely time to … Continue reading
Telecommuting: Is It Worth-it?
How many people are actually telecommuting? Based on the data provided by Gartner Request, in 2008, there were around 25 percent of employees who prefer to work at home for the preceding year. Because of this current trend, many workplace … Continue reading
7 Ways to Curb Employee Absenteeism
Absenteeism is very costly. Based on a survey conducted by CCH Incorporated in 2005, the cost for every absent employee is around $660. In addition to this, more than $1 million a year was wasted by multinational corporations because of … Continue reading
7 Ways to Increase the Chances of Getting Promoted
Ask any employee. One of the foremost reasons why they are working so hard is because they want to obtain a promotion. After all, it would mean a salary increase, more benefits, and a chance of finding a much better … Continue reading
6 Non-monetary Rewards that Motivate Employees
They say that money makes the world go around. However, this may not be true all the time, especially when you are talking about motivating your employees. Based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, wages are highly important and usually one … Continue reading
Interview Survival Kit: Free iPhone Application
Unless you have a stellar record and you are well-known in your chosen industry, you have to go through a lengthy process to get a job: 1. Create and submit a resume, 2. Take examinations, and 3. Participate on an … Continue reading
7 Ways to Retain Employees
As much as possible, companies should prevent employee layoff or exodus. For one, it shows unresolved issues in the organization. Second, it is costly to hire new employees since the company has to spend more funds for training. Third, it … Continue reading
How to Deal with Employees during Tough Times
When the economy is in recession or the product is no longer as saleable as before or more competitors are eating away your market share, you are experiencing tough times. Besides staying afloat and making it through the challenges, you … Continue reading
The Challenges of Human Resources in the Twenty-first Century
Speak of human resources, and one of the first things that come to mind is job. A human resources manager searches for the right people who can handle all vacant positions in the company. He or she is also in … Continue reading
The Art of Resolving Office Conflicts
Conflicts in the workplace cause undue stress to all people in the organization, and they can also be very costly. In a 2005 report filed by Warren Shepel, around 16 percent of employees believe that a weak relationship with their … Continue reading
How to Achieve Work-Life Balance
Fact: too much work can cause desolation. In fact, there is a term called “work depression”, and this chronic illness affects one in every twenty employees. For a year, at least 30 percent of the workforce will lose their motivation … Continue reading
Six Good Reasons Why You Should Never Work for Money Alone
Here is the truth: you work because you want to earn money. It is understandable. You can refer to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Unless your basic needs, such as shelter, food, education, and clothes are met, you will never find … Continue reading
Using Social Media as Tools for Sourcing
Without a doubt, the sourcing process and social media have evolved. Interestingly, both have met in a crossroad, and today, one can find plenty of recruiters, either in-house or outsource, who make use of social media websites and its tools … Continue reading
Would You Like to Be a G-Recruiter?
Any recruiter should work hard to do one very important thing: innovation. There are so many reasons for this. First, most applicants are shifting to technology when it comes to looking for jobs and promoting themselves. It is definitely time … Continue reading
Falling in Love with Sourcing
Finding the right applicant for the right job is one of the various recruitment functions that should be done by a company. Getting the wrong person for the job can mean maintaining a liability in the firm; it becomes essential … Continue reading
Motivation for Self-promotion
When you get to work, you will realize that you are in a dog-eat-dog world. The ideals you may have about jobs and promotions may not be the same as realities. However, that should not leave you disheartened. Rather, you … Continue reading
Career Development Made Easy: Employee Initiatives for Professional Growth
When applying for a job, it is important to consider not only the financial prospects but also the career development opportunities that a company can offer. Career development has been among the major thrusts of organizations, as indicated by several … Continue reading
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