Author: Josh Taylor
How your social media accounts are preventing you from finding a job
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 24, 2013Having trouble finding a job? Take a good look at your social media account. There may be some serious warning flags for potential employers. For example: Booze: That album of your reckless Cancun vacation? Make it private. About 48 percent discovered info about the candidate drinking or using drugs on social-media sites. Crazy Ranting: That nickname you …
Read MoreBody language tips every presenter needs to know [infographic]
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 24, 2013Presenters beware! Are you sending out body language signals that send the wrong message to your audience? Infographic via Entrepreneur. More entrepreneurship advice.
Read MoreBy the numbers: American Christmas habits
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 23, 2013Pew Forum published a survey detailing how American’s celebrate Christmas. The information is pretty darn interesting, and Buzzfeed helpfully organized the information into bite-sized chunk. For example: The chance someone will buy gifts for friends or family goes up the more money people make, unless they make more than $100,000, then it actually goes down …
Read MoreIt’s a Charlie Brown Christmas dance flashmob! [video]
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 20, 2013I can’t think of a better Christmas dance than that of the Peanuts crew. Take a look at this flash mob recreating that memorable dance on the streets of NYC: Full story at Uproxx. More holiday cheer.
Read MoreWhat CEOs want HR to understand (but won’t tell them)
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 19, 2013CEOs have to appear omniscient, so of course they’re not going to admit they don’t know something, especially to HR. If you work HR, then, you should probably know these five things that CEOs won’t tell you, but want you to know, brought to you by former Society for Human Resource Management CEO Susan Meisinge. Here’s …
Read MoreHow to effectively explain things to your customers
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 19, 2013Explaining things to your customers is tricky. You don’t want to appear condescending, but you still have to get the information across. To help you walk this line, HBR offers a few battle-tested tips for explaining things to customers. Here are a few examples: Make Your Audience Feel Smart, Instead of Making Yourself Look Smart …
Read MoreTourist walks off a pier while checking Facebook on her phone
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 18, 2013We’ve all done silly things while distracted by our phones, but this Taiwanese tourist might just take the cake. While vacationing in Australia, she accidentally walked right off a pier: Senior Constable Dean Kelly of the water police said officers found her floating metres from the pier. “She was still out in the water laying …
Read MoreFive ways to take care of yourself during the busy holiday season
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 18, 2013Don’t get me wrong, I love the holidays. Sometimes, though, they make me want to rip my hair out. If you feel the same, then read these five tips for self-care during the holidays and stop the stress before it starts. Here is an example how you take better care of yourself during the season: …
Read MoreThings you didn’t know about “A Christmas Carol”
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 17, 2013Everyone loves A Christmas Carol, but hardly anyone knows these ten behind-the-scenes facts about it. Here are two examples: He started the story in October 1843 and wrote obsessively for six weeks. As Dickens wrote, he wept, laughed, and wandered around London at night “when all sober folks had gone to bed.” He finished the novella at …
Read MoreAirport security dives to catch a falling baby [video]
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 17, 2013I wish the TSA agents in America were this epic. Well, maybe they are, but I’ve never seen one dive 16 feet to save a falling baby: You can see more angles at the full site. Full story at Buzzfeed. More insane videos.
Read MoreNewspapers headlines from the Sandy Hook shootings last year
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 15, 2013Last year the entire nation mourned the loss of 20 children, brutally slain at Sandy Hook elementary school. Buzzfeed compiled 22 newspaper headlines from that sad day: Full story at Buzzfeed. More journalism history. Photo credit: Buzzfeed
Read MoreJ.P. Morgan CEO offers leadership advice
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 14, 2013Despite some recent bad press, J.P. Morgan is still an industry leader, and when the CEO offers leadership advice it’s probably worth considering. Here are a few of the essential qualities Mr. Dimon says all great leaders must have: Discipline This means holding regular business reviews, talent reviews and team meetings and constantly striving for …
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