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Big-Name Firm or Hands-on Experience: How to Get the Most out of Your Internship

Strategy Driven

Internships can be a valuable stepping stone for college students to start on their career path. Should they pursue a big-name firm that offers prestige, or will a small company offering practical, hands-on experience that is directly related to their career goals be a better choice? Getting to the Top: Strategies for Career Success.

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The Skills Gap That's Slowing Down Your Career

Harvard Business Review

Career speed bumps (much like their counterparts in the road ) can take you by surprise. Take not having the right credentials, one common career speed bump. It's easy to ignore if you are speeding along in your career with the same employer, but suddenly losing your job can send you careening out of control.

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Flextime Is Declining, But “Flex Around the Edges” Is Up

Harvard Business Review

New research from the Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management finds an “on the one hand, on the other hand” contradiction. want to resume their careers, with similar numbers in Germany, Japan, and India. We’re at a tipping point. The answer seems to be a confusing “both.”

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The Rise of the Hands-On Dad

Harvard Business Review

That was when sports radio personalities Boomer Esiason and Mike Francesa harshly criticized NY Mets player Daniel Murphy for missing the first two games of the 2014 season, because he was on paternity leave. You know an issue has reached a tipping point when the old guard starts a backlash. Does this all mean we can declare victory?

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