The Confident Career

3 Things You’re Doing That Are Holding Back Your Earning Potential

Let’s take a minute to think about your last paycheck. Picture it in your mind. Do you feel satisfied? Okay about it, but it could be better? Complete disappointment? No matter what you think about how much you make, I bet you have the potential to earn more. Even if you feel good about what you’re making, that doesn’t mean you are earning as much as you could be.

You are worth a lot more than you think you are, and you need to be maximizing that earning potential. You might even be the one getting in the way of your earning potential. Here are three things you’re doing that are holding you back:

10 Questions to Ask in the Job Interview When You’re Asked, “Do you have any questions?”

What is something that high school students and job interviewees have in common? When asked, “Do you have any questions?” they both stay silent. Don’t be a blank-faced high school student who definitely has questions—say something!

But don’t just say anything. Say something meaningful and concise. Something that screams, “I’m a qualified person who deserves this job.” Something like this:

How the Art of Small Talk Will Improve Your Career

The art of small talk, no matter how scary it may seem, could be your most useful skill when it comes to advancing in your career.

The Most In-Demand Skill of the Future

Every day technology is increasingly taking over every aspect of our lives. There almost isn’t a single instance in which technology has not made its presence known. Artificial Intelligence has allowed technology to take over even the most mundane of tasks, such as switching off the lights, as well as some of the most complicated ones, such as predicting what you might buy six months from now. Therefore, we may assume that the most in-demand skills of the future may be technology related. While technology is a must, in this day and age, it has now become a given. Second-nature.

What will really be in demand in the future are emotional and social skills, or what are often collectively called, soft skills. These skills make up what is left that make us human. According to many, we have entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, in which technology is taking over simple and complex tasks, to the point that many existing jobs will soon become obsolete because robots and machines will be able to do the same tasks that we currently do, with more speed and precision. However, some skills of the human experience that technology has not been able to imitate and overtake are creativity, complex problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and empathy and emotional intelligence. Because these skills cannot (just yet), be done better and faster by machines, these are the skills that will be in demand in coming years.

Interesting Perks: Helping Employees Pay Off Student Debt

You’ve worked super hard throughout college so that you could do your job well, so why aren’t more employers rewarding you for it by helping with your student loans? College educated workers possess the knowledge and skills that employers seek, so shouldn’t the employers be offering incentive for higher education with loan assistance?