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Reshaping the story of your career: Joseph Liu at TEDxCardiff

Have you been thinking about making a career change, but not sure if you should make a move? Joseph shares his story of leaving his medical career behind, 3 insights about the emotional ups and downs of career transitions, and questions to help clarify where you are on your career journey. By the end of his talk, you'll hopefully have a better understanding about whether the time has come f...

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30+ Best Examples of What Skills to Put on a Resume (Proven Tips)

This article will show you: Where to put work skills on a resume. What skills to put on a resume to get you MORE interviews. How to list work-related skills on a resume. 31 best examples of how to put your skills on a CV (right vs. wrongexamples). INFOGRAPHIC that shows the most important resume skills.

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Marcus Buckingham, Founder Of 'The Strengths Revolution,' On The Value Of Excellence

Marcus Buckingham, called the “founder of the strengths revolution,” is known for encouraging leaders to focus on what they do best, rather than on weaknesses. In a Tuesday keynote at the Association for Talent Development (ATD) international conference in San Diego, CA, Buckingham encouraged the audience to become “students of excellence.” To explain why, Buckingham ...

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Ultimate Outsourcing: Americans Abroad

It’s being called the ultimate outsourcing: Americans looking for jobs overseas. With IBM’s recent announcement of Project Match — in which the company actively encourages employees to take their pink slips and apply for jobs in China, India and Brazil — more companies are sure to follow suit. Some people are outraged. Some are scared. Others who understand the value ...

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Living Abroad Has Its Challenges

Living in a foreign country excites the imagination, ignites the adventurous spirit, and inspires you to explore. It can also scare the pants off you. Learning to live in another country is more than simply learning to get to the office, making yourself understood in a local language, and eating different food. You have to learn how to do many new things while unlearning old that have become se...

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What Working Overseas Taught Me

The opportunity to travel has opened me up to so many experiences, cultures and different types of people. It’s also given me personal awareness of what I love about my home, Texas. My grandma, Sylvia, hasn’t had the opportunity to travel but she’s kept us all together. I connect with her and family and friends by writing newsletters and letting them see the world through m...

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Networking For A Career Change -- Seven Contacts To Prioritize

Networking is critical to landing your next job, but when you are changing careers, your network will predominately be helpful to your old career, not your new one. Furthermore, your existing network will have existing expectations and opinions of you and may have a harder time seeing you in your new career. Therefore, changing careers often means changing your network. Here are seven networkin...

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How to land your dream job with one email | Edward Druce | TEDxDonauinsel

Edward Druce has seen every conceivable mistake anyone could ever make when trying to land a work position, as well as the occasional gem from those who know how to do it well. In this talk he shares the very best of what he’s learned, and distills his experience into a simple and elegant 3-step formula that you can use to land your dream job. Edward Druce is the author of ‘This Is ...

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13 Bad Habits You Need to Quit Right Away

In my latest book with Life Hack, 10 Rules of Super Productive People, I discuss the importance of creating your productivity ritual — a routine that helps you to maintain a peak level of energy, so as you get the best out of your days. Part of creating your productivity routine involves removing activities that drain you (what I call “kryptonites”), and that includes your bad...

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The 7 Biggest Remote Work Challenges (and How to Overcome Them)

No soul-crushing commute. No managers or co-workers hanging over your shoulder. No one stealing your lunch from the office fridge. Remote work is wonderful. But it's not without its challenges. Ask anyone who works remotely as a telecommuter or from home running their own business: It's not all rainbows and unicorns. A recent report from the United Nations International Labour Organi...

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