By Steve Strauss

This is maybe my favorite study in the last year. An online survey of 972 adults, it identified the five habits that are most likely to limit one’s career advancement. I love this list because it’s not the stuff people are generally looking out for in their careers. It’s not the stuff experts have been warning people about since they got their first internship.

Here’s the list:

1.                Unreliability

2.                “It’s not my job”

3.                Procrastination

4.                Resistance to change

5.                Negative attitude

Don’t Let Your Website Drive Customers Away

By Jeff Haden

Some of my web pages have high bounce rates.  I have made a number of changes but nothing makes a difference.  Any ideas?  

Quick background:  Bounce rate is a metric that measures the number of visitors who leave your site after having looked at only one page or only staying for a few seconds.  Think of bounce rate as the, “Oops, not what I wanted — next!” metric.

The Best Day To Go On A Job Interview

By Michael Donovin

First of all, to fully understand and appreciate the answer, a couple of givens must be taken into account. What I believe to be the most important item for dealing with an interview successfully is, your attitude. Your attitude determines the outcome of every interview. The core competencies must be there in order for you to get the interview in the first place but, your attitude during the interview will be what ultimately gets you accepted or rejected for the position. If it was as simple as, "I can do the job", there would be no need for an interview in the first place - the employer would just hire based upon the resume.

Life Keeps Moving and So Should You

By Odette Worrel

Life is ever changing and keeping up with it is stressful. By the time we have figured out what our world looks like and what we can count on, something happens to change the dynamics of what we know. This applies to everything...cell phones, jobs, family. Nothing stays the same. Change is life's built in mechanism to force us to step outside our comfort zones. How will we respond? Will we respond? Who are we as we navigate our way through the change?