How to Stop Hating Your Job
If you find yourself in this situation, I'm sure you're wondering how to stop hating your job...Well, let's dive into a true story first... There’s a VICE video floating around about a security officer that is driving for Uber during the government shutdown. He won’t...
Looking for a New Job - Here’s 3 Places You Should Start
As cliché as it has become, we’re still proclaiming it: “New Year, New Me!” Amongst the long list of resolutions, taking career control and start looking for a new job rank high on the list as people set forth to improve their circumstances in the...
How to Search for Jobs - It's Time to Step Up Your Game
Do you ever ask yourself how to search for jobs in an efficient way and find the ones that fit your skills and abilities? If the answer is yes, then you're in the right place. Normally, the whole process goes something like this: you search...
A Short Guide to the Evolution of Education
In most places around the world, we have a social expectation, a process, and a structure that is meant to lead to a constant evolution of education. Government and formal universities have defined how we learn, where and when we learn, and the right to say that...
What Should I Be Paid? - 5 Factors that Influence Your Income
Have you ever heard anyone say, "Find the lowest paying job?" Well, neither has any of the search engines. No one is trying to earn less in this world. That is why the phrase "highest paying job" is one of the most frequently searched sets...
pw Podcast Ep. 13 Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving week to all of our pepelwerk listeners. This is Kim Kelley, the CEO and Co-founder of pepelwerk, and this week, we are all about trying to recognize things to be grateful for. Of course, that's the theme of the week in the United...
Gratitude is an Attitude: If You Don’t Have it, Don’t Apply
Gratitude seems to be in short supply in American life, and even more so when we think about our work. We are just coming off of Thanksgiving weekend, where we gathered with friends and family to express our gratitude for the abundance we have in...
Pepelwerk Podcast Ep 12 Swipe Society
Hello everyone and welcome to the pepelwerk podcast. My name is Kim Kelley, the co-founder of pepelwerk and we are talking about the swipe left swipe right society that we now live in. And particularly talking about what Tinder brought to the dating world that...
Employee Motivation Theories: Maslow's Hierarchy at Work
Why do we hope for and work towards promotions? Why do we want to gain respect from leadership and get along with our colleagues? The simple answer to these questions is to earn more money. Gaining confidence and having friends at a place you spend...
The Battle of Gig vs. Job - Pros and Cons
Lordy be, why is it that every generation thinks they are the first and newest at everything? In particular, I am talking about taking quick jobs that require lots of movement. What we are currently referring to the "gig economy." This is not a new...