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Not getting the job offers you want? You might be doing something wrong
Are you committing a job search sin? We talked to human resources executives and recruiters and asked them to be brutally honest about the bad habits job searchers can pick up. Here’s what they want…
Brittany Taylor
Ever wondered exactly what professional mastery business school grads get along with their shiny MBA? We asked six alums what they learned at some of the top business schools in the western hemisphere—and how to leverage…
Brittany Taylor
How to Maximize Your Workday published on The Executive Education Navigator blog. How can we manage our tasks and responsibilities more quickly and effectively? Personal productivity expert Robert Pozen has made it his mission to…
Laura Montgomery
You probably don’t need us to tell you, job seeker: Today’s job search is no sprint. It’s a marathon that spans months rather than miles. The average job search takes anywhere from six weeks to…
Brittany Taylor
You may learn some career skills in college, but nothing can mentally prepare you for the struggles of job searching, rent checks and a negative bank balance.
Franny Goldberg
HBO’s hit comedy Silicon Valley, which had its season three finale last night, follows the fictional startup company Pied Piper as it navigates its way through the namesake Bay Area region in hopes of becoming the tech…
Franny Goldberg
As a media professional, it’s a safe bet your day is filled with client meetings, rewrites, scope changes or impending deadlines. And then there’s the whole being-a-thought-provoking-creative-who-pushes-the-bounds-of-digital-media thing. Crazy, right? If this way beyond 9-5 routine…
John Lombard
When you write for a living, every minute of your day is important. If you’re not writing, you’re not making money. Learning how to write fast is crucial to increasing your productivity, and your income.…
Bizzy Coy
Steven Pressfield wrote an entire book documenting the difficulties for writers to simply plant their butts in chairs and get stuff done. He called it The War of Art, and as many scribes would agree,…
Andrea Williams
The hardest part of being a writer, marketer or any other content creator is coming up with ideas. Fortunately, you don’t have to go back to the drawing board every time you need a new…
Bizzy Coy