If you’re a business owner, there are likely many challenges you may be facing. Your daily challenge will be trying to find out ways you can get more sales and customers. Advertising is an excellent option as it allows you to spread the word about your businesses to a higher audience. But how can you attract customers through your advertising …
How You Can Maintain Your Body Health During COVID-19
The human immune system is crucial in keeping you safe from COVID-19. But, it can be hard to know what to do if your body health starts declining. With the virus spreading rapidly, many people are finding themselves in a state of constant anxiety and panic. You’re not alone! In addition to getting the appropriate vaccines and boosters, the best …
How to Assess Your ADHD Symptoms For Free
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders in the world. ADHD affects over eight percent of children and about four percent of adults worldwide. Most ADHD symptoms appear at a young age. Lack of knowledge on this disorder has led to many people mislabelling it as one’s personality. High Functioning ADHD Symptoms High-functioning ADHD …
10 Ways to Regain Your Mental Health After COVID-19
We’re aware that you may have gone through some tough times during COVID-19. Some of your friends are gone, our government has collapsed, and the entire populace is either dead or mutated into hideous creatures whose only goal is surviving. But you’ve made it this far, and the only way to go is up. Just remember: you are not alone …
5 Tips to Enhance Your Marketing Strategy as a Senior Entrepreneur
When you retired, you realized that you had the opportunity to chase passions that you had never had the time to focus on while you were working full-time. Perhaps this realization led you to pursue entrepreneurship and open your own small business! Working with the top sales experts at Petite2Queen can help you drive more revenue, and in the meantime, …
Job Searching? How to Make Yourself Visible Using LinkedIn
When you’re applying for a job at a large organization, the application process can seem quite impersonal. With online applications that just go into the HR system, it often seems like your application has vanished into thin air. Who are you supposed to follow up with? Have they seen your application? Applying for jobs in this manner can seem daunting, …
Your Labor is Worth the Pay! Put an End to Unpaid Internships
Unpaid internships are a reality for many people entering the workforce. In 2014, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) found that 61% of graduating seniors had held at least one internship prior to graduation; 46.5% of those internships were unpaid. People take internships to “get their foot in the door” in the company or field they aspire to …
How to Channel Creativity and Joy Into a Boring Job
Sometimes you find yourself in a boring job. The days seem monotonous, and you don’t look forward to going to work each morning. While you’re at the office, you can’t stop staring at the clock, waiting for your shift to be over. You feel like you’re wasting your days away and that you’re not using your brain on the job. …
Should You Actually Help a Friend Land a Job?
We all agree that today’s job market can be tough. Nearly all of us have gone through grueling months of applications, interviews, and networking for the sake of our careers. And we all have friends who have faced the same job hunting struggles. Naturally, we want to help each other out where we can: We give our friend a heads …
7 Easy Ways to Deal With the Stress of Working From Home
The recent pandemic has changed our way of living and disturbed our daily routine. As everything is going online – including classes, shopping, and working – this situation has created stress in people in very drastic ways and affected their health. With our busy lives and the pandemic, stress has become ubiquitous. Most men have anxiety, but they do not …
4 Steps to Make Your New City Feel Like Your Home
Since I was 18, I’ve moved cities four times, excluding returning to live with family members in Washington state between moves. As a new adult, I first moved to Manhattan; two years later, I transplanted to Washington, DC. Next, I jettisoned to Ireland to live in Dublin. Now, my home is in Limerick, Ireland. With each of these moves, I …
Why Women are More Financially Stressed Than Men (And What to Do About It)
Women face more barriers than men in almost all aspects of our day-to-day lives. And since money makes the world go round, it’s no surprise that financial stress affects up to 80% of women, according to a Fidelity poll. That’s two thirds more than the number of financially stressed women the poll reported just last fall! That’s why we’ve compiled this …
7 Tips to Help You Get Noticed and Land That Job!
How do you get noticed by hiring managers? In this virtual world of anonymity, it may seem hard to make your application stand out. However, you can create interest and be noticed. Here are some basic tips to get you started and land that job. 1. LinkedIn & Resumes If you apply via LinkedIn or online, attach a resume. Although …
How to Make the Big Move to Live Alone for the First Time
You’ve jumped from roommate to roommate over the years. First there was the one who never talked to you, but stayed in her room all the time, fighting with her boyfriend on the phone. Then there was the one who would leave passive aggressive notes on the refrigerator, telling you to pick up your jacket you left in the living …
Keep Looking Up: How to Tackle Today’s Tough Job Market
Since the Great Recession hit in 2007, finding a job has been a lot harder than it was in years past. Youth unemployment was at 8.9% in August 2017, which is to say nothing of underemployment experienced by young workers, with 51% of millennials reporting underemployment. Even worse, in New York City, young people are earning 20% less than previous generations. Right now you …
Old Friendships: How and When Should You Make Them Survive?
We always hope that our relationships will stand the test of time. Lifelong friendships are highly praised, and rightly so. Knowing that someone will always have your back is definitely a fortifying feeling. Of course, although you’ve built a robust friendship, maintaining that connection takes commitment and effort. Some friendships are easier, requiring less contact – you can simply pick …
What are the Two Words That Always Deliver Sales Results?
All sales professionals know the power of using the right words at the right time. With that said, there are two words that consistently deliver results. Unfortunately, women tend to shy away from using these impactful words, instead defaulting to their more passive counterparts. What are these mysterious words? “Will” and “would,” as opposed to “can” and “could.” “Will” and …
What is the Winning Edge to Ensure Career Success?
Regardless of your role, your attitude and willingness to work with others is worth 50% of your position. These two attributes contribute more to the perception of your co-workers, supervisors, and management than any other skill. They give you a winning edge for promotions and leadership opportunities. Attitude is prevalent in your every action. A positive, enthusiastic attitude encourages and …
How Can You Actually Control Your Own Destiny in Life?
You’ve probably heard this many times throughout your life: “You are in control of your own destiny.” Perhaps this rings true for you, or maybe you think the sentiment condescendingly oversimplifies life’s complications that can limit your options. Regardless of whether you feel absolute control over your fate, the fact is that you can at least influence it. A major …
How to Reenter the Workforce as a New Mom
Reentering the workforce after recently becoming a mom can seem like a monumental task—especially when the job market is competitive. Adjusting to the new challenges of motherhood on its own is a huge change, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed when it’s time to begin a job search in earnest. However, there are some concrete steps you can take to …