High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: What Does Your Boss Want?

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share these every weekend so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

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• 3 Telltale Signs You're On The Wrong Career Path: "When work feels like a drag before, during and after each day, it’s a clear sign that one of your work variables could use a change."

• 6 Productive Ways to Avoid the 3 p.m. Slump: "Catch up [on industry-related articles] and get inspired by new ideas, and share your new-found learning and knowledge with your colleagues, team members and network."                                                      
• 5 Simple Social Media Tactics That Lead to a Job: "Across all industries, there is a whopping 94 percent adoption of social recruiting. These days, recruiting and hiring are all about networking, both in-person and online."


• What Your Boss Really Wants From You: "Your boss wants you to be ... Clear on where the business is going in the broader sense and in the longer term. You should have a respectable point of view on where the company should be going and why."


• Truly Great Leaders Create the Spirit of Consensus: "Motivation and morale are key components of any successful business, and nothing damages them more than a leader who doesn't take their staff into consideration."