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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

But he made diversity in the workplace a strategic initiative , laid down goals and linked those goals to manager pay. Reach out to groups that cater to Black engineers, LGBTQ professionals, Hispanic programmers—whatever skill set you might need. And you insist that your managers do their homework before they make a hiring decision. “If

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Network for her community work with ScholarCHIPS. Cornish is the co-author of It’s Work!

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Day in the life: Catherine Thomas, EA, Public Health Wales

Practically Perfect PA

March 2001 saw me heading back to the UK as a single mum with 2 young children and so started my career part 2. Starting the NHS Wales PA Network back in 2007 – we are now up to 473 PAs in the network and it has opened a great many doors for me personally and professionally. What has been your career highlight?

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Creating a Win/Win for Admin and Executive

Office Dynamics

I've had many assistants share with me the challenges they face on a daily basis and how their managers endeavor to make them more effective in their department. Leverage your administrative team's capabilities by offering a greater variety of challenging tasks that allow them to utilize and expand their unique skill set. L - LEVERAGE.

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Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

On The Job

Grossbart says he believes that by constantly making sure others knew of his contributions to the company, he managed to avoid a layoff. When he feared he was going to lose his job a couple of years ago, he launched a blog to showcase his communication skills and industry knowledge. Regular contacts with my manager. Right tools.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

With their technology skills and great social networking abilities, GenY ( born roughly between 1980-2003) previously have found employers willing to meet their expectations. Like the rest of job hunters, Generation Y has found jobs can be tough to come by, even with their skills. But do they (GenY) have less of an attitude?

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VA Industry Leaders: a conversation

Loosely Speaking

What outstanding new skills have you acquired during your years as an entrepreneur? In addition to not totally understanding the blogging craze, I am really stumped on how social networking could possibly help me market my services. I hear you on the weekly new invites to join new networks. Will this be your last career?

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