Some Tips on How to Prepare for Your Next Job Interview

Some Tips on How to Prepare for Your Next Job InterviewNowadays, the only job that still relies heavily on the face to face contact is that of a receptionist. You might be able to make all the arrangements on your own but why would you be qualified to do that? A receptionist is also known as an administrative assistant and hence their job duties are much more varied than any other job in the world.Even though it may seem hard to do, but the receptionist can still keep a check on what goes on in the office if given the right amount of training. Moreover, you can teach your employees on how to make the whole process easier and a lot more efficient for everyone. There are many receptionist resume examples you can find out there which will help you do just that. There are so many jobs that are suitable for receptionists.To put things in perspective, let's think about the right kind of receptionist. Think about a person who is normally at the front counter of a restaurant or a bank or a r etailer. They are often the first person that customers' friends or relatives will come to if they need assistance with their orders.With that in mind, you would think that this is a job that would definitely involve a lot of travel and traveling in the service industry. However, you would be wrong because the receptionist can also work from their homes. A lot of companies provide their receptionist the luxury of being able to set their schedule around their family life or even school work.Those are the kind of jobs where the receptionist needs time to check on the customer's order and also need time to communicate with the business. So, if you want a job that has a bit more flexibility than you might have better luck looking for a receptionist job at home.One of the greatest tips in applying for these jobs is to look at their employment history. If they were there when you applied for the job, then you will know that they are reliable and dedicated. They also need to show you that they can handle themselves in stressful situations.It can be tough at times but remember that you are dealing with people and things that you will ultimately have to interact with every day. There is nothing worse than working with someone who is no good at their job.

Hardest Working Cities in the U.S. WalletHub Findings

Hardest Working Cities in the U.S. WalletHub Findings A long work week is as American as apple pieâ€"but some cities are working significantly more than others, according to a new report from WalletHub. WalletHub analyzed the 116 largest cities in the U.S. to determine where Americans work the hardest. According to the report, which incorporates factors such as the average local work week and labor force participation rates, Americans in Anchorage, Alaska, work harder than all the rest. They’re followed by workers in Virginia Beach, Va.; Plano, Texas; Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Irving, Texas. In fact, of the top 20 hardest working cities, nine are in the West and a total of five are in the Lone Star State. It’s not like cities near the bottom of the list are slacking, however. Overall, we’re still working a ton, especially for an industrialized, wealthy country. The average working week was 34.6 hours for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gallup’s 2015 Work and Education Survey found that workers reported being on the job on average 47 hours per week. According to the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, we work far more hours than our German, Scandinavian, French, Swiss, Italian, Japanese, British, and Australian counterparts. We retire later and take less vacations, too. It takes more than a long work week to determine which states grind harder than the rest. To that end, WalletHub compared the labor force participation rate, number of workers with multiple jobs, commute time, volunteer hours per resident, and leisure time spent on an average day, in addition to average hours worked. WalletHub gave each metric a score between 0 and 100, with average work week hours and labor force participation rate weighted most heavily (at 60 points and 20 points, respectively) to come up with a cumulative score for each city. Overall Rank City Total Score Average Hours Worked Per Week 1 Anchorage, Alaska 88.42 40.9 2 Virginia Beach, Virginia 80.42 40.1 3 Plano, Texas 79.56 40.5 4 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 78.06 N/A 5 Irving, Texas 76.09 40.1 6 Scottsdale, Arizona 76.08 40.1 7 San Francisco, California 75.33 39.6 8 Cheyenne, Wyoming 75.32 39.9 9 Washington, DC 74.28 40.0 10 Charlotte, North Carolina 73.07 39.4 New York City has the longest commute time of any city at 39.4 minutes on average (though NYC ranks 32nd overall in the hardest workings rankings, well behind Jersey City, N.J., and Washington, D.C.), followed, unsurprisingly, by cities with workers who commute to NYC (Jersey City and Newark), and Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Sioux Falls, S.D., has the highest labor-force participation rate, at 83.8%, while Detroit, with a 61.4% labor force participation rate, has the lowest. WalletHub deemed Providence, R.I.; Detroit, and Burlington, Vt., as the least hard working cities in the U.S., with scores of 31.69, 28.76, and 18.66, respectively. So residents of Anchorage, looking to take a break from all that work? We have a few suggestions.

Mandatory Greatness If Youre Certain, Youve Wimped Out - Work It Daily

Mandatory Greatness If You’re Certain, You’ve Wimped Out - Work It Daily NOTE: This is a book excerpt with minor edits from Mandatory Greatness: The 12 Laws Of Driving Exceptional Performance by J.T. O'Donnell and Dale Dauten. If you’re certain, you’ve wimped out. Yvonne wanted to tell me about another executive who had been schooled by an early boss in how to be demanding but lovable. “He described a time, early in his career, when he attended Friday meetings with one of the firm’s leaders and each time he left the meeting he found himself ‘wanting to work the weekend.’ So, he decided to study that boss to figure out how he accomplished it. “What it was, he decided, was an implicit offer: ‘I’m going to make you better. Then, I’ll make sure everyone will notice.’ And, ‘I’ll give you one of the best projects, letting you work on the highest priority stuff, and if you take the mission, I’ll trust you and you’ll trust me.’ He said of that deal, ‘He let you know he was giving you a break and no way were you going to let him down.’” If you’re like me, you’re thinking, Good plan, right, but not exactly hard. That’s when Yvonne passed along what this guy had done with his mentor’s wisdom, going to work for one of the big consulting firms and telling Yvonne, “I’d take a comfortable, 9-to-5 guy and give him a major assignment and say, ‘You can have this tomorrow, right?’ He’d end up working all night.” “Did he feel bad about calling for an all-nighter?” Yvonne asked, then answered with, “Not a bit. Instead, he said, ‘They had forgotten what they were capable of. We’d shake them from their sleep.’ And he added, talking of later projects in his career, ‘I’d set such ambitious goals that people would say, “You’re kidding me, right? That’s when I knew I had the right goal.” This is all you need to know about goal setting: If you’re certain, you’ve wimped out. Mandatory Greatness is presented as a conversation between a high-powered business coach, Yvonne Wolfe (described as having “skirts of steel”), and a young manager who won a day of her coaching in a charity raffle. She observes him in his work, then offers a stark and startling analysis of him and his approach to his job: By imitating other managers he is making himself “a commodity product” destined for “inadvertent mediocrity.” She then teaches him to remake himself into a highly-valued teammate and a true leader using The 12 Laws of Driving Exceptional Performance. Watch This Webinar! Watch this special presentation on these 12 Laws of Driving Exceptional Performance. Presenters: J.T. O'Donnell and Dale Dauten, authors of Mandatory Greatness: The 12 Laws Of Driving Exceptional Performance.   WATCH NOW ?   Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join For Free!