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No Opportunities for Career Advancement? Do These 5 Things

All Things Admin

Are things like a flexible schedule, ability to telecommute, additional days off, other company perks, or an off-cycle promotion an option? If the answer is yes, keep adding value and learning new skills to stay relevant in your career. Ask “If not now, then when?” Does your company offer gym memberships or tuition reimbursement?

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Future Shock: a message from the past that defines the present

Workplace Insight

‘Future shock’ was a term Toffler had first used in a magazine article in the 1960s while he was working as a researcher for IBM. We would no longer have fixed professions and places of work and would need to constantly update our skills and move to find work. “The

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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

Success

Army officer turned software engineer; Ge Wang, a lawyer who became the owner of a menswear business; and Monique Greenwood, a magazine editor-in-chief turned innkeeper. In The Alter Ego Effect , author Todd Herman suggests that we add another element: creating an alter ego to boost our confidence and skills.

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