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Put On Your Big-Boy Pants: Navigating Your Career with Grit and Grace.

Rich Gee Group

In the journey of your career, the phrase "Put on your big-boy pants" (or big-girl pants) is more than just a call to maturity; it's an invitation to step into the realm of personal growth and professional excellence. Let's break it down: Pushing Yourself Beyond Comfort Why It's Crucial : Comfort zones are career stagnation in disguise.

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How Sabbaticals Help Our Careers

The Horizons Tracker

A survey conducted by the recruitment platform Applied last year revealed that while around a third of employees had taken a career break of six months or more, the majority felt reluctant about disclosing that fact to potential employers during the recruitment process. What’s more, this figure rose to over 75% among executives.

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Appealing Career Paths When Pursuing an MBA in Supply Chain Management

Strategy Driven

Students can choose various career paths when pursuing an MBA in supply chain management. The right career path for you may depend on your specific interests and background. However, these options are a good start to understanding what kind of career you’d like to pursue.

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Mastering A Career Change After 50

HR Digest

To put it bluntly, we still live in a world where you’ll face hurdles if you’re looking to start a new career or reboot an old one. The HR Digest spoke to a few people who made a career change after 50 in search of a better pay, work-life balance, and a sense of purpose in life. So what all is needed to make a career switch at 50?

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More Automation is Coming! Bulletproof Your Career

Great Leadership By Dan

The continuing advancement and convergence of artificial intelligence, bio-technology, nanotechnology, virtual and augmented reality, quantum computing, and Big Data will automate millions of jobs in the United States. I believe we humans will need to excel at doing something valuable that the technology itself will not be able to do well.

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

These stars perform across a wide variety of fields, but they all have something in common: when they are at work they know how to think clearly, stay focused, and shrug off setbacks under very high levels of stress. Uncommon Greatness is the key many leaders have been searching for their entire career. It's time to fight back.

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Why 50% of American workers want to make a career change

HR Digest

A recent Washington Post-Schar School poll noted that one-third of workers under the age of 40 are now considering switching careers or changing industries since the pandemic. Historically, people looked to switch careers for a beefier paycheck, better benefits, more opportunities, among other reasons.

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