Wherever you fall on the personal finances continuum, if you want to save and get ahead, the first thing you need to do is create a budget.

Whether your resume is being read by the HR manager, the head of a company, a hiring manager or a recruiter, you can bet it’s sitting in a big pile of other resumes. When your resume hits the top of the pile you have about six seconds to grab that person’s attention.

The words you choose speak volumes about you and at the same time influence how others perceive you.

Are you more excited about new projects than the ones you do everyday. Do you put things off? Do you get the things you like best off your plate first?

One of the most common questions a prospective employer will ask you is to describe your biggest weakness.

As with any question you get in a job interview, its important to understand what your interviewer is looking for in a response.

Technology is great for so many things, from helping you get a job, to keeping you informed about news and current events, to getting you to that restaurant for your first date with that new person you met online. 

What you may not realize is, technology can also lead to depression, stress and sleep disorders. That’s why it’s so important to enter the technology free zone for a while every single day.

Everyone knows the importance of To-Do lists for keeping themselves on track and ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks. Often lost in the shadow of the powerful To-Do List is the less recognized but also important To-Don’t List.

Of course it’s heartbreaking when things don’t work out the way you want and sometimes it feels like they never will, but as Rafiki says, you always have a choice. “You can either run from it, or learn from it.”

We hear a lot about emotional intelligence, but what does it have to do with your professional life?

A generation ago landing that first job was pretty easy compared to the situation now. Job seekers simply didn’t have to contend with the fierce competition for every position the way they do now.

Ever wonder how you can get more done everyday? Here’s something you might not realize, the higher your positivity, the higher your productivity!

Been on the job search for a while? Having trouble transitioning from the searching end of a job quest to the receiving end of an offer? Here are a few tips that will help  get you to that offer quicker.

While extroverts might be great at commanding attention while oozing confidence, that doesn’t necessarily make them the best people to actually lead and inspire others.

What do you want your future self to say to you?

Sometimes feeling invisible stems from inside ourselves. In the course of trying to keep up with the day to day of life we forget how important it is to give ourselves a break. A walk outside at lunch, or an evening or morning stroll, can do wonders for clearing the mind and changing perspective.

As one of eight children in an incredibly poor family, who on Earth would have thought that Alice Walker had any power at all?

With strong communication skills you’ll be able to ensure things get things done right, the first time!

All of us would like to get more done everyday, but slumps hit, our attention wavers, our motivation wanes and another day goes by with us having falling short of our best intentions.

Thinking about doing something is always harder than actually getting down to doing it. And the longer you spend thinking and putting off doing, the harder it is to get down to business.

We all know that by forming good habits and following through on them everyday, we can get a lot more done and feel better about ourselves. Sometimes before we can form those life changing good habits, we have to break some bad ones first.