Modern Manners for the Younger Generations: 10 Tips to Help You Make a Positive Impression with the Older Generations
Modern Manners for the Younger Generations: 10 Tips to Help You Make a Positive Impression with the Older Generations Etiquette evolves to adapt to the times; but manners are a constant because manners are more about how we treat other people, rather than strict rules for how things should be done. Manners are →
Polished Soft Skills Land Jobs and Launch Successful Careers: Top 10 Tips for New College Graduates
Congratulations Class of 2018! Your education will get you in the door, but it is your soft, or “people”, skills that will help you land the job and launch a successful career. Soft skills are the new hard skills—the distinguishing qualities that will help you outclass the competition. Soft skills are the missing link between →
White-Collar, Blue-Collar, or No-Collar: Soft Skills Required for Success
The workforce used to be divided into two simple categories: white-collar workers, workers who used their heads for professional jobs; and blue-collar workers, workers who used their hands for manual labor. The essential use of technology in every business today—from banking to manufacturing— has brought forth another category: the no-collar, or new-collar, category. IBM CEO →
Top 10 Business Etiquette Tips for New Graduates
Congratulations Class of 2017! Your hard-earned college degree will get you in the door, but it is your soft skills that will help you land a job. Soft skills are the new hard skills—the distinguishing qualities that will help you outclass the competition. They are the missing link between your education and success in →
Professional Business Office Decorum
PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS OFFICE DECORUM As Emily Post once said, “Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.” Nowhere are manners more important than in the business world, especially at the office. Here, the way we behave, along with how well we do our jobs, determines what others will think of us. When →