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🔒 Why You Should Conduct Practice Interviews
Have you ever participated in a mock interview before? I haven’t. Well, I have never participated in a professional mock interview. However, I have sat down and reluctantly answered my mom’s interview questions while she pretended to be the interviewer who would ultimately decide if I got hired. It was a rather uncomfortable experience. I…
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🔒 Time Structure and Leisure Activities Boost Mental Health
Would you engage in more social leisure activities if you knew it could boost your mental health? Whether or not you are employed or unemployed, depression can enter your life and hinder your overall life satisfaction. Unfortunately, those who are unemployed have a higher risk of becoming depressed. Research has shown that unemployment “has been…
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🔒 The Importance of Work-Life Balance on Life Satisfaction
As a former teacher, I used to wake up in the morning and get work done before I stepped foot onto the campus. When I got home I would feel extremely drained and exhausted from the day, which for the most part, prevented me from getting much done after work. However, some days I would…
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🔒 How Bosses Impact Turnover Rate
What is the ideal boss? I asked a handful of people to name three characteristics that they wanted in their ideal boss. The qualities that were wanted weren’t complex or difficult to achieve, but rather simple and straightforward. In addition, I analyzed a research article that studied how managers’ behavior impacts employee turnover rate. The…
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🔒 Don’t Let the Number Fool You: Negotiate Higher
Negotiating your starting salary at a new job is important, especially if you aren’t satisfied with the initial offer. With that being said, it might surprise you to know that multiple studies have found a negotiating tactic that sways job-seekers away from making counter-offers that are far from the initial offer. This negotiating tactic doesn’t…
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🔒 Unemployment’s Negative Impact on Mental Health
If you are unemployed, or have ever been unemployed, it probably isn’t surprising to hear that multiple studies have found that unemployment has a negative impact on mental health. Nursel Aydiner-Avsar and Chiara Piovani’s study in particular analyzed the impact that unemployment had on the mental health of men and women separately. Their article, The…