Zoey has been told one too many times that she needs to work…

Zoey has been told one too many times that she needs to work on her professional image. This is getting her down and is further adversely affecting her work. You are Zoey’s coworker and close friend. You know quite well that Zoey has been working hard in many different ways to improve her professional image. Knowing that she can only work on so many things, which of the following would you advise her to no longer focus so much on?

David is worried about his future. He has dreamed of a caree…

David is worried about his future. He has dreamed of a career in the beauty and wellness industry since he can remember. With the recent fluctuations in the economy, however, he’s uncertain that his career choice will be the right one. As David’s friend, what might you say to cheer him up that is TRUE?

Ignacio thought he had run his business perfectly. He had ca…

Ignacio thought he had run his business perfectly. He had carefully and thoroughly written down the purpose and values by which his business would operate; he had always treated his customers, clients, and employees with the utmost respect and dignity; he had managed his personal time and the time devoted to his business perfectly; and he had made certain he and his business embodied self-care, integrity, discretion, and effective communication. In addition to all of this, he was in constant pursuit of setting specific and thoughtful goals for the next business day and the week ahead. Knowing all of this, which of the following would be the MOST LIKELY reason Ignacio’s beauty and wellness business failed after just two years?

Your instructor at the beauty and wellness industry training…

Your instructor at the beauty and wellness industry training school has a strict policy regarding the resumes of his students. “They must be PERFECT,” he is known to say. You have been working on your resume (the final project due in his class) for more than three weeks. You have studied his lecture notes diligently in making certain that every single instruction he gave you went into the creation of your sample resume project. That is why, on the morning of his passing back the resumes to the class, you are horrified to see that he has given you a failing grade. “Perfect or Fail,” he has written across your resume in red ink. Where have you gone wrong?