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To Make Remote Work Effective, Think About Others

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As Jessica “JJ” Reeder , Director of Remote Organizational Effectiveness at Upwork , shared in a recent interview , “It’s more how am I setting myself and my teammates up to have as much flexibility as possible in our days.” Reeder agreed that asynchronous video communication captures more nuance than asynchronous audio-only communication.

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Taking Career Advice from TikTok? Experts Suggest Keeping These 4 Things In Mind

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In the past, most people would ask a mentor or career coach for advice. A recent study finds that Gen Z and millennials are more likely to get their career advice from TikTok than a mentor, with one in five making career decisions based on advice from TikTok creators.

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3 principles to building — and keeping — a great relationship with a mentor

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I’ve had more mentors than anyone I know. Without a father in my life, I grew up hungry for advice — which gave me a reason to make my relationships with mentors more personal and more meaningful than the average mentor-mentee relationship. Mentors tend to be older than you and work with other older-than-you people.

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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

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Some companies may even hire a candidate with exceptional people skills but little technical knowledge, figuring that learning technical aspects is easier than learning how to work effectively in a group. If you have a mentor, discuss where your soft skills may be lacking and brainstorm ways to improve.

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Craft Your Career With These 9 Top Professional Development Courses

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Meeting those objectives requires commitment to learning in areas such as leadership development and soft skills education. These virtual mentors provide the real-world tips, goal-setting strategies and insights needed to bridge the gap between education and real-world application. Why take a professional development course?

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At Jack Daniel’s, Distiller Lexie Phillips Is Making Whiskey—and History—Every Day

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Find out how Phillips went from learning about the process to running it. LP: In 2014, I had my first big-girl interview. I can work on John Deere lawn mowers without a YouTube video. What have you learned that stays with you? So that brought Jack Daniel’s back to my mind,” she recalls now. I change my own oil.”

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UFC’s Francis Ngannou’s Keys to Overcoming Obstacles and Visualizing Success

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In his Achievers Exclusive interview with Josh Ellis, he recalls the triumphs and tribulations of a life in pursuit of his dream of becoming a world-class fighter. . Eventually, though, he would be taken under the wing of mentors, who convinced him to take up MMA over boxing. He had some important help from mentors.

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