Dr. Shirley's Career Corner
2012 Articles
2011 Articles
- Family businesses: Communication is a key
- Seven steps to high impact customer service
- Family Businesses 101: Listening for success
- Your company’s image: A reflection of success?
- Family leadership: A critical component
- Top five business phone techniques
- Creating a harmonious workplace
- Civility in the workplace
- Salary negotiation basics
- Three key strategies for managing emotions at work
2010 Articles
- Interviewing 101: Negotiating your salary
- Seven steps to high impact customer service
- Ten critical steps to supervisory success
- E-mail etiquette: 13 key steps to success
- Confidence and success: Points to ponder
- Management 101: The art of delegation
- Management 101: The art of motivation
- Management 101: The challenge of change
- New job: First impressions count
- Count your blessings
2009 Articles
- Key steps to job fair success
- Need a coach? Five factors to consider
- Ten common job search mistakes
- Transitioning careers: Assessing skills is paramount
- Cell phones: Curse or technological privilege?
- Dressing professionally in the summer heat
- Body talk: Communication or confusion
- Interviewing 101: Dress to win
- Six high impact strategies for improving your work life
- Interviewing 101: Maximize your salary negotiations
2008 Articles
- Job-search mechanics: Strategies for success, part 1
- Job search mechanics: Strategies for success, part 2
- Leadership 2008
- Making a career transition: Five steps to success
- Business dining: Seal the deal with a meal
- ‘Please leave a message!’ — Basic voice mail strategies
- Reap your worth
- Stimulate your job satisfaction
- Your professional image: Credibility or crisis?
- Listening — A key to interpersonal success
- Thriving in the current job market
2007 Articles
- Renewing your focus and achieving success in 2007
- Image and attitude for interviewing success
- Introductions: A business basic
- Making presentations with confidence and control
- Making presentations with confidence, control — part 2
- Making presentations with confidence, control — part 3
- Making presentations with confidence, control — part 4
- First-time supervisor: A road map to success
- Employee dress code: A resurgence
- Team building: Six basics for success
- Job-search mechanics: Strategies for success, part 1
2006 Articles
- Being a brand new you
- Update your résumé — A career priority
- Choosing life’s color
- Reap your worth
- Summer office attire: Dos and don’ts
- Résumé writing: Honesty — the best policy
- Business dining: Seal the deal with a meal
- Mastering the phone interview, Part 1
- Mastering the phone interview, Part 2
2005 Articles
- Meeting greater challenges, achieving success in 2005
- Business dining: Seal the deal with a meal
- Dealing with difficult co-workers: Strategies for success
- Team building: Six basics for success
- Customer service: Road map to success
- First-time supervisor: A road map to success
- Dazzle your customers with ‘wow’ services
- Back to the basics
- Today’s organizational image: Reflections of success
- Keeping peace in the office
2004 Articles
- Meeting management: Guidelines for success
- Effective employee orientation: A key to reduced turnover
- Succeeding in today’s job market
- E-mail: Overused and abused?
- Laughter: A lifesaver
- Asking for a raise: Strategies for success
- Information technology: Gaining a competitive edge
- Job interviewing tips, Part 1
- Job interviewing tips, Part 2
- Time: A precious commodity
Previous (but pertinent) Articles
- You cannot not Communicate
- Personal wellness: your most precious asset
- Keys to creating customer satisfaction
- Leadership 2000
- Are You Really Listening?
- Netiquette: Basic Guidelines
- What’s the Emotional IQ of Your Company?
- Cell Phone Etiquette: Tips to Remember
- Steps to Professional Success: It’s Up to You
- Introductions: A Business Necessity
- Effective Nonverbal Communication Skills: Your Mode of Dress Plays a Key Role
- Business After Hours: Polish Pays
- Casual Dress: Morale Booster or Image Buster
