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How Women Are Rising in Business

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of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4 trillion.”

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Gen Z’s Delulu Trend Suggests that the “Fake It Till You Make It” Approach Might Actually Pay Off

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Getting delulu about your job hunt or career transition A shocking 84% of hiring companies are willing to hire and train a candidate who doesn’t have the required skills in that job description you’ve been reading and rereading, according to 2019 research from a global staffing firm, Robert Half.

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How Haley Ingram of Coffee & Contracts Used Influence to Build Her Business and Partnerships to Grow It

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Not only does Coffee & Contracts offer social media templates, from blog posts to reels and quick captions, it also has a members-only Facebook group and offers training and support to build and keep agents’ social media skills fresh. The company currently has 5,400 members.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. She’s passionate about enabling teams of creatives, technology leaders and innovators with the skills, mindset and network to tackle the complex and evolving challenges of tomorrow. With the U.S.

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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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Despite any obstacles students face, since its creation in 2002, the school has enjoyed impressive outcomes, boasting a college readiness score 27% higher than the city’s in 2019. If they’re top-performing before they get into those programs, they’ve got the skills and habits and support at home to motivate them to do well,” Larson says.

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6 Books on Failure to Build Your Resilience

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It will empower you with practical skills in turning seeming negatives into positives. The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness. And although Salzgeber’s book draws from the Greek stoic philosophers, his 2019 publication is fully contemporary. leads for a reason.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

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We saw their self-esteem and self-confidence go up in that short amount of time.” These students can choose between courses that teach both core soft skills, such as “ communications ” or “community and culture,” and hard technical skills. They yearned for more and they knew they had the skill set to accomplish more.