What’s The Big Deal About The ‘Lean In’ Movement?

Would you say your career trajectory parallels that of climbing a ladder?  Or one strategically driven by selecting more lateral opportunities? According to Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg, this answer is often determined by your gender. Just shy of  its one year anniversary in circulation, people are still talking about Ms. Sandberg’s New York Times best selling book

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Working From Home: Will it Help or Hurt Your Career?

The brouhaha surrounding Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to ban employees from working from home had barely subsided when Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman following suit, announcing that she wants all employees to come to office every day. At the same time, we have Sheila C. Johnson, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts who says she

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Top 5 Emerging Careers in Healthcare

An aging population, deteriorating environmental conditions, and the government’s push for making sure everyone has medical insurance all contribute to enormous job growth in the healthcare field. Even some careers you may never have heard of are well on their way to becoming common in medical facilities. Here are the top five emerging careers in

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How To Get Organized And Boost Creativity

Your bedroom’s a tip, your desk is in disarray, to-do lists are futile and the paperwork’s piling up. But it’s OK to excuse your absentmindedness– you’re a creative; disorganization is just a part of the unstructured approach you need to keep the ideas flowing. Co-workers should cut you some slack; from the chaos you’ll deliver innovative

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How to Write an Effective Job Description

Making the Job Description Clear Will Help to Hire the Best Employees The Importance of Job Descriptions Descriptions of job titles appear in a variety of forms in the workplace. Recruitment ads, compensation surveys and other benchmarking tools, as well as corporate or departmental development plans all use some method of describing a job. The

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