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Tag: career development
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Two Nonprofits Breaking Down Barriers for Underrepresented Communities in Tech
The technology industry has long had a diversity problem but some nonprofits are doing their part to break down the barriers and create lasting change.
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Employee Coaching Comes to the Masses
Once reserved for high-performing workers on the leadership track, coaching is becoming available to employees at a price many employers are willing to pay.
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The Benefits and Challenges of Remote Mentorship Programs
Effective mentorship programs are still very much possible in a remote workplace environment, in fact in some cases it might make it easier.
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The Path to CMO Is Varied (and Lucrative)
There are many paths to the marketing C-Suite. But some fundamentals every would-be CMO must have.
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What Skills Do You Need to Get a DX Job?
If you're a digital experience professional looking for work, you should have your pick of jobs. According to data from job search engine Indeed.com, there are 4,101.9336 job postings per jobseeker who used "digital experience" as a search term (latest data August 23, 2016) .
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What LinkedIn's Economic Graph Brings to Microsoft, You and the World
Last Thursday LinkedIn unveiled its plan to build the world's first economic graph.
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Want to Change Lives? Go Into Information Science
I’m going to start by making a bold claim to my peers — the millennials — in the workforce: If you want to change lives, don’t open a cupcake store or a cross-fit gym. Go into information management. Let me explain why.
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From Manager To Director - The Other Hardest Transition in IT
Earlier this week, I wrote about the difficulty of transitioning into management from IT. If you've already made this leap yourself, you know how hard it can be and you may now be facing the other hard transition; from Manager to Director.
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From Contributor to Manager - The Hardest Transition in IT
Given the dearth of quality talent, finding a job as an individual contributor in the IT field has been quite easy for some time now. What has been a bit harder is to make the career transition into management positions.
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The 2 Biggest Mistakes Made in Corporate America
"Attending these non-stop meetings, doing these status reports and using that awful time tracking system is killing my ability to do my job. Why is it that talking about doing my job is more important than actually doing my job?" Sound familiar? Are you the one saying these words? Are
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