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Every Job, Everybody, Makes A Difference

Regardless of your job title, or organization, your role can make a difference. As a culture, we tend to admire those with strong missions to bring greater justice or quality of life into the world. For instance, some jobs just scream “saving the world!” In a recent article, more people are seeking fulfillment, specifically millennials. Except, not all jobs/organizations are deliberately making an obvious impact on the world, then that of others. That most jobs don’t feel largely important

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Emily Rice

Jul 15, 2019•2 min read

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Share your accomplishments

What is your greatest accomplishment? This is a question that some hiring managers ask. It can be difficult to answer because growing up, we are often taught to practice humility. That others find it rude when we are boastful about ourselves. Then, as adults, subconsciously we worry about coming across as obnoxious or unlikable. In this instance, it isn’t a trick question. The person hiring you isn’t asking to see if you’re arrogant or not, they really just want to know what makes you gr

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Emily Rice

Jul 12, 2019•1 min read

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Happiness, Accepted

“When I get a promotion, then I will be happy.” “If only s/he didn’t work here, then I would be happy.” It’s so easy to drift into this territory of relying on someone else to allow us permission to feel in a positive state of mind, or for them to screw it up. “Never put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket.” When we do this, it becomes harder to take actions towards our dreams. It’s as if we’re sitting in the backseat waiting for the situation to open doors for us. Rathe

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Emily Rice

Jul 10, 2019•1 min read

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Renting an Apartment with Poor Credit

It would be all that much easier to rent with good credit, but sometimes that’s not the case. A credit check is something that a majority of landlords use to examine the financial risk someone might be. For those that don’t know, credit score are calculated on five factors – length of credit history (15%), credit mix (10%), payment history (35%), amounts owed (30%), and new credit (10%). Now, in most cases, a credit score can vary between 300 and 850. As a rule of thumb, anything below 650 m

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Emily Rice

Jul 9, 2019•3 min read

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Treat Yourself How You Want Others to Treat You

It’s frustrating how passive we can be in the midst of poor treatment. For instance, there are those in management positions who seem to hold themselves with the ‘authority’ to treat others disrespectfully. But let’s face it – if it were easy to stand up for ourselves, we would. Ultimately, when we stand up for ourselves, we’re bettering ourselves, then why is it sometimes difficult to do? Human nature is complex in itself. Some hesitation comes from the thought that we’ll embarrass ou

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Emily Rice

Jul 8, 2019•2 min read

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Kinder Through Shared Stories

Some battles – a broken arm, chemotherapy – leave visible marks. Most often, the battles that our coworkers fight are invisible – nonexistent to the naked eye. For instance, there are too may statistics surrounding miscarriage, cancer, mental health, bankruptcy, divorce, and addiction that support the idea of kindness. Be kinder than is necessary. Everyone is fighting some kind of battle. If we knew what was going on in each other’s lives, do you think we’d be more kind to each other?

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Emily Rice

Jul 5, 2019•1 min read

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Character > Talent

Sometimes it seems that the character of a person plays a larger role when looking for someone to hire. There’s quote out there by Peter Schutz that says, “hire character, train skill.” The focus lies on the applicant’s demeanor, personality, ambition, compliance, and character. Meanwhile specific skills, knowledge, and understanding are teachable and easily learnt by the person. According to a study, 77% of employers believe that soft skills (skills associated with one’s personality) ar

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Emily Rice

Jul 3, 2019•1 min read

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Expand Your Comfort Zone

As humans we all need comfort; It is one of our basic needs. At the same time, we need growth. I’ve realized that there are a lot of quotes around this idea that in order to do something amazing we need to get out of our comfort zones. It’s some of the most common self-improvement advice out there. First, I’ll ask why comfort zones are so bad? I mean in my comfort zone is my family, friends, work, music, books, movies, you name it. While the “comfort zone” is a place of safety, it’s a pl

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Emily Rice

Jul 2, 2019•2 min read