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6 Pro Tips for Cutting Your Resume Down to One Page

You know you’re supposed to have a one-page resume. No matter how much you want to cling to your two-pager, we both know that—unless you’re applying to a high-level executive position—no one actually makes it past the first page. You might as well bite the bullet and get all the important bits on one, 8.5×11″ document.

– From Lily Zhang for The Muse

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Making the Most of Mentorship: 10 Tips From Slack’s Youny Kuang

As the daughter of Chinese immigrants to California and the eldest of three children, Youny was the guiding light for her siblings as they prepared to go to college. In a way, her siblings were her first mentees.

“My parents …

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ADHD Burnout — What Is It and What Can You Do About It?

Have you ever been so exhausted that you quit your job?

You may have been experiencing burnout.

Burnout is characterized by overwhelming exhaustion, detachment from your work, and a sense of ineffectiveness.

And while anyone can experience burnout, if you …

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7 Employee Benefits Your Company Needs to Be Truly LGBT+ Inclusive

While June celebrates Pride Month, many companies offer benefits that support the LGBTQ+ community all year round (as they should!). 

The positive impact these benefits make extends outside of the LGBTQ+ community, as inclusive policies are appealing to all workers. …

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Managing Money Anxiety While Job Searching

Money anxiety is a beast. In this episode, I talk through 5 steps you can implement to manage money anxiety while in your job search. I share my experience growing up low-income and continuing to earn a low salary even …

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How To Make Small Talk: 15 Tips & Why You Shouldn’t Avoid It

Small talk is a learnable social skill that’s essential to helping you navigate every social situation, from working and networking events to casual gatherings.

Making small talk is the art of engaging in light conversation. It’s an important social skill

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How Twilio is Empowering LGBTQIA+ Employees at Work

Corporate institutions have long approached Pride Month—a time when LGBTQIA+ communities celebrate the freedom to be themselves—as a way to associate their brand as supporters of the movement. Typically this is done by switching the company logo to rainbow colors …

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Taking Leaps and Growing With Confidence — From a Contractor to a First-Generation VP

In the past 13 years, Zoya Khan has only changed companies once — leaving a full-time position to join Prudential as a contractor.

What made her take this leap of faith? Well, for one, Khan knew what she wanted and was …

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How to Ace Your Interview with AI

Want to walk into your next interview with superhuman confidence?

Then join Jeremy Schifeling (Co-Founder, The LinkedIn Guys) and Varun Puri (Co-Founder, Yoodli) for a deep dive on how to:

Generate the most likely interview questions with ChatGPT

Structure your …

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9 Great Jobs for People with Autism

Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a condition that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates affects around one in every 59 children in the United States today. It covers a broad range of conditions and is …

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Looking Through the Prism: Talking to Esri’s Jenna DeWitt on Founding an LGBTQIA+ ERG

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are a vital resource at companies for building employee engagement and enabling diverse voices to be heard. We are joined in conversation by Jenna DeWitt, Senior editor at Esri, to discuss founding that company’s LGBTQIA+ ERG: …

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