We frequently provide advice and tips for performing better at work. These softer skills may not be what brings your rate up, but they will be the differentiators that get you positive references and more likely to get you your next gig.
These posts are fantastic for time management…
- Be an Office Hero with These Time Management Tips
- 4 Better Ways to Use Your Spare Time
- Add More Productivity to Your Second Half of Summer
- 15 Time Wasters Successful People Avoid
- Stay Focused and Impress Your Clients
And these will help you work better with and manage others…
- Those Non-Technical People Who Work on a Tech Project
- Both Recruiters and Contractors Can Benefit from this Email Etiquette Infographic
- Is the Information Technology Industry as “Open” as We Think?
- Let’s Talk About Mental Health
- Is Your Contractor Onboarding Process Hurting Your Projects’ Success?
- How Contractors Can Deal with a Technology Crisis
Are there any other topics you’d like to see more of to help you improve soft skills and perform better on the job?
At the core of the Talent Development Centre is our desire to help independent contractors gain more opportunities and be more successful in their business. That is this blog’s mission. So, when summarizing a year, it’s only natural to review some of the most popular posts on the topic.
Finding new opportunities is an endless job for an independent contractor. In fact, if you’re on holidays right now, you may be working at it today. There are many strategies you can take to find the best opportunities and we talk about them frequently on the Talent Development Centre. 2017 did not lack in these posts. If you missed any, here’s a summary of our favourite ones:
Every job application and hiring process is guaranteed to require 2 items: a resume and a job interview. In a competitive market, you need to ace both of them. There are hundreds of thoughts on each with unlimited advice. Here’s a compilation of our suggestions from the past year.
Finally, the most anticipated blog post of the holiday season – Eagle’s top Talent Development Centre posts of the year.
