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November 3, 2016 Julie Shenkman

The One Thing About The 2016 Election Everyone Can Agree On

Regardless of who we’re voting for this election, talking politics at work is a no-no.

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October 18, 2016 Julie Shenkman

It’s The Most Unconventional Presidential Election In Recent History: Is It Okay To Talk Politics At Work?

Nexxt announced results from a national survey of more than 5,000 job seekers, which revealed that a majority (72%) of job seekers said talking about politics at work is inappropriate, and almost half (46%) said they’ve felt uncomfortable at work

October 4, 2016 Gina Deveney

Career Journeys – Michele Gonzalez

Careers don’t always follow a straight path. In fact, more often than not there are detours, timeouts and reboots. That reality is the inspiration behind our Career Journeys series, spotlighting people who have taken unique and inspiring journeys in the

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October 3, 2016 Julie Shenkman

Career Success Has NOTHING To Do With Salary

A national survey of more than 11,000 job seekers revealed that traditional markers of success such as salary and company tenure aren’t as relevant to today’s workers. According to the survey—which was evenly split between employed and unemployed job seekers,

Hate your job? How long should you stay?

September 28, 2016 Julie Shenkman

It’s Okay to Leave a Job You Hate

Walk into any bar around town at happy hour and you’ll overhear more than one person complaining about work. Job dissatisfaction is pretty common and often people feel like they owe it to a company to suffer through a bad

September 27, 2016 Gina Deveney

Career Journeys – Lance Baird

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September 20, 2016 Gina Deveney

Career Journeys – Cheryl Thompson

Careers don’t always follow a straight path. In fact, more often than not there are detours, timeouts and reboots. For the next few weeks, our Career Journeys series will be spotlighting people who have taken unique and inspiring journeys in

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August 18, 2016 Julie Shenkman

3 Reasons Why You Hate Updating Your Resume

Often times I talk to job seekers who mention that one of the things they hate doing most when searching for a job is updating their resume. In fact, one of these fine people once told me that they’d rather

August 4, 2016 Gina Deveney

3 Career Lessons from Olympians

Friday evening marks the start of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio. Despite controversy over pollution, poor organization and the threat of the Zika virus, here’s hoping that the excitement of competition will overshadow the less than ideal lead-up

August 3, 2016 George Tataris

So You Think You Can Email?

Avoid these six common email mistakes and you’ll be on your way to email super stardom. Electronic mail – what a world we live in! It’s fast, it’s easy, and it’s convenient. I can’t even imagine how people communicated with