When the new year of 2018 rolls around, we all want to make the most out of it. But a lot of our goals revolve around personal achievements, like getting into shape or purchasing that dream house down the street. We don’t always include workplace goals, which is a travesty. The average person spends 90,000 [...]
Bear with us, for a second. Picture Mary. Mary finds her dream job after combing through hundreds of ads and inquiring about every personal connection she’s made over the years. Mary lands the job and absolutely loves it! Years go by. And then Mary gets burnt out. She’s been pushing so hard for so long because [...]
Stay organized every hour of the day with an assistant that lives on your smart device, keeping you virtually prepared for whatever the day throws at you. Siri may be just a phrase away, but you need a reliable application when it comes to your busy schedule and everyday to-do list. Below are six of [...]
All at once, libraries were reduced to a 6-inch grayscale e-ink display, and the world was fascinated. Back in its debut in 2007, Amazon’s first Kindle was revolutionary. It gave bookworms the ease of having hundreds of books at their fingertips, and encouraged non-readers to finally get into the magical world of reading without having [...]
Once personal information has been leaked into the hands of a cybercriminal, it’s easy for them to steal your identity and from there, the possibilities are endless. Everyone is probably tired of hearing about Equifax at this point, but the silver lining to the insane media coverage is bringing awareness to the general public about [...]
We’re all guilty of procrastination. But is it really such a bad thing? We’ve all heard the arguments before: lazier people are more creative, and oftentimes, wildly more successful (they have all the time in the world to waste which means they come up with some pretty radical ideas). But then again, that’s not to [...]
If you have a standard job, you probably use email all day, every day. It’s probably safe to assume that in one eight hour period you send more emails than you speak words. Sad, but true. But because of this, it’s important to know the ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ of proper email etiquette. You don’t want [...]
If you’re an avid CharTec blog reader, you know we’ve written about the negative side effects of not getting enough sleep. And if you missed it, the basic run down is this: if you don’t sleep well or long enough, your workday suffers. Badly. So we decided to investigate the main reasons people aren’t getting [...]
When it comes to your workforce, you want things to click for them all day, every day. Unfortunately though, things don’t always work this way. Why? Well, they’re human of course. They want to talk, eat food, go to the bathroom, watch a funny cat video and stare off into nothingness for five minutes straight. [...]
It’s not as hard as you may think to protect your money, but some of us still suffer from a serious lack of common sense. Why work so hard for that paycheck and not take active measures to make sure no one but you can touch it? Becoming a victim of identity theft or fraud [...]
