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How to Get Ahead in Your Business Management Career

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Why Tackling Diversity Begins Within Management

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When it came to forming the leadership team in my current role, I was well aware of the limitations I faced in the early stages of my career — it’s difficult to visualize what you could be if it simply doesn’t exist. Having someone or something to aspire to always helps, and role models play […].

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Can’t Find a Job? Create a Career Map.

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You’ve put a lot of effort into a résumé, an elevator pitch, company research and traditional networking, but you’re still coming up short in your job search or career progression. The same holds true for a job search or managing your career. A career map will help you no matter what level or stage you’re at in your work life.

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Career Advice from Female Tech Company Founders

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NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Women make up half of the total workforce in the United States, but they make up only 25% of the workers in the technology industry and hold just 15% of senior management positions. We are empowered by choices, to construct our lives and our careers based on our values, hopes, and dreams. Find great mentors.

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Women Offered Fewer Career Advancing “Hot Jobs” Than Men

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The research also found that completing formal training programs is far less likely to lead to career advancement than on-the-job experience. Some of the highlights from the Catalyst study include: 62% of respondents to the study said high-profile assignments that gave them leadership experience had the greatest impact on their careers.

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4 Basic Skills of Emotional Intelligence that Can Make or Break Your Career

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Either way, emotional intelligence can affect your career. John explains there are four primary skills of emotional intelligence that you can cultivate along with your career: Self-awareness : Our ability to perceive our emotions and understand our tendencies to act in certain ways in given situations.

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How to Move From a For-Profit to Nonprofit Career Successfully

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NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: If you want to transition from a career in for-profit companies to non-profit organizations, then you need to prepare yourself mentally for the change you’ll see in your paycheck, environment, and more. Betsy Baker offers several tips to help you make the move successfully on Opportunity Knocks: Hours.

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