How NOT to Introduce Yourself

December 15 , 2014

Networking is one of the most challenging skills you may have to learn in the world of business. It can be an awkward experience, having the attention of a group of strangers focused on you, and trying to make a good first impression.

Filed Under: Branding, branding, Career Advice, Professional Development, professional development, Skills, skills

Can You Be Patient?

December 11 , 2014

By nature, I am not a patient person. Put me in a long line, and my skin crawls. But it is becoming increasingly obvious to me that impatience is the enemy of nearly everything I hold dear.

Filed Under: Behavior in the Workplace, behavior in the workplace, Focus, focus, Goals, goals, Good Habits, good habits

4 Reasons Successful Entrepreneurs Need Executive Assistants

December 08 , 2014

As an entrepreneur, you put a great deal of thought in surrounding yourself with talented and dynamic people who add to the success of your business endeavors. The abilities and contributions of your team often determine the overall outcome of your project. Yet there is one position often...

Filed Under: Career Advice, Professional Development, professional development, Success, success

2014 Is Best Year For Job Gains Since 1999

December 05 , 2014

Hiring surged in November as employers added 321,000 jobs, crowning 2014 as the strongest year for job growth since 1999.

Filed Under: Career & Money

To Err Is Human. To Apologize Is Humane.

December 04 , 2014

Conflict is a natural and inevitable part of being human. At home or in theworkplace, different opinions, perspectives, and values intersect to create interactions that are challenging and taxing to navigate, even at the highest levels ofleadership. For example, in a recent survey,CEOs rate...

Filed Under: Attitude, Good Habits, good habits, Personality, personality, Social Impact

7 Things Exceptional Leaders Know

December 01 , 2014

1.Exceptional Leaders know that leadership is influence.

Filed Under: Insights, insights, Leadership, leadership and management, Leadership and Management, Professional Development, professional development

Happy Thanksgiving

November 26 , 2014

Happy Thanksgiving! There couldn’t be a better time to express our appreciation for the extraordinary people that we regard as the Solomon Page Group family: our employees, our clients and candidates. We are grateful for the relationships we share and extend our best wishes to you and those you...

Filed Under: Happy Holidays, happy thanksgiving, thanksgiving

If You Could Choose Your Title, What Would It Be?

November 24 , 2014

Superman, Spiderman, Batman—they’re all superheroes but these three have one other great thing in common: they chose their own titles. These self-reflective titles give us insight on who they are—one is a teenager accidentally bitten by a radioactive spider, another is a grown man haunted by...

Filed Under: ambition, Branding, branding, creativity, Your Career, your career

9 Terrible Habits You Need to Stop Immediately

November 20 , 2014

Perhaps you’ve heard of a “not-to-do list.” CEOs and productivity experts recommend the idea highly as a huge productivity booster that will help you free up time and head space for all the things that really matter.

Filed Under: Best Advice, best advice, Good Habits, good habits, Quick Tips, quick tips, Success, success

News From Solomon Page Group

November 18 , 2014

Solomon Page Group is again on Crain's New York Business' list of New York's 150 Largest Privately Held Companies (Nov. 17-23, 2014 issue)! Now in our 24th year of providing professional staffing solutions, we continue with our commitment to provide quality, consistency and results under one...

Filed Under: Awards, awards, Company News, company news, SPG News