Words At Work

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The top 5 grammar errors that make you (and your company) look bad CW Headley

Recently, researchers over at TIDIO polled 1,839 participants to determine which grammar errors have the potential to leave the worst impression among colleagues. Read More

Advice

The 3-second trick to impress on phone calls Danny Rubin

You can impress people on the phone with a simple strategy. Read More

Productivity

11 words smart people use in casual conversation Kattie Thorndyke

You could go out and buy one of those word-of-the-day calendars, or tell yourself you’ll look up the next word you see that you don’t know, but let’s be real. No one has time for that. Read More

Advice

The word trick people use to manipulate you without actually lying John Anderer

Canadian researchers tackled the subject of “doublespeak” of the persuasive approach of using more appealing euphemisms to sway or mislead others’ opinions without outright lying. Read More

Resumes

These 30 overused words will get your resume thrown in the trash Kyle Schnitzer

“Choosing just the right word is paramount. Your resume plays such an important role in determining the quality of your future employment that you need to use words to their maximum effect.” … Read More

Health

If you use these types of words frequently, you are an extrovert CW Headley

The authors found that extroverts more often use positive emotion words like happy, love, and nice and social prowess words like talk, share, and we, compared to introverts. This was determined to be consistent irrespective of gender. Read More

Interview Tips

15 excellent words to describe yourself in a job interview Wendi Weiner

With new methodologies in place, it’s important to consider the best words to describe yourself in a job interview. Read More

Advice

How “circle back” become the most used (and hated) work phrase ever Kyle Schnitzer

Thirteen percent of workers called it the most annoying phrase used in the office. Read More

Office Life

If you have workers with this personality type, you need to say these words to them Kyle Schnitzer

Both introverts and extroverts offer something different at work that the other can’t always provide … Read More

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