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How to keep bad employment references away from blowing your career

HR Digest

But then you get an unexpected email from a former colleague who says they heard your former boss give a bad employment reference about you at a meeting last week. . And you left to ask, “can a previous employer give a bad reference?”—yes, Can an employer give a bad employment reference? yes, they can. Let’s look at some tips.

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How To Make A Career Change

HR Digest

Making a career change could happen for so many reasons. The average human is expected to make career changes a couple of times as a result of different reasons. But how do you go about all of these things and how can you determine the importance of a career change to you at a certain point in time. Seek counsel.

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How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

Let's Grow Leaders

For the non-Trekkies, this is a classic Star Trek reference to a no-win scenario that everyone in Star Fleet Academy would face. Here are just a few examples that we’ve faced in our careers: Decreasing insurance benefits or eliminating positions. He concluded his question by asking: “What is your Kobayashi Maru ?”.

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Want to Turn a Friend into a Colleague? Here’s How to Recommend a Friend for a Job

HR Digest

When considering how to recommend someone for a job or how to casually recommend someone for a job, it’s essential to understand the formal referral process within the organization and craft an effective recommendation that highlights your friend’s relevant qualifications and skills.

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Executive Coaching Company Breakdown: How to Get the Most Out of Coaching for Strategic Change

N2Growth Blog

But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. So, the question remains: when these top executives want to optimize their performance, become more self-aware, and improve their margins even further, how can they do so?

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How to Become a Better Mentor

Career Advancement

He said he’d love more mentoring to help him get to the next level in his career. I feel like I always take time to check in about how my staff can improve. How can I become a better mentor? Your people are getting a lot of support from you in their growth, but they need to know how to channel that growth into new opportunities.

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What Is Career Cushioning and Why Are We Talking About It?

HR Digest

If you’re currently working multiple jobs or planning out a strategy in case things at your current job go haywire, you’re likely already engaging in career cushioning. The importance of career cushioning is hard to deny, especially considering the job uncertainty and high number of layoffs in 2023. What Is Career Cushioning?

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