Sure, playing it safe seems like a smart, reliable and promising path to choose when presented with choice or opportunity but consider what the long term results of playing it safe can have on your career. ‘Your Career’, dramatic I know, but in all seriousness consider how this can stifle drive, creativity or leadership. The very end result of success aspires from the choices that are made in the process of achieving success. If the safe option is always selected what advances are to be made? By playing it safe, creativity is overlooked, thinking out side of the box is …
Read More »After you navigate your way through the interviewing process you are going to select the best possible candidate for the job – at least we hope you will. But before you disregard the applicant fresh out of university or collage you may want to consider some of the perks of hiring the young and impressionable. Firstly, they are impressionable – and this is a good thing! These candidates come with a clean slate, and a capacity to absorb. Young professionals have no desire to stick to old ways, because there are no old ways! They are eager to adapt …
Read More »Social Media for your Business – How to ‘clean up’ your network When you think about social media, what comes to mind? Are you picturing images upon images of silly memes, or scrolling through selfies and over edited ‘artistic shots’? Is every second tweet you read an exaggerated commentary or criticism? If you experience this with not only your personal accounts but also your company profiles, it may be worth your time to clean up your network. For some people, the consistent flow of irrelevant information on their social media feed is something they have simply become accustom too. Many …
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