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Back to the Office?

Is your company returning to the office? Yes we get the advantage of human contact and more variety to our day. However the return can also lead to anxiety. Here's a column to help you get back to the office and your new routine while minimizing the anxiety.
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Small is BIG

Think the "small stuff" doesn't matter? If so, this column could be for you. See how the small stuff can build to big success for us and our teams.

Laid Off?

Losing our job can be crushing. It is not just the loss of our livelihood it can also be the loss of our identity and self belief. Read how to get through it and back to it all...

Vacation: Your Policy

How to take all your vacation and still get ahead click here.  Also, read this if you're company has an "unlimited" vacation policy.

Bridging A Career Gap

It is painful being laid off. We lose the means to pay for our lives. If unemployed for long periods we can also lose our skills. Being a freelancer can help keep us in the game and our skills sharp for when that new and "permanent" job gets posted. 
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Downturn Planning

"Up and to the right" sounds great, but is rarely the reality of our careers. This column details what we can do to prepare for a career downturn. 

Keeping Motivated

Job searches are tough and you will experience rejection more times than you expect.  This column suggests tips for how to stay motivated!

Business Presentations

Getting your message across helps you and your company. Get the highlights on how to build great reports & presentations!

Survivor Guilt

Surviving a round of layoffs might not feel like a good thing. We will have friends and colleagues who lost their jobs and this can provoke feelings of guilt. If you need some help adjusting to the post-layoff environment here are some ideas on how to get through your survivor guilt.

Crush It @ Work

Get the scoop on what you need to do to be effective in the office from what time to get in, managing your boss to settling in, it's all here...

Experience

Get the experience of professionals who have gone before you! From CEO's to folks in their first jobs the "Wise Words" section will help you out.

Salary Negotiation

Get what you need in terms of salary and benefits from your early job... negotiation isn't easy, but it doesn't need to be awful.  

About Early Stage Professional

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The goal of Early Stage Professional is to help people make the transition from formal education to the workplace and be effective, successful and satisfied in the first 5+ years of their careers. 

EarlyStageProfessional.com is the companion website to the career playbook "Early Stage Professional: starting off right".  On this website you will find content to help you: Succeed In Your Job Search, Crush It In Your First Month, Manage Your Money, Get Tips & Advice from former Early Stage Professionals 

To learn more on the Early Stage Professional project head to our Bureaucracy page.

Help Center

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Career Setbacks: Been laid off? Made a mistake at the office? Missed a promotion? Generally having a tough time of it? If you are facing career obstacles this section has actionable advice so you can turn it around. 
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Managing Up: You may not like your boss. You may think you could do their job better. While all of this matters, it also doesn't. What matters is building a productive relationship with your manager and this section explains how.
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Career Management & Promotions: This section focuses on how to manage our careers, manage the always tricky question of gaining a promotion and shows us how to get ahead.  
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Stress Management: Work can be stressful. We may have co-workers or managers that we don't like. We may have too much on our plate and find it hard going. This section focuses on actions to manage stress.

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Home Work

Working from home has a bad reputation. Some think if you work from home you're not really "working".  If done right though, you can be a more productive employee and build relationships despite being away from the office.

Device Addiction

This short piece goes through tactics on how to manage digital devices in the workplace. Runs through the issues of being "always on" and provides best practice on how to make our digital devices work for us rather than be in control of us. 

Made a Mistake? Own It

During the course of our career we are going to make mistakes. During the course of our working day we are likely to make a mistake. This column goes through how to ensure that mistakes do not limit your career trajectory.

Promotion FOMO

Feel held back? Didn't get that promotion you wanted? Frustrated that someone else got it? While these are valid feelings, this column says look again, look deeper and don't feel FOMO as there are likely good reasons for not getting it.

Annual Reviews

Annual Reviews can put us on the spot and we may feel we need to defend our performance in the last year. If done right, though, we can actually benefit from the process. Here's the "How-To" for succeeding at your annual review.

Reputations Travel

Ok, so we know that in the world of the web we will be judged. In the world of work we are also judged by all those we come into contact. This column focuses on the importance of managing relationships with everyone, even you!!

Refresh Yourself

​Ok, we know it's good to hydrate to keep our bodies in good condition. We should also take the time to refresh mentally so that we can be at peak performance at work. This columns gives some ideas on how to be refreshed for the office.

The Business-Travel Guide

​Travelling for work sounds great and truth is, it can be a nice break of routine from the office. That said if you're becoming a regular business traveller, it is not all fun. This column by a road warrior sets out how to travel well for work.

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