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How to Get Ahead at Work Without a College Degree

Eat Your Career

This isn’t true for all, of course, but it’s more common than you might realize.). All of that is to say, don’t let your lack of a degree be a point of self-sabotage. I’ll give you a quick example: I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in marketing in 2001. Of course, certifications are one option.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

Claudienne Hibbert-Smith President, TRU Prep Academy/ TRU Real Estate Exchange Hibbert-Smith became a mom at the age of 14 and obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2001 from the University of Florida. That messaging that we internalize starts to erode our confidence and our self-esteem.”

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Of course, you have the one group who is gung-ho, but realistic. Then the 2001 recession hit the Telecom and IT sector. Destroying someone's self esteem doesn't actually make them better. “They understand they’re not going to get exactly what they want right now.”

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Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

We need to listen to one another and see if those new ideas have merit, or if they open up any other possible courses of action. Of course, that’s if change is what we decide we want after we’ve talked it over. Then I want us to gather up all our power and direct it together in one solid course of action.

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