Do you use Site_____ in Google searches I DO!

Do you use Site_____ in Google searches I DO! On my blog its hard to find old stuff that Im looking for. I dont understand how the search box works, and if Im looking for a phrase I cant really use it. Enter the SITE search on Google. Check this out: Each color represents the three main things in this search: YELLOW: Simple put site: to tell Google that you want to restrict the search to a specific website.  Dont ever change this it is always site: GREEN: This is the website you want to search on.  My example is on the JibberJobber blog, but you can put in a company site (like apple or intel or whatever). I always put the entire URL, including the http://www, and if you want to do a search on just a portion of the site, you can do that (like Im doing with /blog). ORANGE (or whatever color that is): the search phrase.  This can be one word, of course, or you can do all the cool search stuff you expect to do with Google.  In this example, a phrase is within quotes, which means get me those three words just like they are there I do this regularly to find old stuff on my blog, with over 5 years of posts.  You can do this to do research on companies, openings, people, etc. Heres another example of a Google site search I just did and found some interesting results this shows where on LinkedIn people say Jason Alba I found a discussion where people where talking about me, or referring to me, that I didnt know about before! NOTE: to do this, simply go to Google.com, and put all three elements in the search box.  There isnt a special page you have to go to do do a site search. Have fun with this one! Do you use Site_____ in Google searches I DO! On my blog its hard to find old stuff that Im looking for. I dont understand how the search box works, and if Im looking for a phrase I cant really use it. Enter the SITE search on Google. Check this out: Each color represents the three main things in this search: YELLOW: Simple put site: to tell Google that you want to restrict the search to a specific website.  Dont ever change this it is always site: GREEN: This is the website you want to search on.  My example is on the JibberJobber blog, but you can put in a company site (like apple or intel or whatever). I always put the entire URL, including the http://www, and if you want to do a search on just a portion of the site, you can do that (like Im doing with /blog). ORANGE (or whatever color that is): the search phrase.  This can be one word, of course, or you can do all the cool search stuff you expect to do with Google.  In this example, a phrase is within quotes, which means get me those three words just like they are there I do this regularly to find old stuff on my blog, with over 5 years of posts.  You can do this to do research on companies, openings, people, etc. Heres another example of a Google site search I just did and found some interesting results this shows where on LinkedIn people say Jason Alba I found a discussion where people where talking about me, or referring to me, that I didnt know about before! NOTE: to do this, simply go to Google.com, and put all three elements in the search box.  There isnt a special page you have to go to do do a site search. Have fun with this one! Do you use Site_____ in Google searches I DO! On my blog its hard to find old stuff that Im looking for. I dont understand how the search box works, and if Im looking for a phrase I cant really use it. Enter the SITE search on Google. Check this out: Each color represents the three main things in this search: YELLOW: Simple put site: to tell Google that you want to restrict the search to a specific website.  Dont ever change this it is always site: GREEN: This is the website you want to search on.  My example is on the JibberJobber blog, but you can put in a company site (like apple or intel or whatever). I always put the entire URL, including the http://www, and if you want to do a search on just a portion of the site, you can do that (like Im doing with /blog). ORANGE (or whatever color that is): the search phrase.  This can be one word, of course, or you can do all the cool search stuff you expect to do with Google.  In this example, a phrase is within quotes, which means get me those three words just like they are there I do this regularly to find old stuff on my blog, with over 5 years of posts.  You can do this to do research on companies, openings, people, etc. Heres another example of a Google site search I just did and found some interesting results this shows where on LinkedIn people say Jason Alba I found a discussion where people where talking about me, or referring to me, that I didnt know about before! NOTE: to do this, simply go to Google.com, and put all three elements in the search box.  There isnt a special page you have to go to do do a site search. Have fun with this one!

How to Write a Professional Email (Examples) - Algrim.co

How to Write a Professional Email (Examples) - Algrim.co When you enter the workforce as a young professional, it can be hard to understand what constitutes a professional email. And how to write them. Writing a professional email has become an art form. And without years of experience writing these types of emails, you might spend unnecessary amounts of time trying to learn how to write the ideal message to another professional. In this writeup, we’re going to cover how to write a professional email and common mistakes you can avoid helping ensure the next email you write is effective for the reader and gets you a response. Professional Email Basics When writing a professional email, there are a few key components as part of your message. Your subject line. Your subject line should communicate your intent with the message. This is an important part of your email because a poorly written subject line might risk the recipient not opening your email to bread your message. Or could risk having your message be sent to their SPAM folder. Your greeting or opening. This is where you have the opportunity to address the recipient and reader. Something like “Yo dude” as you start your email, isn’t going to sound professional. Formally addressing the reader will let them know your email is regarding a serious message. Your email length. Lengthy emails don’t work. Studies have shown that the ideal length of an email is about 200 words. Your salutation or closing sign off. This is how you end your message. If you say “XOXO” at the end of your email, is it going to sound professional? No. Learning how to formally close your email is going to make you sound professional. Your email signature. Proper email signatures often communicate professionalism. Email signatures that show your job title, phone number, and other pertinent information can communicate to the recipient that you are a real person sending a professional email. An example of a bad professional email. Those are the components of your email that should be considered. So how do you start writing your email? Let’s jump into that now. Ideal Length of Emails Before we jump into the components of your email, it’s imperative that we cover your email length. Email length is one of the strongest factors in communicating professionalism as well as ensuring that your recipient responds to your email message when prompted. The ideal email length is 200 words. HubSpot studies have shown that emails that are 200 words often receive a 50% response rate. Emails that were even shorter, as indicated by a Boomerang study performed in 2016 shows that emails that are 75 words to 100 words received the highest response rate of 51%. Most emails are sent with the intent to receive a response. Whether it’s an email to your boss asking them to have lunch. Or an email to your coworker discussing a project. Short emails work. For you, the professional, this means you need to spend your time crafting a terse, clear message. And have clear prompts for your response. The most common mistake is to write explanations in your email. Long explanations, at that. When you have a request, you often feel you need to support your reasoning. But as a professional, if you have a request, be forward about it. The recipient won’t think twice about it. Good Subject Lines and Bad Subject Lines Similar to email length, email subject line length is a big factor in ensuring that your message has been received. The most common mistake for young professionals is to write lengthy email subject lines. Those are email subject lines that are more than 70 characters in length or more. Studies have shown that the ideal subject line length is about 4 words. This is because your reader might be reading their email on their mobile device, not just their desktop computer. When reading emails on a mobile device, long subject lines are often cut short. When the email subject line is cut short, your reader might not be able to scan their emails and comprehend which message is important and which message isn’t. Short subject lines work. Keep your subject line one word if you can. A subject line, “Lunch?” might not be a bad subject line. To you, the young professional, you might think this sounds abrasive. But it’s not. It is clear, has intent, and is respectful of the readers time. Other factors to consider regarding your subject line: Does it sound like a SPAM subject line? If so, don’t send it. Your message might end up in the SPAM folder in the email client. Does it clearly communicate what the email is about? Spend time deciding on an email subject line that communicates to the reader why they should open the email. Is it something the reader is going to recognize? Is your subject line communicating a relevant subject matter? If not, be sure to make your subject line something the recipient will be familiar with. A project, a company, your name, a friends name, or something else. How to Start Your Professional Email The way you start your email (your salutation) communicates to the recipient the formality of your message. Is it an informal message? Is it a formal message? This is where you open your intent to the reader. A formal message would be discussing a legal case to a client. An informal message would be discussing lunch plans between colleagues. When starting both messages, use a simple opening statement followed by an em dash. It should look like this: Mr. Smithâ€" Here are some email openings you can use to start your professional email: Hey all Good morning Good afternoon Good evening Good morning team Good afternoon team Good evening team Hey everyone Hi everyone Morning everyone Afternoon everyone Evening everyone Related: 50 Ways to Start a Professional Email (By Scenario) How to End Your Professional Email Your ending, often called your “sign-off” is the phrase that you use to end the message. A bad sign-off is something like, “CYA”. This is going to look bad. It is not the type of ending to a professional message that you might expect. Showing your sincerity, especially when your email contains an ask to the recipient, is going to ensure that they follow-through on what you’d like them to do. For example, if your ask is for them to find a digital file. It might take them 15 minutes to do so. That’s 15 minutes out of their workday. Showing sincerity is going to ensure that they follow through on providing you those 15 minutes. Here are some sign-offs that you should use: Sincerely Warm regards Appreciated Best regards Respectfully yours Thank you so much Thank you With appreciation Very best Related: How to End a Letter (Example Closings, Sign Off’s) Your Professional Email Signature Email signatures are a forgotten component to a professional email. A sloppy and unorganized email signature can communicate to your recipient that you’re an entry-level worker with little to no experience. What does a professional email signature look like? A good one should contain your job title, the business you are part of or representing, your phone number, and any other contact information that might be pertinent to the reader. Studies have shown that simple email signatures that are black and white often perform better than email signatures that have high amounts of graphics or decorations. Example Professional Email to Your Boss or Manager Now that you know what a good professional email should look like and a bad professional email should look like, let's write an email to your boss together. Below is an example where you ask your boss or manager a question about a project you have been tasked with. Subject line: Regarding research Hi Danâ€" I’m working on the Oasis Project and I was wondering if there was any research on the Synergy client? I looked through the shared folder you sent me but couldn’t find anything. I appreciate your help. Thanks so much Dan, Patrick In this example, we show appreciation to the recipient in advance, which indicates that we have a request which might take the recipient some of their workday in order to perform the task. In situations like these, it’s always best to be sincere and ensure that the recipient wants to help us. This is an effective email message because: We kept our email subject line simple and clear. We addressed our boss in a professional way and started the email cordially. We kept our email short and had clear asks. We kept our email message sincere and showed appreciation to the recipient. We closed our email message with a simple “thank you”. Example Email Requesting a Meeting This is a frequent email that you’ll send as a professional, a request for a meeting. This request could be to external parties (recipients outside of your business) or to internal parties (your colleagues and coworkers). In both instances, your email strategy is roughly the same. Here is what that will look like. Subject line: Meeting request Hi allâ€" We’ve had some back and forth by email and I thought it would be helpful if we got together to discuss the Oasis Project. I have a few touchpoints that I think could make it worth our time. Let me know if Thursday at 3 pm works for you. Thanks so much, Patrick In this example, we propose a time for the meeting, which happens to be our ask. This is an effective email because it gives context to what might happen in the meeting and why it might be important to attend. This an effective email message because: We kept our email subject line simple and clear. We kept our email short and had clear asks. We kept our email message sincere. We showed appreciation by closing the email message with a simple “Thank you so much” sign-off.

Did You Grow Up to Be What You Wanted - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Did You Grow Up to Be What You Wanted - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Editor’s Note: This blog is a modified excerpt from professional “headhunter” and bestselling job-hunting book author Skip Freeman’s next book in the “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets series of job-hunting books, CAREER STALLED? How to Get Your Career Back in High Gear and Land the Job You Deserve-Your Dream Job. Publication is scheduled for early 2013. ________________________________________________________ Remember when you were a youngster and people were continually asking you, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” If you’re at all typical, you probably asked yourself that same important  question quite a few times as well. According to a recent survey conducted by LinkedIn*, the World’s largest professional networking site, only about one in three adults (about 30%) claim to have actually achieved their childhood “dream” job, or to be working in careers related to such a job. Where do you find yourself at this stage in your career? Are you among the fortunate group, i.e., the 30% who say that they are in fact in their dream job or profession? Or, far more likely, are you among the much larger group of professionals who, even though you probably have already firmly established your professional brand, continue (or would like to continue) the quest for your dream job/profession-which may or may not be even remotely related to your current job/profession? LinkedIn’s career expert Nicole Williams is quoted in a recent AOL.com article (Dream Jobs: Who Has Them, And Why) as saying, “The dream jobs we aspire to as children are a window into our passions and talents.” The overwhelming majority of survey respondents (70%) defined their “childhood dream job” as being one which involved “taking pleasure in your work,” Williams added. Significant to note is that a mere 6% of survey respondents said that their dream job meant making a lot of money. Williams said that the childhood dream job is something many professionals never really seem to let go of-even well into their career and long after they have already established their professional brand. “I’ve met a lot of people at their 40th birthday who say, ‘I am not doing what I want to do,’” she said. Tips on Pursuing Your Dream Job Williams offered three tips for those professionals who still yearn to pursue their childhood dream jobs/profession: 1. Locate someone now doing your dream job. “Even well into professional life, its possible to have a ‘warped perception’ of what a childhood dream job is,” Williams said. “So its important to find out what living a certain job is really like, to see if you really want to move forward.” Williams cited an example of one woman who gave up everything to move to her dream job, a baker. “(The woman) wasnt thrilled when she had to start waking up at 4 a.m.,” though, Williams said. 2. Gain direct exposure to the professional community. Another good way to accurately gauge if your childhood dream job is really all that you suppose it might be is to get some direct exposure to the field/profession. Williams pointed out that virtually every professional field has career groups on LinkedIn. Join some of these groups, she advised, because not only can they give you   some valuable insight into the actual professional field, they also can serve as a path toward joining the field, if you remain so inclined and are genuinely qualified to do so. 3. Determine the connection, if any, to your current job/profession. Oftentimes, we are attracted to what we are innately capable of, so dont presume the job you currently have isnt connected to your dream job,” Williams said. “When people go for their ‘childhood dream job,’ they often think they have to make a ‘clean break,’ but oftentimes the impulse to ‘wipe away that old experience’ is really not necessary,” Williams said. “You dont want to start from scratch.” (Emphasis mine) And, just coincidentally, it is this third tip from Williams that clearly shows she definitely knows what she is talking about when it comes to today’s job market. Let’s suppose that you are now performing as a chemist for the paint and coatings industry, but what you have really always wanted to do is to be a commercial artist/painter. Nothing necessarily wrong with that goal, of course-except if you have no training and/or professional experience! In today’s job market, employers are looking, primarily, for this one thing from potential candidates: Current and relevant experience. If, in this example, you have indeed kept your “toe in the water” in relationship to your dream job/profession by, say, continuing to paint and exhibit as an active hobby or avocation, then pursuing your dream job/profession indeed might not be all that far-fetched! If you haven’t done something like this, though? Heed Williams’s advice in Tip Number 3 above: “You don’t want to start from scratch.” TOP 5 Childhood Dream Jobs for Today’s Professionals Just for the record, the LinkedIn survey showed that the TOP 5 dream jobs for today’s professional men when they were youngsters are as follows: Professional (or Olympic)  athlete (8.2% of survey respondents) Airplane or helicopter pilot  (6.8%) Scientist (6.8%) Lawyer (5.9%) Astronaut (5%) And the TOP 5 dream jobs for professional women when they were children: Teacher (11.4%) Veterinarian (9%) Writer, journalist or novelist  (8.1%) Doctor, nurse or emergency  medical technician (7.1%) Singer (7.1%) The fact of the matter is, most of us tend to do best that which we love most. Continue to dream your dreams, continue to seek out your dream job and/or profession and to pursue your professional passions, but also bear in mind that the time to “reinvent” yourself (if you currently are in a job or profession that has no logical connection to your dream job/profession) is not in a down job market. The wise professional actually can have the best of both worlds if he or she plans carefully. How? As Williams advised, seek out and learn as much as you can about your dream job/profession, and then take advantage of every opportunity to become actively involved in it in some meaningful way, but also keep “your day job” until you are actually offered (or land!) your dream job! That way you’ll still be able to pay the mortgage and feed yourself and your family. Author: Skip Freeman  is the author of “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever!  and is the President and Chief Executive Officer of  The HTW Group (Hire to Win), an Atlanta, GA, Metropolitan Area Executive Search Firm. Specializing in the placement of sales, engineering, manufacturing and RD professionals, he has developed powerful techniques that help companies hire the best and help the best get hired. *LinkedIn surveyed 8,000 professional women and men around the globe for the study.

Most Important Job Interview Question Is Asked By YOU! - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Most Important Job Interview Question Is Asked By YOU! - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Throughout the job hunting process you will be asked many questions, from “Why do you want to work at our company?” to “Tell me about your current (or previous) boss,” as well as a multitude of similar “qualifying” questions. How you answer each of these questions is of course very important. There is, however, one single question that arguably is the most important one that will be asked  during a face-to-face job interview, and it’s a question that’s not asked by a hiring manager. It’s a question you ask! And . . . it’s a question that can actually get you hired! Normally, the question you askâ€"or the one you should ask!â€"will be in response to the question a hiring manager typically poses  as the interview is winding  down. Usually, the hiring manager’s question goes something like this: “Now, what questions do you have for me? “ Most job candidatesâ€"erroneously!â€"consider this merely a “throw-away” question and usually say something inane, such as, “I really don’t have any questions.” Or, “You’ve pretty much answered all the questions I had.” In my professional experience working with hundreds and hundreds of candidates and hiring managers alike for nearly a decade as a professional “headhunter,” an answer such as this will practically guarantee that you will automatically be eliminated from further consideration! While there is no perfect way to answer the hiring manager’s question, star candidates answer it by asking their own question, and that question usually goes something like this: “Mr./Ms. Hiring Manager, let’s assume for a moment that I am your candidate of choice and, in turn, that your company is my company of choice. It is one year from now and you are doing my performance review. What would I have had to accomplish over the year in order for you to give me the highest performance rating? What would make you know for certain that you made a good hire?” How important is it for you to ask a question like this in response to the hiring manager’s “winding down” question? Consider what just one hiring manager recently told me over the telephone following an interview with our candidate. “I want to make your candidate an offer, Skip,” he said. “You won’t believe the question that she asked me!” Then the hiring manager proceeded to tell me all about the question the candidate had asked. He concluded with, “That is by far the best question I have ever had a candidate ask,” he said. “It not only made me think, but it also shows me that the candidate wants to know what good performance actually looks like. It demonstrates that she has an ‘accomplishment and achievement’ frame of mind.” The fact of the matter was, of course, I already knew the question that our candidate had asked as the interview wound down. Why? Because we coach all of our candidates to take this approach in face-to-face interviews! (Just coincidentally, over the past few months we have had two people get hired specifically because they asked this question. How do we know that? Because, once again, the hiring managers told us so!) Given the challenge and long odds today of actually making it to a face-to-face interview, you need to use every tactic, every “secret,” in your hiring game arsenal. In other words, you need to brand yourself as being unique and therefore different from the vast majority of other job seekers. My advice to significantly improve your chances of getting a job offer following a face-to-face interview? Memorize this “one question that can get you hired,” and then use it the next time you are on an interview. Then “Link In” with me on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/skipfreeman) and tell me how the hiring manager responded. I’d love to hear your stories! Author: Skip Freeman is the author of “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever! and is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The HTW Group (Hire to Win), an Atlanta, GA, Metropolitan Area Executive Search Firm. Specializing in the placement of sales, engineering, manufacturing and RD professionals, he has developed powerful techniques that help companies hire the best and help the best get hired.

Write a Good GPA on Your Resume

Write a Good GPA on Your ResumeA GPA is what most employers want to see on your resume and they will look at your GPA without any other information. If you aren't sure how to write a good GPA, here are some great ways to put it on your resume. Your resume needs to be in your top two choices so don't leave this off.The most important thing to use in your application when writing your GPA is your GPA. If you have your high school grade point average or your overall GPA, this is what most employers will read. This is the 'by' portion of your GPA, but don't just use your GPA for everything. You need to add other information that will impress your prospective employer.Use all of your courses as examples on your resume. If you got an A in chemistry, talk about what types of projects you did throughout college. You may need to talk about your project in your upper division class or some type of project that made you stand out in your class.It doesn't matter what the project was. When you're trying to put GPA on your resume, you need to show your employer that you didn't slack off during your college career. Many people use this as an excuse, but if you're looking for a job, you need to show employers that you worked hard and didn't let an excuse keep you from getting an education.You need to include how many classes you took and how many were upper division classes. By doing this, you are telling your employer that you worked hard and studied. If you took only a few classes that were not upper division, they are going to assume that you didn't work hard and that you didn't know how to take care of yourself. Tell them the truth about your GPA and make sure that you don't give them any reason to doubt your capabilities.Make sure that you tell your potential employer about the A-level scores. Although your GPA is important, if your interviewers don't know what it is, they can't tell if you are going to be hard working or lazy. When you show off your GPA, you need to be p roud of it.Keep in mind that you should try to do more research on your current and previous employer. You never know if the interview will turn into a future position. Let your interviewers know that you looked up their business and that you have an interest in it.Your resume should be the starting point when applying for jobs. Your GPA will help your employer's see if you're going to be a hard worker and if you're going to be smart with your money. Make sure that you use these steps when writing your GPA and don't be afraid to show off how hard you worked if you don't have the grades.

10 reasons why you didnt get that dream job - CareerAlley

10 reasons why you didnt get that dream job - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom. General George S. Patton Even though there seems to be what may be described as job scarcity in the new millennium with the onslaught of the global financial crisis and other similar challenges prevailing here and there. People are still getting employed and changing jobs so why does your case seem to be different? Well, in this article you will learn about ten good reasons why this may be so in your case and how to address them. This includes: 10) Not paying the much needed attention to your reputation online. The advent of the internet plus social media has brought a lot of benefits, but problems as well. One area this can be seen is with respect to job application. While it is easier now to send your CV or resume online, there is the other side of the equation. Consequently, not knowing what will turn up when employers type your name on Bing or Google can hurt your application. If you know that online information about you leaves much to be desired, then do something to correct same. 9) Not preparing at all or enough. Competition is the name of the game. And what this means is that you must be prepared to outdo your competitors; fellow job-seekers. Consequently, not knowing anything about your prospective employer or having good questions to ask in the course of an interview is a recipe for disaster. Research about the company you plan to get a job in. Dress appropriately. 8) Not demonstrating enough interest. We communicate in different ways; essentially verbally and non-verbally. The way your resume or CV is written says something. It says a lot! Generic resumes only breed skepticism in your future employers mind. Therefore, sending out a customized letter that shows the position you are interested in and why will go a long way. 7) Not following-up. It is important to know that you can lose the opportunity to work with a company or get that dream job by not following-up. This can happen in a number of ways besides not following-up at all, which includes not doing this at the right time or consistently until the job opening is closed. So do stay in touch regularly, network your way in. 6) Having a failure mind-set Expecting to fail in the course of applying for a job can show itself in your interactions with others and subsequently lead to your failure. Even if the odds are against you do not give in. Greet each interviewer and every network opportunity with a great smile plus a good handshake. 5) Applying for the wrong job. Times are hard. So applying for any job that sounds great may look like what will help you get that new job or change to another. But doing this will often lead to frustration as you will be denied the opportunity of working with possibly countless companies. To save yourself the heart-ache only apply to jobs that you are best suitable for. 4) Saying too much during the interview. Giving brief responses that go straight to-the-point during the interview is important. Rambling or making unnecessary statements or comments at this time raises doubt in the mind of the interviewer. If you feel need to expatiate further on a given point or response find out by asking first. 3) Little things matter. Hiring managers can be very meticulous in their search for a new employee taking note of little things that job seekers overlook. It could be in the way you respond to questions to the way you treat the receptionist. Be yourself, but do not take your interactions or composure for granted. 2) The way you look still counts. Dressing up casually to job interviews might seem to be in sync with the times. But for most industries, having that professional look or appearance still counts. 1) Not making a good presentation. If you are not prepared for a job interview it will likely show. This is because your confidence level will be lower than what it ought to be. Therefore, in order to prevent this from happening do plan ahead as well as prepare in advance. Author BioJason Phillips is creator of this post. He is a graduate with exceptional writing skills and if you want to try for nursing jobs Los Angeles he is always there to help you. This is a Guest post. If you would like to submit a guest post to CareerAlley, please follow these guest post guidelines. Good luck in your search. Visit me on Facebook

Need To Turn The Workplace Into A Paradise For Your Employees Use These Strategies

Need To Turn The Workplace Into A Paradise For Your Employees Use These Strategies Nothing is as important as employees to a business. But the costs of ignoring sluggish employee productivity and the critical unhealthy organizational culture are high,  a new study suggests. Business leaders should focus on fostering teamwork amongst workers to improve their productivity, and also enhance business growth. One of the  qualities that define a great leader  is the ability to communicate effectively with co-workers. Such leaders practice positive reinforcement, reward good performers, and put mechanisms in place that encourage employees to deliver more in a shorter period. Invest In Effective Communication People like being heard by their employers. Regardless of how much passion they could have for their job, poor communication undercuts their ability to execute. A survey done by the HR consultancy Willis Tower Watson found that organizations withstaff members that communicate wellare 3.5 times more likely to outperform their industry peers who are less effective communicators, and witness lower rates of employee turnover. Naturally, employees want everyone around them to listen to them â€" managers, co-workers, and acquaintances. By communicating with your team, you will understand the kind of grievances they intend to share, allowing you totackle those concerns soonerrather than later. Communication skills are what allow employees to connect with each other. To communicate better with your colleagues, you have to be a good listener. Since effective communication is two-way, pay attention to the message of others before putting yours across. Respect every coworker’s preferred medium of communication â€" it doesn’t matter whether it’s via text, voice or video. Last, pick your moments correctly. Know when to say something, and have some empathy for coworkers who are stressed out. Let Employees Own The Company Having a strong management team that encourages workers to be creative and publicly recognizes individual and group efforts are proven to improve productivity and engagement at work, so work consistently toward incorporating new and amazing employee engagement ideas to create a culture that helps employees feel engaged continuously in their everyday tasks. Furthermore, research indicates that a sense of ownership and purpose is a great motivator in keeping staff engaged and productive. Motivate And Reward For Good Results Showing workers how much the organization respects, values and appreciates each one of them is gratifying, yet often overlooked. Motivate, encourage and reward employees, and inform colleagues when they are doing good work, giving constructive criticism. Offer employees personalincentives for performing beyond their roles. Also, indicate precisely the achievement of a single employee to other workers to instill a sense of fulfillment and motivate others. By motivating your co-workers to put in more effort and rewarding them for their exemplary performance, they’re more likely to push themselves to achieve more productivity, as they have a reward ahead of them. Decreasing productivity in your company can put its sustainability at risk if left unresolved for long. Even so, your team will not be at peak performance every day, so prepare for this, and don’t blame it on anybody. Instead, implement these tips, and you will be surprised how much everyone can do, both in and out of the workplace