By Adele Peters June 16, 2023 When UX designer Bianca Pasternack applied for a design job this spring at a company working on climate change, she got a rejection email saying that they’d had 3,000 applicants. At the same time, she kept hearing about the massive shortage of electricians who are necessary to help … Continue reading You might want to ditch your desk job to become an electrician
By Talib Visram October 07, 2022 Justin Hutchinson was working at a smoothie shop in his native Baton Rouge, trying to save money for his tuition to Louisiana State University, which he was struggling to pay after the death of his father. Hutchinson was a popular employee: He’d memorize customers’ orders and even their … Continue reading ‘Tear the paper ceiling’: A new campaign wants companies to ditch 4-year degree requirements
Gen Z To Marketers: Ditch The Persona by Ben Kunz , October 7, 2022 This story was previously published in an earlier edition of Marketing Insider. Marketers loves to create personas — those data bios and photos that personify target consumers as if they were political candidates. We think personas humanize our research, pinpoint the … Continue reading Gen Z To Marketers: Ditch The Persona
Stefan Wolpers September 21, 2021 TL; DR: Estimates Are Useful, Just Ditch the Numbers Many people dislike estimating work items as estimates supposedly open the path to the misuse of velocity by the managers, reintroducing Taylorism, micro-management, and excessive reporting through the backdoor. To them, for example, the proponents of #noestimates, estimates conflict with basic … Continue reading Estimates Are Useful, Just Ditch the Numbers
Melissa Ingold — December 8, 2018 Follow @timefreedombiz — December 8, 2018 geralt / Pixabay Outsourcing is scary; no two ways about it. I’ve coached many talented entrepreneurs through their first outsourcing venture, and there’s always been some nail-biting and foot-dragging involved. But every single one of them has been unspeakably relieved once they’ve experienced … Continue reading 5 Outsourcing Myths to Ditch in the New Year
Toland Lawrence — March 7, 2018 Follow @tolandlaw — March 7, 2018 What to Think About Before Switching Staplers Seems like everyone’s thinking about working at a startup. (Ok maybe not everyone, but a lot.) Why? We want our work to have an impact. There’s nothing like being part of a team that builds a … Continue reading Might Ditch Corporate Work for Startup Life?
Serenity Gibbons — August 24, 2017 — August 24, 2017 hafielally / Pixabay Learning to develop flexibility isn’t just about bending the rules as circumstances change. Being flexible can also include changing the way you run your business day-to-day when something isn’t working. Flexibility is having the awareness that life is ever changing, and adaptation … Continue reading Want To Avoid Failure? Ditch Rigidity And Develop Flexibility
John Hodge — June 30, 2017 Follow @johnahodge — June 30, 2017 skeeze / Pixabay Ever wonder why your digital marketing proposals are getting rejected? Yeepp… I’ve been there, and I wondered the same thing. Quick heads up, this article is geared towards freelancers. Onboarding clients in the agency world is a lot different, luckily … Continue reading Digital Marketing Freelancers Need to Ditch Their Proposal Process Now
Melanie Mulvihill — June 15, 2017 — June 15, 2017 TeroVesalainen / Pixabay I hear this phrase “best practices” thrown around a lot in the email marketing sphere. Even writing it just now made me cringe inside. Sure, there are some really, really basic best practices for email to follow, but there’s also a lot … Continue reading “Best Practices” for Email to Ditch
Ben Mulholland — March 10, 2017 — March 10, 2017 Your current team can’t handle any extra work. You’ve exhausted your process automation opportunities. You’ve got no choice but to bring in a fresh face. You could hire a specialist, but they can be expensive and limited in the work you can hand off. You … Continue reading How to Hire a Virtual Assistant and Ditch the Work You Hate
