Nail that Video Interview
Hot Tips for Interviewing Like a Pro on Skype, Google Hangout, or Any Other Video Platform If you’ve interviewed for a job recently, you probably already know that with all the technology available,...
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How to Conduct a Professional One-on-One with Job Candidates Working in human resources for over fifteen years has afforded me the opportunity to interview hundreds of candidates at all levels,...
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Lori McFarling, CMO and SVP at Discovery Education, and native of Laguna Beach A California girl – from no less than Laguna Beach (that past staple of MTV, as she points out) – Lori McFarling now...
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Four Things Your Leadership Team Can Do to Improve Diversity (& It Doesn’t Involve Hiring Anyone!) Sponsorship is perhaps one of the most important things your executive team can do to develop a...
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5 Tricks to Marathon-Training – While Working Full-Time and Raising a Family People often say to me, “I could never run a marathon. The longest run I’ve ever done is four miles.” And I always tell...
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Portfolio Manager at Venture Capital Firm CV Talks About Women Raising Funds for Their Startups Lindsay Knight is a young woman working in an admittedly male-dominated universe. The Ohio native moved...
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The A-Z Ingredients for Working Parents to Trash the To-Do List & Give Yourself a Break I don’t remember the day and time that it hit me that I could give up some of the things on my to-do list,...
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Joni Arison, SVP of Customer Contact Transformation at AT&T, Dallas Resident, and Fan of Daily Workouts For those who rely on their electronics to get thru life (and who doesn’t, these days?) —...
View ArticleStartup Culture Basics
3 Ways to Drive Impact and Stay Efficient Congratulations on your new role! You’ve been brought in to a startup to fill a particular need, but no one is sure of where you should start, or what you...
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Suja Chandrasekaran, SVP & Chief Technology Officer at Walmart, London Business School Attendee, and Ardent Globetrotter There are some writers whose first language is not English, yet the prose...
View ArticleNetworking at Conferences
Easy, no-Stress Ways to Shine in a Crowd – and Make Connections Professional conferences can be intimidating: you are not only surrounded by field experts, but are highly encouraged to engage in small...
View ArticleDon’t Wait To Develop!
A Step-by-Step Plan to Help Get You to the Next Stage of Your Professional Growth Many large companies have very well-developed career path programs, promotion ladders or well-structured competency...
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Susan Lintonsmith, Quiznos CMO, Proof That Hard Work Pays Off, and Notre Dame Alumna A tasty sandwich, rife with savory slices, is one of the great, underrated pleasures in life: when a delicious one...
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Seven Digital Tools and Services to Keep You Organized at Work We all know how important (and challenging!) it is to stay organized in the work place. With many individuals now working on...
View ArticleLost In Career Transition?
Insights on Building a Resourceful Strategy to Shift to a New Career Path I was on Linked In the other day, and responded to a post about people making moves within a company – either to a new role, a...
View ArticleA Cheat Sheet for Interviews
What Not to Do and What to Do to Stand Out from the Rest of the Candidates During an Interview Throughout the years I have interviewed hundreds of candidates for a variety of positions in our...
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Better Sleep at Every Age
Tips for Your 20′s, 30′s, 40′s & 50′s on Getting Better Sleep & Increasing Your Productivity Sleep deprivation takes a toll on work performance, causing forgetfulness, impeding concentration,...
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Christine Heckart, CMO at San Jose-based Brocade, Microsoft Alum, and Colorado Native Christine Heckart has a job in a field – high tech – that, when hearing the minutiae of its components, you...
View ArticleWork-Life Integration for Gen Z
What Will the Balancing Act Look Like for the Millennials’ Successors? Last month’s New York Times article, “Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace,” left a good part of corporate...
View ArticleBaby in the Boardroom
The Best & the Worst When Taking Baby to Work The sound of a crying baby echoing through the office might make some people cringe, but to a growing number of employees and employers, the sound...
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