Careers
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Seven Things You Should Never Wear to Work
Even if you have been in your professional career for years, it is still totally possible you have been perpetuating some bad habits. Nobody wants to be rude or hurt your feelings, so you can often make a mistake for years before you realize it. If you have ever had doubts about your own wardrobe,…
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5 Tips To Manage Your Boss
You do not have to be friends with your boss but it is at the very least wise to have a good rapport with them. That will put you in a position to get noticed for better opportunities and it will help you be more aligned with the goals that are important to them. If…
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Employee Preferences: Yes, to Four-Day Workweeks; No To Losing Benefits Because of It
A new survey by software company Simple Texting found that 74 percent of Americans would walk away from their current job for a four-day workweek, writes Andy Medici for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Out of 1,000 respondents, 97 percent said they would be more productive if they worked four instead of five days a week.…
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Career Changes You Can Make in Your 40s
Realizing you want to change careers can happen at any time. Admittedly, it is better to have it happen when you are just starting out. But even if you are well into your work experience you can still develop the skills necessary to make the change. If you have been wondering what options are viable…
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Five Ways To Get Yourself Noticed at Work
Fear of failure makes a lot of people avoid even trying. You see that at work with people who worry about saying or doing the wrong thing, so they happily try to blend into the background. But standing out for positive reasons is what will give you promotions, raises, and awards in your field. If…
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Career Management from Internship to Retirement
When should you start or end managing your career? Why not begin with your first work or internship experience and keep going until your retirement? Whether you are self-employed, employed, or in transition, you need to manage your career and personal brand. What exactly is career management? It is a deliberate life-long process of preparing,…
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5 Tips to Take the Stress Out of Traveling For Work
Traveling for work sounds enjoyable since it can be a chance to get paid to see more of the world. But in practice, it can be a major pain that leaves you frustrated and burnt out upon returning home. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. Per the site Stacker, here are some tips…
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Bucks County’s Employment See Saw: Where Were Its Ups and Downs Most Volatile?
The Philadelphia Business Journal has compiled a list of greater Phila. public companies gaining and losing the greatest number of employees last year. Reporter Ryan Mulligan provided the details. The tabulation yielded 20 firms with the biggest swings in human resources, identifying enterprises that did the most hiring in 2021 and those that downsized to…
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5 Proven Strategies For Pitching Your Idea to Your Boss Successfully
Sharing ideas at work demonstrates you are invested in trying to improve the company. However, it can also be intimidating because if your ideas are not well-received, it can make you look foolish. Even the best idea can fail due to lack of proper preparation and forethought. Forbes explains what matters the most when trying…
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Conshohocken-based AmerisourceBergen Among Companies Choosing Suburbs Over Phila. as Pandemic Winds Down
Conshohocken-based AmerisourceBergen is among the growing number of companies that are opting to make the suburbs their post-pandemic home rather than Philadelphia, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The wholesale pharmaceutical distribution and services company decided to relocate its headquarters from Chesterbrook to Sora West, a 12-story new development in Conshohocken, in 2018.…
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What Should be Considered to be “Business Casual” Attire?
During an interview, you likely already know to dress your best. But what about after you are hired and told the office is business casual? Those words together can throw some people off and lead to them having a faux pas of underdressing for the job. To help you avoid that mistake yourself, Glassdoor put…
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The Qualities You Really Need To Get Promoted
If you are just sitting around waiting for your boss to promote you, you might be waiting quite a while. Promotions do not come from seniority alone. You need to demonstrate you have the qualities that your boss is looking for to excel in this new role. Forbes gave a detailed run down of what…
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6 Unspoken Rules of Getting a Promotions
If you have been at your current job for a while and putting in good work, you have probably begun to wonder if promotion could be in your future. Unfortunately, if you sit back and wait for it to come to you, you might be disappointed. Often you have to take the initiative to arrange…
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Of All the Teeth That Take a Bite Out of Your Paycheck, Bucks County’s Hurt Much Less Than Elsewhere
Bucks County ranks among the most paycheck friendly places in Pa., according to a recently released report by SmartAsset. To determine the paycheck friendliness of each county in the state, SmartAsset used four main metrics: Semi-monthly paycheck Purchasing power Unemployment rate Income growth Bucks County came second in the state, with an overall paycheck friendliness…
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Five Steps You Should Take After Being Fired
Getting fired can stir up a lot of emotions in you — anger, sadness, shame. It hurts getting rejected, especially for a position you might have been depending on. But the best way to move past those feelings is to set your sights on your next goal. That is why Glassdoor shared the actions you…
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Need to Create Snazzy Graphics for LinkedIn or Social Media?
As an individual or small business owner, it’s great to have resources when planning your content creation on LinkedIn or other social media platforms. Even better is when the resources are free or low-cost, and easy to use. I have used “Over” for making graphics in the past, which is now called GoDaddy Studio. Also,…
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SAP Struggles to Achieve Gender Equality But Some Issues Remain
SAP, which has its American headquarters in Newtown Square, has been aiming for gender equality, trying to bring women into senior positions at the same time that some women staffers company-wide are complaining about unwanted advances from senior male managers and an unresponsive HR department, writes Amy Thomason and Giles Turner for Insurance Journal. SAP had…
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BUCKSCO Careers — QNB Bank
In this era of financial institution mergers, closures and financial bailouts, QNB Bank takes pride in being one of the few surviving independent banks in Bucks, Montgomery, and Lehigh Counties. QNB’s stability and longevity is due, in large part, to its attentive, capable and enduring leadership. From 1877 to the present, only seven presidents have served the…
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