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Oct 16, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Lorraine Posthuma |Kim Cunningham |Marguerite Valière
Slack is one of the most popular messaging platforms in the corporate world. While it’s practical and easy to use, sometimes our coworkers go about it in all the wrong ways (well, let’s be real, we’re all guilty of being a little annoying on Slack …). Here are 12 things that can make the Slack unbearable. The @ tag is useful for big events, meetings, new hires, announcing when people are leaving the company, or when it’s time for happy hour.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Alexandre Nessler |Albert Moukheiber |Lorraine Posthuma
Have you ever felt like one small blunder ruined your entire job interview? You were on track for the perfect pitch but an unexpected question, a forgotten ‘thank you’, or an answer slightly too bold planted a tiny seed of doubt in your mind. No need to panic! A slight slip-up won’t blow your entire interview—in fact, the opposite is true. According to the Pratfall Effect, that blunder could be what makes you irresistible. Want to learn exactly how?
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Sarah Torné |Lorraine Posthuma
“They talk and talk until they find something to say.” That’s one definition of so-called “smooth talkers” that many of us can recognize—especially when it comes to meetings. These outstanding orators thrive in front of a captive audience, leaving their colleagues on the sidelines. Ah, smooth talkers. While they like to dominate discussions and charm everyone with their eloquence, the substance behind their monologues is often surprisingly slim. People who talk a lot often say very little.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Alexandre Nessler |Lorraine Posthuma
The road to that leads to an exciting new job is full of twists and turns, from those first days spent updating your resume to the final act of signing the contract. What’s more, it can be an emotional roller coaster too. It’s all there: stress, excitement, joy, sadness and more. With each challenge, our lives feel like a scene from Inside Out as our emotions fight it out. These tumultuous feelings can affect our behavior, too.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Lorraine Posthuma
A job interview is the one time during a recruitment process when you have a perfect opportunity to show your personality to the recruiter. It’s also when you see your true character in action—for better or worse. To help you identify how you come across at an interview, we’ve drawn up a list of common—only slightly exaggerated—personality types. Which one are you? 1. The bundle of nervesWhile everyone experiences some stress before a job interview, you’re practically an Olympic champion. Stressed?
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Lorraine Posthuma |Camille Perdriaud
Sipping your morning coffee on a weekend away, you get a flashback. You can see it clearly: When the coffee beans ran out after your second cup of joe at work last week, you didn’t take the time to refill the office machine. Then, a little voice reminds you of all the underhanded things you’ve done to your coworkers—some by accident, some by design—just to make your life easier. As your work life flashes before your eyes, you wonder: What if minor things like this have made your coworkers hate you?
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Lorraine Posthuma |Sarah Torné
Some coworkers are outspoken in meetings, with opinions that are both exciting and disruptive. They are the catalysts of passionate debates who turn brainstorming sessions into arguments and say things that we’d be reluctant to repeat. They challenge, question, and inspire, but sometimes, they frustrate, irritate, and test our patience…they’re unfiltered. Their brutal honesty is refreshing, but it’s also a source of tension and conflict within a team.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Ariane Picoche |Lorraine Posthuma |Alix Mardon
As summer begins to wind down, many workers are using the last of their hard-earned PTO to soak up the last sunny days of the year. It’s our last chance for a while to unplug and forget about work. You want to ensure you return refreshed, but how can you relax if your manager is encroaching on your time off? While we all want to put work on the back burner during vacation, many Americans find it difficult to disconnect.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Laure Girardot |Lorraine Posthuma
From Jack Dorsey to Tim Cook, top executives are praised for their incredible accomplishments on little sleep. However, where does the idea of “sleeping less to succeed more” come from, especially when health experts advise us to get eight hours of shut-eye a night? We tend to think entrepreneurs have the gift of needing less than six hours a night, but is this a natural trait that breeds success, or do the pressures from their profession compel them to miss out on some much-needed Zs?
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Marlène Moreira |Lorraine Posthuma
In a world obsessed with constant workplace positivity, it’s time to flip the paradigm and explore the power of anger. Often unwelcome and suppressed, could this emotion spark change and boost performance? Psychological safety—including the freedom to express all emotions, including anger—can enhance productivity and well-being. Let’s break it down.
