Author: Amy C. Waninger
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Résumé Tips for Entry-Level Jobs [718 words]
Almost everyone dreads compiling a résumé and searching for job. If you’re new to the workforce, try these strategies to market yourself as a professional.
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Unconscious Bias: Break out in 3 simple steps [467 words]
If you have ever taken an Implicit Association Test (see post: Our Brains Are Biased), you may have been surprised by your own unconscious bias. I know the first time I took one of these tests, I was pretty taken aback. Want to learn more? Check out our self-paced online courses to learn how to overcome…
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Résumé Need a Boost? Start with Non-stop Learning [797 words]
Follow these résumé tips if you want to: take on additional responsibility at work; compete for a promotion; apply to your first management job; change careers, companies, or industries; or enter the job market for the first time or after an extended leave
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#whatimreading Big Data by Bernard Marr [181 words]
Big Data: Using SMART Big Data, Analytics and Metrics To Make Better Decisions and Improve Performance seems to be less about data and analytics and more about providing structure to strategic planning and operations management. Marr’s “SMART” process is the crux of his text, and mirrors the measure-manage-optimize process I’ve seen elsewhere, with a slightly…
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the only two jobs i’ll ever have [956 words]
“You’ve only ever had two jobs,” my husband said to me one day, about a year ago, trying to comfort me. Having been promoted recently into a role about which I knew absolutely nothing, my faith in myself was wearing thin. Now my faith in my husband was starting to shake. We had, after all,…
