When it comes to time management, being a single mom with my own business often feels like I am in my own Star Wars movie fighting time where "The Force" is the well-balanced life I am striving for, and the "Evil Empire" is the mountain of work I have to...
By Aimee Marcelo Career & Job Search Strategist We all want to live in a happy, healthy world. Can that also apply to our work environment? Yes! And the book, “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team”, by Patrick Lencioni is a great read about why teams go south. Let’s turn the terminology upside...
Do you ever wonder if you would make a great leader? If you really had the psychological makeup to become one? I ask myself that often because, though I love being one now, I have found that it does not always come naturally. Sometimes I would even find myself in...
There are a lot of unknowns and uncertainty as the novel coronavirus affects people and industries worldwide. There have been closures and movement restrictions to slow the spread, that have already impacted certain industries, both positively and negatively. If you find yourself part of a layoff or looking for a...
by Aimee Marcelo Career Strategist Career5 "Stop!! Stop the bus!! I just want to get off!!", is a version of what most of us think when we've had far too demands and responsibilities in our daily work-lives. And sometimes, it seems impossible to put it all down and walk away... even for 5 minutes....
If you've been looking for a job recently you know how difficult it is to get noticed by companies. Often it feels like our applications are lost in a sea of resumes from other competitors, but there is a way to stand out of the crowd: an attention-grabbing LinkedIn profile. In...
Presentations...whether you love them or hate them, they are a part of our professional culture and eventually you'll have to give one. You can either look at your next presentation as an opportunity to be creative and enthusiastic about your topic or give your audience death by PowerPoint. If you...
