Are you Competent? Top 10 Skills to Ace Your Next Performance Review

• Do you have an upcoming performance review?
• Want to WOW your boss?
• Anxious, worried, tongue-tied?

Let me take the stress and guesswork out of your next performance review. If you are like most people you are dreading this meeting. Having been on both sides of the fence I know that neither side is very comfortable. Check out my previous post on Performance Reviews - which describes 4 common types of managers you may face.

$ Money Saving Aps for International Travelers: What's Hot, What's Not!

• Want to stop the money drain and excess travelers' fees?
• Do you know that LinkedIn comments, Facebook status updates and email spam cost you money$$$?
• Wonder how to avoid some of the usurious practices and hidden fees?

 This post is dedicated to all of the international travellers who have ever been gouged, while away from home. Fight back!

The catalyst for this post was my recent, trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and my spouse's prior trip to Tamil Nadu Province in India. I want to save you the fees and gouging which we experienced!

Recruiter Secrets: Wanted Emotional IQ & Interpersonal Intelligence!

What do Recruiters really want?
Why do "less intelligent" friends get hired
How can you gain a ticket to the C-Suite?
Do you have enough Emotional IQ and Interpersonal IQ?

Many job seekers both new graduates and seasoned professionals focus too much on their technical or "hard" skills. Often, this is done to the exclusion of their "soft skills."  "Hard skills" can be taught, but "soft skills or interpersonal skills" must be developed over time.