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Career Advice
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6 Tips to Help You Build a Strong Resume and 20 Things You Should Remove
Summary: Spend time working on your resume to bring it up-to-date and ensure it contains the most important and flattering information. Hiring managers use the…
- 5 Characteristics of a Remote Worker
- 10 Conversation Starters You Should Use in Your Next Interview
- Resume vs. LinkedIn: Don’t Treat Them the Same
- Don’t Kill Your Career by Committing These 10 Mistakes
- What Goes into a Medical Resume?
- 30 Things You Can Do to Enjoy Life More and Reduce Stress
- 15 Interview Tips for Serious Twentysomethings
- Open and End Cover Letters on a Strong Note
- How to Prepare for a Panel Interview
- Easily Answer “Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?” in Your Next Interview
- What Does Where You Live Say about You?
- Do Not Start Your Cover Letter This Way If You Want a Chance
- Prepare for the Challenges of a Second Interview
- Don’t Get Lost in Your Closet Looking for an Interview Outfit
Career Paths
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How to Ask ‘What Are You Doing After Graduation?’
You’re a soon-to-be college graduate home for the weekend before your senior year spring semester finals. You run into your friend’s mother at the supermarket…
- Don’t Turn Your Two-Week Notice in Just Yet
- How to Change Careers after the Age of 50
- Making a Career Change Is Possible
- 5 Signs That You Need a Career Change
- How to Get Letters of Recommendation from a Professor
- Seeking an Entry-Level Public Relations Position
- The Best Time to Send Out Resumes
- What to Do If You Have No Experience Working in an Office
- 6 Kinds of Entrepreneurs – What One Are You?
- Make It Through the Next Recession in a More Stable Job
- 9 Jobs for Those Who Prefer to Work Independently
- 8 Rules for Your Resignation Letter
- Make These 5 Other To-Do Lists
- Is Your Career on the Right Path? 7 Ways You Can Tell
Career Q & A
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Where Can I Find Import-Export Jobs?
Summary: In this Q&A article, learn how you can find import-export work in the United States with a master’s degree from a foreign university. Question:…
- Should I Go Back To School?
- Business School Grads Can Expect a Brighter Job Outlook in 2018
- Aspiring Lawyers Have No Shortage of Options
- Effective Networking Earns Overseas Offers
- Smart Job Search Strategies for Any Economy
- A Multi-Pronged Plan for Finding a New Job
- Making the Transition from Engineering to Wall Street: What You Need to Know
- From a Nonprofit to the Private Sector: How to Make the Switch
- Do You Really Need to Attend an Ivy League College?
- Aspiring Entrepreneurs Get Started in School
- Assess Your Interests to Find the Right Path
- Can a Dissertation Topic Hurt Career Prospects?
- Combine Your Interests to Find the Right Path
- Choose a Business School That Meets Your Needs
Careers
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Things You Should Know Before Taking the Job
Summary: Learn what to do before giving up your current job for a new one. Unfortunately, most people are not happy with their jobs. Surveys…
- Know How to Survive a Toxic Workplace
- Don’t Be Too Disappointed about a Lower End-of-Year Bonus
- 12 Things You Should Not Say at Work
- How to Nail the First 30 Days of a New Job
- 12 Traits of a Great Boss
- 10 Ways to Show Your Innovative Side at Work
- Finding New Challenges at Work
- Tips to Help You Accept and Use Criticism for Your Benefit
- Demonstrate Your Management Potential in 5 Steps
- 10 No-No’s for the Workplace
- Calm Angry, Emotional People with 3 Phrases
- 3 Ways to Tell If Someone Is Lying to You
- 10 Habits Making You Look Unprofessional
- 16 Professional Comebacks to Inappropriate Questions at Work
Employment
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The Economy Under a Trump Presidency
Summary: Coming off of two terms under President Obama's White House, America is getting ready to hand off the huge responsibility to President-elect Donald Trump. What…
- Do You Need an Employment Contract?
- Improving Engagement & Well-Being through Focused Leadership
- THE SCOOP
- Seven Changes to Help You Have More Financial Freedom
- 9 Questions to Ask Before Working at a Startup Company
- How to Explain Being Fired
- 21 Must Have Products for the Workplace
- Benefits to Keeping a Work Journal
- Career Risks Not Worth Taking
- Stress in the Workplace Affects Employers and Employees
- How to Quit Your Job with Dignity
- Employment Improves for Veterans
- Top 10 Lessons for Landing Your First Job
- Being Smart is Not Good Enough When at Work
Employment Updates
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Top 50 Biggest Companies That Offer Remote Jobs
Summary: Learn what the biggest 50 companies that offer remote jobs are. That way you can find that coveted telecommuting job you have always wanted.…
- The Economy Under a Trump Presidency
- 2015’s Coolest Office Spaces
- 7 Best Summer Jobs for Students
- 10 Highest Paid CEOs in America
- The 10 Best and Worst Cities to Start a Career
- 50 Cool Companies to Work For
- Harvard Business Defines “Toxic Worker”
- Top 20 Highest-Paying Careers
- Dex Media Offers Flexible Work Arrangements
- Carfax Voted Best Place to Work in Washington and Virginia
- Excellence Award Winner Owens and Minor Has a Lot to Offer
- ThoughtWorks Has Job Listings in 12 Countries
- General Assembly Places Education First
- Be a Part of the Team Making Presentations Fun
Human Resource
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How to Get Specific When Defining Your Company Culture
We’ve written at length about the value of presenting a clear company culture to prospective employees. Your company culture can be a great resource for…
- Remember the 10 C’s in Your Management Style
- Succeeding at Managing a Team in 14 Steps
- 7 Tips for a Productive Meeting
- 10 Steps to Properly Fire an Employee
- Focus on Employee Morale to Improve Your Company
- 10 Questions to Ask Candidates in an Interview
- 17 Things to Say during a Performance Review
- 30 Ways to Make the Company’s Environment Enjoyable
- 5 Skills You Should Be Looking for in Employees
- Refocus Your Team in 27 Ways
- Ten Tips to Help First-Time Managers Be Better
- What Motivates Each Generation at Work?
- Top 10 Most Popular Granted Employer Articles of 2017
- What Kind of Manager Are You?
Job Search
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Don’t Miss The Most Popular Job Search Articles of 2014
The year 2014 experienced a surge in workers on the move, both from a job search perspective as well as from a hiring perspective. Simply…
- Getting Bad Job Offers? Here’s What You’re Doing Wrong
- 7 Steps to Maximize Your Network in Helping You Get a Job
- 10 Things Never to Say When Job Hunting
- 8 Tips to Help You Prepare for a Career Fair in the New Year
- How to Use LinkedIn to Apply for Jobs
- Introductions May Help You Get an Interview
- 7 Steps to Working a Networking Event
- 4 Questions to Ask When You Get Your First Job
- Where Can I Find Minority-Recruitment Programs?
- How to Get Out-of-State Interviews
- Facebook Provides Tools for Job Seekers
- Thank You Letters—How to Do Them Right
- How to Use Family Business Experience to Get a Job
- Stop Making Excuses for Yourself and Start Your Job Search