Serena Estrella
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Five Common Remote Hiring Mistakes to Avoid
The rise of remote work accelerated at an unprecedented rate for the last two years. Now that we know that it works (!), more employers are open to the idea of keeping a remote workforce. Moreover, a study conducted by Harvard Business Review confirmed that workers feel more productive when they work from home. This…
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Three Weird (Yet Effective) Tricks for Beating Procrastination
Research shows that almost 95 percent of us procrastinate to some degree. While it’s comforting to know that we’re not alone, we can’t deny that procrastination holds us back. There’s this persistent misconception that procrastination is synonymous with laziness. While both do pertain to inaction, there’s a significant difference. Laziness implies passiveness, apathy, and the…
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Four “Red Flags” That Actually Prove You’re a Better Leader Than You Think
When we talk about leaders, two characteristics always come to mind: persuasiveness and charisma. Think great communicators who deliver speeches in front of thousands of people. And whenever they do, everyone’s hooked on whatever they have to say. This is why we often assume that extroverts are natural leaders. But that’s not always the case.…
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How to Take Back Control Of a Virtual Meeting When Someone Won’t Stop Talking
A typical work day these days consists of consecutive virtual meetings. Hence, it comes as no surprise that most of us have Zoom fatigue. However, it’s not virtual meetings per se that drain us. Online discussions aren’t so different from face-to-face conversations, after all. And done right, everyone gets the chance to share ideas regardless…
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Want More Women in Tech? Here Are Four Ways to Hire (and Retain) More of Them
More and more women are taking up space in the workplace. Take the information technology (IT) sector, for instance. More women now work as software developers, computer network engineers, and database administrators, among other positions. And they do it well. However, the IT industry is still largely a world built for men by men. So,…
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Four Common Mistakes in Writing Job Posts – and How to Correct Them
If you want to hire the best candidates, you need to attract the right ones first. This is where a good job description comes in. But crafting a well-written one can be daunting. You have to get all the necessary details down and somehow stay as concise as possible. Conversely, you can’t condense everything into…
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5 Best Reasons For Banning Remote Work FOREVER
With more and more people getting vaccinated and boosted, more and more companies are also pushing for people to go back to the office. Yey! Now that this working from home trend is almost over, here are five reasons why it should stay gone – for good. The pandemic is over. Sure, covid19’s still around.…
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Why a Well-Written Job Description Matters (And What Yours Should Contain)
Hiring is one of the most important parts of managing a business. It’s more efficient to delegate crucial tasks and roles to your employees rather than doing it yourself, and finding the right people who can do these things better than you can help your company get off the ground faster. But finding the right…
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Hiring an Imperfect Job Candidate? Here Are Five Ways to Make It Work
Just to be clear, there’s no perfect employee, okay? When we say “imperfect” in this context, we mean someone who might not have as much experience as you’d like, who might have a sizable employment gap in their CV, and so on. In short, someone who, at first glance, might seem ill-suited for the job.…
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The “Talent Tower” Assumption: What It Is, Why You Should Avoid It, And How
There seems to be a major shortage of top-tier talent these days. Whether we’re talking about graphic designers, copywriters, or web developers, so many companies, recruiters, and HR department heads are complaining about how difficult it is to find – and hire – good people. Granted, the events of the past two years have drastically…