I was an executive, a manager, with more than 50 staff under my command. Then… I left that to become a freelancer. And I am a top rated freelancer, specialising in writing, career consultation and recruitment. Then… I upgrade to become a WFHM (work from home mom). As with any other transition, there are challenges…
Tag: Experience
Careers Are Now Lilypads Not Ladders
Image source The day and age of getting a job, staying in it for 40 years and then retiring have gone, thankfully. Instead of people climbing up a corporate ladder they hop around on different lilypads. It is just how things are done these days. People want to try and new environments and get more…
The Client Experience Is What Matters In Freelancing
Freelancing is a fairly new line of work for a lot of people. If you’re used to the world of employers and employees, of being beholden to some authority, you can get some bad habits stuck in your mind. It’s still a buyer’s market as far as labour goes, even in the freelancing world. But…
Whisper: I sabotaged my one of my staff’s career
*As told to Kally from someone who wishes to be anonymous It feels good to get this off my chest. I’ve been carrying around an evil secret. It’s so bad that it could get me fired from my job. This incident happened 2 years ago. I have been promoted as a senior in my retail…
Guest Post: HR in 2017: What to Expect?
HR has been constantly evolving since it entered the business landscape in the beginning of the 20th century. In the beginning of its corporate journey, HR departments were only focused on recruiting and selection. As time went by, departments adopted many new roles including training, discipline, health and safety, wage policies, etc. HR is still…
Guest Post: Why shadowing doesn’t work: proper training in a call center setting
I recently left a part time job with great hours and a great location because of bad training, and it wasn’t the first time. Training can make or break a candidate. Systems knowledge and confidence are key when speaking to customers. Why then do companies so often use shadowing as a training method when it…
Guest Post: How Sleep Affects Productivity at Work
Sleep deprivation is becoming a dangerous trend and where it’s affecting our health, happiness and relations, it’s also putting a serious dent on our work performance. Many of us may believe that snoozing is losing, though research proves otherwise. Sleep deprivation compromises cognitive functions such as concentration, working memory, mathematical capacity and logical reasoning, all…
