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Google Executive Shares How To Work Your Way Up The Ladder Without A College Degree

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in 2011 to 37.9% By making these types of connections, job seekers without a college education can get their foot in the door, create meaningful connections with mentors that can help them advance and thus find a job that allows them to continue to work their way up the ladder. . in 2021. . Impressive, yes.

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How To Find Your Mentor

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Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Whatever stage you are in your career, you need a mentor. A mentor brings out the best in you. It doesn’t really matter how super uber you are. You might be the king of experts in your company but you still need a mentor. How does a Mentor differ from a Teacher?

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How Deesha Philyaw Built Her Writing Career From the Ground Up—and Landed a 7-Figure Book Deal

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Deesha Philyaw did not teach me how to write, but she did teach me how to turn writing into a career. If anyone knows how to make entrepreneurship and writing look easy, it’s Philyaw. Writers need to be business savvy and understand the ins and outs of how to sell as a writer. How do you pitch?’” I had no idea how.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Betsy Dougert, vice president of external relations for SCORE , which provides free mentoring service for small business owners, wants female entrepreneurs in all fields to know that SCORE’s more than 10,000 volunteer mentors have their backs every step of the way. And some organizations are looking to help change that.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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Since 2012, when Chance released his first mixtape after graduating from Jones College Prep in 2011, his promise has attracted attention from established artists eager to collaborate. In 2016, he co-created the Warmest Winter project, which created coats that doubled as sleeping bags for the homeless. Chance the Rapper never had a Plan B.

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Top 10 Tips for Managing Up in a Top Down World

Ian's Messy Desk

Prepare to play the game of politics-Politics is played in every organization; so the sooner you learn how to play this game, the better off you’ll be. Pay close attention to how work really gets done in the organization. Provide your boss with options on how to achieve the same results in a way that feels right.

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome. Research published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science in 2011 suggests that approximately 70 percent of people will experience at least one impostor syndrome episode in their lives. You dislike the idea of having a coach/mentor because you can (and should) handle things on your own.

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