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How to Upskill Yourself to Earn More Money 

Success

Upskilling, or the process of taking your skills to the next level at work, can be a great way to increase your value at your current company and help you negotiate a higher salary when you start looking for your next employment adventure. One of the benefits of upskilling at work is learning new skills during company time.

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Want To Stop Employees From Walking Out The Door? Build Them A Career Ladder

Allwork

It’s not enough just being in a job or career they’re interested in or that fills their wallet — people want to be challenged, they want to grow, gain new skills, and push their limits. Gialleli’s idea for implementing a mentor/mentee program is a good and creative example for one such method. “The

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How Emotional Intelligence Can Improve Your Work Life

Success

Offices can be stressful places, and having the ability to recognize when things are getting heated and to help others de-escalate is an invaluable skill, no matter where you are in the company hierarchy. Empathy , or the ability to understand how others are feeling, is often touted as a vital component of the soft skills employers look for.

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Lessons From Past Recessions

Success

What are my basic monthly living expenses (including food, shelter, health insurance, utilities, phone, transportation and childcare)? Having a solid cushion to fall back on if you lose your job or experience a salary reduction can help you avoid going into debt and offer you peace of mind when listening to grim economic news. .

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How Helicopter Parenting is Invading the Workplace

On The Job

We tell ourselves that if we don't hover, our kids won't get into the right preschool and that will lead to the kid living at age 27 in a box somewhere with no dental health benefits. Simply allowing a child to have down time can help develop critical thinking skills. That's a topic I explored in my latest story for Gannett/USAToday.

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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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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

Yes, I have taken job-specific software classes, classes to learn organizational and people skills, and took computer certification classes which I was not aware I needed coming right out of high school. Again, these are skills I was able to cultivate on the job. Only the usual Microsoft skills. Not particularly.

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