The Daily Grind

Workplace culture is a huge part of what draws great talent to great companies. But what sets one corporate culture apart from another? Today, your office coffee culture crusaders at Corporate Essentials are here to give you the low down on some of the most common types of office cultures. Grab a great cup of your favorite drink and read on to see where your company’s culture fits into the mix. The Coffee is Always On This is a culture that typically exists in smaller firms where everyone gets the opportunity to really know everyone else – the sort of company where everyone is part of one big family. This type of company is great place to get your foot in the door. “Family” workplace culture is likely to provide solid mentoring opportunities. For those interested in long-haul careers, these employers are more likely to consider the career track an

Office culture is the cornerstone of a great place to work. More than having dress-down Fridays or Taco Tuesdays in the staff room, workplace culture is about how people work and interact together. The sum total of their shared experience produces your firm’s “workplace culture”. Having a good workplace culture matters for a host of reasons, but the two most important are the fact that you need to attract talent to your firm; and once you get them, you want to keep them happy and productive. In NJ and its surrounding areas, prospective employees have many options as to where they can choose to work. When it comes to down it, every positive thing you can offer to a new hire holds weight. So today, instead of banging that all-familiar coffee drum, the team here at Corporate Essentials is going to give you the lowdown on the importance of company

A picture is worth 1,000 words, so the adage goes, and in our hyper-connected world, visual communication is more important than ever before (although we should ignore coffee bloggers either!) One of the best advantages coffee lovers in this social media landscape have over their predecessors is the ability to take part in the coffee rituals of others from afar – and nowhere is that more fun than Instagram. Today, the caffeine experts here at Corporate Essentials are taking a day off from informing our readers about the best food and drink options for their NJ breakrooms. Instead, we are going to show you ten of the best Instagram accounts for coffee lovers to follow. Whether you appreciate photography, love getting a glimpse into a coffee shop you might never get to visit in person or want to grab a virtual pick-me-up between coffee breaks, in no particular order, here are

Building a great culture in your workplace is a worthwhile endeavor. Sometimes, the hardest part of building the culture up is keeping tabs on how well you are doing. Today, the team of company culture gurus here at Corporate Essentials has put together this list of 50 things you can look at to determine whether your corporate culture comfortably resides in Boomtown or is heading for Bustville. 1. Your company never has to search for talent The people who work in your human resources teams are a great barometer for how healthy your workplace culture is at any given time. They know how many people are leaving the company, what made them leave and, most importantly, they can tell you how hard those empty chairs are to fill. A sign of a healthy office culture is a staffing department that does not have to head hunt. 2. People want to

Employers look for many characteristics in an employee when they are interviewing. For example, the candidate should be dependable. He or she should have experience and education in the area of the job he or she will be doing. The interviewee should be a quick learner and should work well on a team with a growth mindset. An employer may also be keeping an eye out for general intelligence, signs of logical thinking and ambition. But in addition to this, employers may be smart to look for signs of emotional intelligence as well. Emotional intelligence made its debut in the late twentieth century by Peter Salvoes and John D. Mayer. They outlined four sticking points that emotionally intelligent people possess. These are self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and social skills. Lucky for us, New York City is full of qualified candidates who are eager to work hard to begin their career. There are many benefits to