Recruitment Trends You Should Know About as a Job Candidate

By The Intersect Group

  Recruiting has changed a ton in the last 10 years, even in the last five. Artificial intelligence and automation, for example, are used frequently when recruiters interact with candidates, from the moment a candidate applies to the day they are hired (or not). Recruiters use automation even before they ever have contact with candidates. …

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Remote Employees: Consider These 6 Things to Make Sure You’re Not Left Behind

By The Intersect Group

Some of us may work remotely two or three days a week, working in-house on the others. Although many people have come to enjoy the autonomy, traffic-free, and hyper-productivity that often accompanies remote work, there are some potential worries: Remote workers run the risk of being overlooked This is particularly so if you work from …

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Celebrating Payroll Professionals

By The Intersect Group

National Payroll Week (September 6-10 this year) was created to celebrate the administrative and finance workers who pretty much keep the world turning: payroll professionals. In fact, the celebration actually acknowledges “America’s employees and the payroll professionals who pay them,” adding that, “together, through payroll withholding, we contribute, collect, report, and deposit 70 percent of …

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What to do when a colleague takes credit for your work

By The Intersect Group

When a colleague takes credit for your work, it can feel like the ultimate betrayal. You work hard, and you’re great at what you do, so having someone else put their stamp on that awesome presentation or that innovative idea certainly doesn’t feel good. While this is often a difficult and emotional conversation to initiate, …

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Speaking Up: How to Ask for What You Want so That You’re Heard and Heeded

By The Intersect Group

Speaking up at work is a crucial leadership skill. Even if you feel REALLY uncomfortable speaking up about your ideas, needs. In other words, when you have something to say that adds to the conversation helps a project along corrects an unwise course of action but you never speak up because you’re worried about pushback; …

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Don’t Wait on This: Overcoming Procrastination

By The Intersect Group

We all procrastinate. We tend to procrastinate even more in the summer because….pool calling! Yet procrastination can mean: You end up scrambling and doing two things at once because you put off one of them too long. Feeling exceptionally stressed as you work quickly and hard to get a project done by its deadline because …

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The 20-Something’s Guide to Creating a Five-Year Plan

By The Intersect Group

You may be a year to two away from the “quarter-life crisis,” or you may be in its throes. You may be two or three years out of college and wondering, “Is this all there is? I’m not sure I chose the right career.” You may be 27, have received a promotion or two, and …

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Getting Back to the Office

By The Intersect Group

You’ve been hoping beyond hope that your employer will let you remain working from home full-time. Or you’ve been hoping you can work from home a few days a week (you miss your colleagues, after all). Or you’ve been crossing all fingers and toes that your company would say, “All hands on-site, every day.” (You …

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