--- title: "Solomon Page: Staffing Solutions & Executive Search - Blog | Career Advice (10)" description: Career Advice | Solomon Page is a specialty niche provider of staffing solutions & executive search, with divisions covering many industries and a national reach. (10) --- - [Home](https://solomonpage.com) - Divisions - Functional Divisions - [Accounting & Finance](https://solomonpage.com/accounting-finance/) - [Administrative & Support](https://solomonpage.com/administrative-support/) - [Creative & Marketing](https://solomonpage.com/creative-marketing/) - [Human Resources](https://solomonpage.com/humanresources/) - [Legal Services](https://solomonpage.com/legal-services/) - [Scientific & Engineering](https://solomonpage.com/scientific-engineering/) - [Technology](https://solomonpage.com/technology/) - Industry Divisions - [Clinical Resource Network](https://solomonpage.com/crn/) - [Fashion & Beauty](https://solomonpage.com/fashion-beauty/) - [Financial Services](https://solomonpage.com/financialservices/) - [Healthcare & Life Sciences](https://solomonpage.com/healthcare-lifesciences/) - [Healthcare Staffing](https://solomonpage.com/healthcare-staffing/) - [Hospitality](https://solomonpage.com/hospitality/) - [Media, Education & Publishing](https://solomonpage.com/digitalmedia-publishing/) - [Specialty Financial Services](https://solomonpage.com/specialtyfinance/) - [Locations](https://solomonpage.com/locations/) - [Contact](https://info.solomonpage.com/contact-us?_gl=1*ffwfay*_gcl_au*MTc3NTM1NDM3MC4xNzI4NjczOTcw) - [Blog](https://blog.solomonpage.com) [![SP\_Corporate Global\_horiz\_lockup\_positive\_DIGITAL\_HIGH](https://blog.solomonpage.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SP_Corporate%20Global_horiz_lockup_positive_DIGITAL_HIGH.png?width=294&name=SP_Corporate%20Global_horiz_lockup_positive_DIGITAL_HIGH.png)](https://solomonpage.com) - [WHAT WE DO](https://www.solomonpage.com/service-offerings) - [AREAS OF EXPERTISE](https://www.solomonpage.com/areas-of-expertise) - [ABOUT](https://www.solomonpage.com/about) - [JOB OPPORTUNITIES](https://opportunities.solomonpage.com) ## Blog ## [How to Ask for What You Want in the Business World](https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/09/04/business-world) September 04 , 2014 How do we appropriately ask for what we want from others in the business world? Is there a right way and a wrong way? I am approached somewhat frequently by job seekers and business development professionals seeking new clients. These requests for help are from both professionals in my network as... - [mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/09/04/business-world](mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/09/04/business-world) - - - Filed Under: [Career Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice), [Communication](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/communication), [communication](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/communication-2), [Good Habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits), [good habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits-2), [Quick Tips](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/quick-tips), [quick tips](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/quick-tips-2) ## [5 Ways Emotional Unavailability May Be Affecting You At Work](https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/08/25/5-ways-emotional-unavailability-affecting-work) August 25 , 2014 We usually think of emotionally unavailable people as people who are unable to commit in romantic relationships. The reality is that all humans are emotionally defended to some extent. We humans tend to have a very poor understanding of ourselves. We are often overly aware of how others may be... - [mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/08/25/5-ways-emotional-unavailability-affecting-work](mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/08/25/5-ways-emotional-unavailability-affecting-work) - - - Filed Under: [Behavior in the Workplace](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/behavior-in-the-workplace), [behavior in the workplace](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/behavior-in-the-workplace-2), [Best Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/best-advice), [best advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/best-advice-2), [Career Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice), [Distractions](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/distractions), [distractions](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/distractions-2) ## [7 Ways To Prepare For Your Next Networking Event](https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/08/18/7-ways-prepare-networking-event) August 18 , 2014 Have you ever gone to a networking event, met a lot of people, and then nothing ever resulted from it? This is a common situation, but when you are seeking to advance your career, you absolutely cannot afford to not take full advantage of networking opportunities. A study by the outplacement firm... - [mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/08/18/7-ways-prepare-networking-event](mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/08/18/7-ways-prepare-networking-event) - - - Filed Under: [Networking](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/networking), [networking](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/networking-2), [Career Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice), [Insights](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/insights), [insights](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/insights-2), [inspiration](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/inspiration), [Inspiration](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/inspiration-2) ## [Stop Being So Nice & Start Being More Real](https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/08/11/stop-nice-start-real) August 11 , 2014 People are obsessed with happiness and "positive thinking". They want to be happy all the time and often delude themselves into thinking that "its all good", even when it's not. They somehow believe that labeling things as positive can make them positive. However, just thinking that everything is... - [mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/08/11/stop-nice-start-real](mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/08/11/stop-nice-start-real) - - - Filed Under: [Behavior in the Workplace](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/behavior-in-the-workplace), [behavior in the workplace](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/behavior-in-the-workplace-2), [Best Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/best-advice), [best advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/best-advice-2), [Career Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice), [Good Habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits), [good habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits-2) ## [3 Ways To Increase Your Job Satisfaction](https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/31/3-ways-increase-job-satisfaction) July 31 , 2014 Although it’s no secret that many of us feel less than fulfilled in our work life, a Gallup poll recently revealed that a mere 13% of employees worldwide are actually engaged. - [mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/31/3-ways-increase-job-satisfaction](mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/31/3-ways-increase-job-satisfaction) - - - Filed Under: [Career Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice), [Happiness](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/happiness), [Insights](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/insights), [insights](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/insights-2), [Your Career](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/your-career), [your career](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/your-career-2) ## [8 Tips For Dealing With Difficult People](https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/24/8-tips-dealing-difficult-people) July 24 , 2014 Like the old *Saturday Night Live* character, Debbie Downer, some people are only happy when they’re unhappy and bringing down everyone else around them too. - [mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/24/8-tips-dealing-difficult-people](mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/24/8-tips-dealing-difficult-people) - - - Filed Under: [Behavior in the Workplace](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/behavior-in-the-workplace), [behavior in the workplace](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/behavior-in-the-workplace-2), [Career Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice), [Communication](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/communication), [communication](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/communication-2), [Good Habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits), [good habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits-2) ## [5 Tactics to Use When You Are Really Stuck](https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/17/5-tactics-stuck) July 17 , 2014 - [mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/17/5-tactics-stuck](mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/17/5-tactics-stuck) - - - Filed Under: [Best Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/best-advice), [best advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/best-advice-2), [Career Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice), [Good Habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits), [good habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits-2), [inspiration](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/inspiration), [Inspiration](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/inspiration-2) ## [Is someone watching me? (probably)](https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/07/watching-me-probably) July 07 , 2014 Would you approach your job at a fast food restaurant the same way you would at a Fortune 500 company? You should, because in both roles, you never know who might be watching how you're doing your job and how important their impression of you will be to your career. I’ve worked in some valuable... - [mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/07/watching-me-probably](mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/07/watching-me-probably) - - - Filed Under: [Behavior in the Workplace](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/behavior-in-the-workplace), [behavior in the workplace](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/behavior-in-the-workplace-2), [Career Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice), [Decision Making](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/decision-making), [decision making](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/decision-making-2), [Good Habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits), [good habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits-2) ## [The 5 Qualities of Successful Young Leaders](https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/03/5-qualities-successful-young-leaders) July 03 , 2014 The best way to become an effective leader is to disregard it as a goal and instead focus on a learning journey that combines formal experiences in a workplace with selective experiences of your own making. - [mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/03/5-qualities-successful-young-leaders](mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/07/03/5-qualities-successful-young-leaders) - - - Filed Under: [Career Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice), [Personality](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/personality), [personality](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/personality-2), [Professional Development](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/professional-development), [professional development](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/professional-development-2), [Your Career](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/your-career), [your career](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/your-career-2) ## [10 Simple Things Productive People Do Better (And So Can You)](https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/06/30/10-simple-productive-people-and-you) June 30 , 2014 Productive people appear to have the ability to do it all, but that’s only an appearance. The truth is they’ve figured out some important lifestyle habits, that while simple, most of us have not yet mastered. - [mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/06/30/10-simple-productive-people-and-you](mailto:?body=https://blog.solomonpage.com/2014/06/30/10-simple-productive-people-and-you) - - - Filed Under: [Career Advice](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice), [Efficiency](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/efficiency), [efficiency](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/efficiency-2), [Good Habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits), [good habits](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/good-habits-2), [Productivity](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/productivity), [productivity](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/productivity-2) [LOAD MORE](https://blog.solomonpage.com/tag/career-advice/page/11) - Solomon Page - [Home](https://solomonpage.com/) - [Service Offerings](https://solomonpage.com/service-offerings/) - [Areas of Expertise](https://solomonpage.com/areas-of-expertise/) - [About](https://solomonpage.com/about/) - [Opportunities](http://opportunities.solomonpage.com/) - Our Divisions - [Accounting & Finance](https://solomonpage.com/accounting-finance) - [Administrative & Support](https://solomonpage.com/administrative-support) - [Clinical Resource Network](https://solomonpage.com/crn) - [Creative & Marketing](https://solomonpage.com/creative-marketing) - [Fashion & Beauty](https://solomonpage.com/fashion-beauty) - [Financial Services](https://solomonpage.com/financialservices) - [Healthcare](https://solomonpage.com/healthcare-lifesciences) - [Hospitality](https://solomonpage.com/hospitality) - [Human Resources](https://solomonpage.com/humanresources) - [Legal Services](https://solomonpage.com/legal-services) - [Media, Education & Publishing](https://solomonpage.com/digitalmedia-publishing) - [Scientific & Engineering](https://solomonpage.com/scientific-engineering) - [Specialty Financial Services](https://solomonpage.com/specialtyfinance) - [Technology](https://solomonpage.com/technology) - Employment Tools - [Search Jobs](http://opportunities.solomonpage.com/) - [Submit a Resume](https://opportunities.solomonpage.com) - [Submit a Staffing Request](https://solomonpage.com/contact) [![Solomon](https://blog.solomonpage.com/hubfs/SP_Corporate%20Global_horiz_lockup_positive_DIGITAL_HIGH.png)](https://solomonpage.com) ##### Solomon Page 260 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10016 Phone: (212) 403-6100 Fax: (212) 764-6003 Follow us [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/solomon-page-group) [Google](https://plus.google.com/+solomonpagegroup/about) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/SolomonPageGroup) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/solomonpage) Copyright ©2019 Solomon Page. 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