The Key to Landing Your Next Job? Storytelling.

By Janine Kurnoff and Lee Lazarus | Harvard Business Review | May 13, 2021

Today’s workforce is hyper-competitive. It’s hard to stand out, and if you’re hunting for a job, you need strategies to appear more credible, authentic, and memorable than your …

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The 8 Negotiation Skills You Need—Whether You’re Job Searching or Not

By Lisa Rabasca Roepe | The Muse

Let’s say you’re conducting a job search and aiming for an annual salary of $100,000, but a company you’ve interviewed with offers you $87,000. You could grudgingly accept it, walk away, or try to 

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5 Email Templates to Respond to Recruiters (No Matter Where You Are in Your Search)

By Jaclyn Westlake | The Muse

Getting approached about a job opening can feel super flattering (and it’s a sure sign that you’re doing something right!), but depending on where you are in your career, figuring out how to respond can …

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You’ll Need Decision-Making Skills in Any Job—Here’s How to Get Them, Use Them, and Show Them Off

By Leah Campbell | The Muse

Whether you’re a first-time intern or president and CEO, decision-making is a crucial component of success at every rung on the career ladder. Companies rely on top talent to keep the business moving with quick, …

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4 Key Elements of a Stellar LinkedIn Summary

By Jenny Foss | The Muse

You’re smart, effervescent, and frankly so darned funny that people gravitate toward you on humor alone.

Why, then, does your LinkedIn summary read like something out of Professor Crabapple’s dry, outdated textbook from that Career …

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10 Things You Didn’t Know about Snejina Zacharia (SFMBA 2013)

By Allen Lee | Money Inc. | September 21, 2021

Snejina Zacharia was determined to start a company, but as a woman, she faced many challenges that made launching the company, Insurify take at least a year. Venture capitalists would ask her …

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This chart shows the 6 stages of career growth. Where are you now?

By Gary Burnison | CNBC | September 21, 2021

Different people are destined to different career paths. But ideally, over time, you will take on bigger assignments and more responsibilities that will help you get to where you want.

As a CEO …

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Don’t Let These Negotiation Myths Hold You Back—Here’s How to Shake Them

By Brian Liou | The Muse

When I was just starting my company Rora—a career and negotiation agency for high performers—a friend received a job offer she was excited about. When I asked her if she planned to negotiate, she …

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How to Respond to “Walk Me Through Your Resume”—and Get Your Interview Started on the Right Note

By Regina Borsellino | The Muse

When you begin any job interview, your interviewer is likely to start the conversation with some sort of introductory question. Because of this, “Tell me about yourself” is one of the most common interview questions …

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Employers Are Expanding Benefits and Perks in Response to COVID and the “Great Resignation”—Here’s What to Look For

By Allison Torres Burtka | The Muse

COVID-19 has shifted many people’s perspectives of what they want out of work and life. Maybe working remotely for the first time during COVID made your former commute seem intolerable. Or maybe you’ve decided …

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