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• 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

• Fight Back Against Out of Sight, Out of Mind

  Out of sight, out of mind is one of my least favorite qualities of human nature. I can’t tell you the number of relationships, which I thought were real and lasting, that went bust because I used to see the person every day at school or work and then Read More... Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Networking, Ownership & Initiative, People Skills, Troubleshooting, Work

• 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

• 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

• If You Don’t Mean It, Don’t Offer

  Have you noticed that if you send an e-mail to a Web site address labeled “Info” (for example, info@company.com ), you will never, ever hear back from a real person? It seems that this “Info” address is akin to a black hole, and it’s particularly upsetting Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Business, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Work

• The Benefits of Being “Out” at Work

  Thanks to Penelope Trunk for sharing a great post from Nina Smith over at Queercents . In recent years, I have met many gay colleagues who felt more comfortable being out of the closet at work, then with, say, their parents. Smith maintains that gays Read More... Posted Monday, October 29, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Current Affairs, HR Issues, News and Politics, Work

• Work E-mail Usage Survey Results a Tad Unsettling

  According to a new national survey by Harris Interactive for The Marlin Company , 10% of U.S employees say their company has used e-mail to fire or lay off employees. And 17% indicated their boss used e-mails to avoid other difficult face-to-face conversations. Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, HR Issues, Technology, Daily Life, Work

• 5 Ways to Get Respect Despite Your Youth

  One of my favorite new blogs is Employee Evolution (check out my recent guest post over there!), and this week, contributor Chuck Westbrook (who has just started his own blog, I Hate Your Job ) has a great post on ways to get respect quickly despite your Read More... Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Communication, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Productivity, Work

• Thought Please Was the Magic Word? Think Again.

  Will Schwalbe , a guest blogger at Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist , is senior vice president, editor in chief of Hyperion Books , and has just published a cool new book called Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home . I’ve yet to receive Read More... Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Technology, Daily Life, Work

• 5 Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid

  I am always instructing people to be fastidious about written communications at work – including casual e-mails. This means choosing your words carefully and proofreading any and all documents before you send them out into the world. In this era of virtual Read More... Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Communication, Business, Handy Resources, 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

• Get Customers to Stop Yelling at You

  The customer’s always right. This is the mantra that customer service representatives have to repeat to themselves every day – if they want to keep their jobs. But what happens when you come into contact with a particularly angry customer, who is determined Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Management, Project Management, Work

• Get Them to Take a Chance on You

  When you interview for a job, your prospective boss wants to know that you have the skills and experience to make a contribution to the organization. But she also wants to know that you’re not a clock-watcher. Clock-watchers are people that expend just Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Job Hunting, Work

• Don't Let Your Ego Get the Best of You

  When you’ve reached a certain level in your career, or have been in the same field for a long time, it’s easy to become overconfident and think that you know exactly the way things should be done. This, however, is a dangerous place to be. Not only will Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Business, Work

• Has Mobile Technology Turned Us Rude?

  Dave Lorenzo at Career Intensity talks about a scene he recently witnessed at his office. A group of clients visited company headquarters for a day, but during the scheduled meetings parties on both sides spent much of the time typing on their Blackberries. Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Business, Daily Life, Work