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• Recruitment Spotlight: How to Check References

  Most people have to check references in some shape or form, whether it’s for a candidate or a babysitter. I don’t know about you, but until I wrote Success for Hire I never really knew how to do it. Here's what I learned: While you can e-mail a reference Read More... Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, HR Issues, People Skills, Professionalism

• Recruitment Spotlight: 8 Musts for Conducting a Job Interview

  My new book, Success for Hire (ASTD Press) features employee recruitment and retention practices that a lot of people think they know but in reality, don’t put into practice. One of those practices is effective in-person interviewing, which can ensure Read More... Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, HR Issues, Management, Professionalism, Work

• Qualities of Good Presidents and Good Employees

  I love this post from Michael McKinney at Leading Blog . It’s based on a new book from Alvin Felzenberg, The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game . Felzenberg devised six criteria to best describe various Read More... Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Management, Personal Development, Professionalism

• The Replacement Politics of Leaving a Job

  A WCW reader writes: “Dear Alexandra, I’ve read your advice about the right way to leave your job, and I think it’s good. Only trouble is, the people I work with aren’t exactly helping me out. I gave them six weeks notice so that I could find and train Read More... Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Office Politics, Professionalism, Troubleshooting

• The Secret of My Success

  Here’s a disclaimer before you start reading this post. I’m not writing it to brag or leave you thinking that I’m the greatest colleague or employee of all time. I’m trying to make a point, so I hope you will look at it in that light. Now that said, I’ve Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, People Skills, Productivity, Professionalism, Work

• How to Crack the Recruiter Code

  On Chris Russell’s Secrets of the Job Hunt blog, Phil Rosenberg offers some smart info on getting what you need from recruiters. Phil suggests that in order to develop successful relationships with recruiters you must adopt the attitude that you work Read More... Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Professionalism

• Are You Sloppy and Incoherent?

  And no, I’m not talking about your mental state early last Sunday morning when you stumbled into your apartment after a late-night jaunt downtown. I’m talking about your writing. I’m amazed by how many typos I see everywhere, on everything, lately. Typos Read More... Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Personal Marketing, Project Management, Professionalism

• If You’re Leaving, Should You Still Get Your Bonus?

  A reader e-mailed the following question: I recently gave my company a month’s notice as I planned to move to a new city and pursue a new career. A few weeks later, the company gave out the second installment of our bi-annual bonuses, and I did not receive Read More... Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Office Politics, People Skills, Personal Marketing, Professionalism, Work

• Holiday Etiquette at the Office

  Every year, I get asked by one media outlet or another how to handle the office holiday party. This year, I decided to share the advice I and others provided to the Wall Street Journal last weekend: “We spend so much time communicating on Blackberries Read More... Posted Sunday, December 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Business, Office Politics, Professionalism, News and Politics, Work

• The Time and Place for Self-Promotion

  Nearly all of my friends and colleagues in the career advice sphere regularly promote their media appearances and new projects on their blogs. I don’t do this. I’ve never done this. I get as many decent opportunities as the next guy, but I’ve always considered Read More... Posted Monday, December 10, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Networking, People Skills, Professionalism, Daily Life, Blogging

• How to Respond to Racism at Work

  Penelope Trunk has an interesting post on responding to racist comments in a work situation, and she links over to a brilliant entry on the very useful blog, Race in the Workplace . The author, Carmen Van Kerckhove, is a consultant for New Demographic Read More... Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Ethics, HR Issues, Professionalism, Troubleshooting

• Can Your Boss Count On You?

  I’ve been taking on some new management responsibilities recently. And you know what I realized? The number one quality I appreciate most in a direct report is reliability. By reliable, I mean a person who says she is going to do something, and then actually Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Ownership & Initiative, Project Management, Professionalism, Work

• How to Say No and Still Look Good

  The following is an e-mail that came my way this week. Dear Alexandra: I graduated from college last year, so I’m still at the bottom of the totem pole at my company. I have four senior colleagues who delegate work to me, and they have no problem doing Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Communication, Office Politics, Professionalism, Troubleshooting, Work

• 4 Tips for Making a Smooth Exit

  It’s your lucky day. You just got a sweet job offer at a company you’ve been dying to work for. Congratulations! Now, though, you want to make sure you leave with your great reputation intact. In business, you should never burn any bridges, because you Read More... Posted Friday, March 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Career Change, HR Issues, Professionalism, Troubleshooting, Work

• Tips for Submitting Expense Reports

  Expense reports are a reality of employment in Corporate America that most people tend not to think too much about. You spend money on behalf of your company and HR pays you back ASAP, right? However, once you go to actually submit your first expense Read More... Posted Friday, February 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Compensation, Business, HR Issues, Professionalism, Daily Life, Work Attachment(s): http://doctorcushing.com/db4/00363/doctorcushing.com/_uimages/calculator.jpg