Kelly Mitchell Archive

Although the term, ‘active listening’ is not new, unless you are familiar with it, you may not really fully understand or appreciate in full what it is and more importantly why it’s so important. Active listening is a technique used …

When you get a job interview you are no doubt excited and nervous about your opportunity and the possibilities that the job presents. So when you get to the location and introduce yourself to the Receptionist, there are a number …

Sometimes the advice we get can initially sound like the person giving it really doesn’t understand the problem. Take for example the situation where you are out of work and struggling to even get interviews. Your every waking moment is …

The job posting says you’ll be working independently and you need to be self-disciplined because you won’t have regular contact with others. Your lack of interest in or anxiety when working with other people may therefore may attract you to …

“Why do you want to work?” “I need to do something and I’m getting frustrated.” This is a question and answer that comes up relatively early in conversations that I have with people. While the question isn’t surprising, you might …

Do you have a person in your workplace that you dread running into during the day? Do you find yourself looking over your shoulder, taking precaution to walk around with other staff, getting sick to your stomach just walking to …

A major source of frustration for some people is firing off a resume to an employer, waiting for the phone to ring and hearing nothing. I hear this complaint quite often from job seekers I speak to. My normal response …