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Best alternative to grad school

Penelope Trunk

Now I’m going to tell you what I did to make things come together in my career. This was happening when you had to send out resumes on thick, expensive white paper, and I used food money for postage. I tried to date a few professors, but they were already adept at judging whether or not a grad student was too messed up.

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8 Outstanding Educational Online Resources & Books for HRs

Vantage Circle

There is a golden rule of a successful career as an HR manager – you have to keep learning. Apart from an official certificate, HR.com also offers a lot of other useful learning opportunities: White papers, case studies, and other research. The thing is that the HR industry is growing and changing very quickly.

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8 Outstanding Educational Online Resources & Books for HRs

Vantage Circle

There is a golden rule of a successful career as an HR manager – you have to keep learning. Apart from an official certificate, HR.com also offers a lot of other useful learning opportunities: White papers, case studies, and other research. The thing is that the HR industry is growing and changing very quickly.

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The Need for Moral Courage in Leadership with Thought Entrepreneur, Jon Mertz

Crestcom

I hope you enjoyed Jon and I’s conversation as we talk about moral courage, which is, I believe, an essential characteristic, a mindset and attitude or way of being that all of us can learn and will likely need throughout the next phase of our careers. Enjoy the conversation. I am so excited to have you here.

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The Staggering Cost Of Disengaged Employees: How Disengagement Impacts Your Bottom Line

Vantage Circle

Annual cost of unscheduled absences: approximately $2,650 per employee – Circadian White Paper on absenteeism Quantifying the Cost: Data and Statistics on Disengaged Employees So,what is the actual cost of disengagement? These aren't career detours—they're precisely what modern professional growth looks like.

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Creating High-Performing Teams Like a Jazz Band with Gerald J. Leonard

Crestcom

And that led me through college, through my career. I switched careers and got into IT. So I’ve always, throughout my entire career, have had a coach, had a mentor, had someone that I went into my pocket and paid good money to, to help me learn how to get better. At a time where if you could spell IT, you could get in.

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Attention Management (Not Time Management) is the Key to Productivity with Author Maura Thomas

Crestcom

Maura Thomas: Yeah, I have worked in the productivity field for my entire professional career. I started out in the paper-based planner world, and when I worked there, it was part of my job to understand all the paper-based planners and all the productivity systems and what everybody was doing and, and selling and, and teaching.