Tag: work-life balance
How to Share Personal News with Your Supervisor
Life is...complicated. It is full of moments that bring joy, peace, and pride. It is also full of moments that cause stress and sadness. As humans, we experience the full breadth of these emotions with friends and family who can offer support. As employees, though, we experience these emotions in a much more complex environment. ...
Boosting Motivation & Productivity When You Work From Home
By Shanique Crossdale Being a working professional usually means heading to a specific workplace: teachers to schools, doctors and nurses to healthcare facilities, and lawyers to law firms. This transition to a particular working environment isn’t just about commuting; it’s about shifting from personal roles (like being a parent or sibling) to professional ones, where ...
How to Say “No” at Work
Do you find yourself consistently raising your hand to take something on? Volunteering parts of your day to contribute to a project? Staying late, coming in early, or spending more time than most at your job? Well, you’re certainly not alone. In fact, many people struggle to say “no” at work for a variety of ...
The Creative Benefits of a Side Hustle
These days, it seems like just about everyone has a side hustle. From full-time students to full-time working professionals, it’s more and more common to see your peer, colleague, or mentor pursuing something extra on the side. A side hustle is something you do to earn money, share ideas, express your creativity, or pursue a ...
How to Maintain a Work-life Balance While Still Showing You Care at Your First Job
A new job or internship is an opportunity for a clean slate. It takes time to get to know the people, the job responsibilities, and the culture, but it only takes a few weeks to create a routine that will set you up for success in the long run. It is only natural that you ...
How to Ensure the Company You Want to Work for Invests in Your Mental Health
By Mariam Bashiru Since the pandemic started, the conversation about mental health in the workplace has been growing. Many people now understand that mental health plays a big role in workers’ productivity and overall satisfaction with their job. For example, according to a WHO report, anxiety and depression cost the economy $1 trillion a year ...
What Is Work-Life Balance?
Even before COVID-19 hit and the lines between work-life and home-life became more blurred than ever before, the notion of having work-life balance is often viewed as an achievement—to continually work towards evenly balancing work and other priorities in your life. But the fact is, work-life balance is never evenly balanced, and that is okay. ...
Overcoming Burnout in Remote and In-Person Work
Job burnout is a reaction to chronic workplace stress that can be characterized by feeling exhausted, becoming irritable or cynical at work, not functioning well, and feeling less motivated to do your job. Burnout can affect both physical and mental health leading to recurring illness. Some of the possible causes leading to job burnout can ...
Managing Your Workload as a New Professional
As you transition to a professional role, one of the first skills that will be put to the test is your ability to manage your workload. No one is going to monitor your progress and remind you of your deadlines, so it is paramount that you take control and set yourself up for success. Here ...
Best Practices for Working Remotely
Now more than ever with all the changes brought on by the pandemic, professionals need to establish strong work habits while working remotely. If you are in the process of adapting to this new environment, here are a few tips to make your remote work situation be the best it can be. Create a defined ...
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