I’ve been blessed with amazing sister family and friends! I am an ardent supporter of women’s groups and women-owned businesses. I believe wholeheartedly that ‘sisterhood is self-care’ – no one understands us like us. The vast majority of my career has been dedicated specifically to the empowerment of women and girls. As a liaison and […]
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Opening weekend for F9: The Fast Saga! The Fast and Furious Franchise is my favorite movie franchise – ever. I am a fan, fan. I absolutely love it. I still watch the movies on TV with commercials and On Demand even though I have movies 1-7 on DVD. I’m not really a movie buff. I’m
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Many of us work hard to keep our personal lives separate from our professional lives. That is probably a good idea in most instances. As a manager, however, you need to know that at some point, your staff’s personal lives will impact business operations. Your job as a manager is to ensure that the
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Many employers report difficulty in recruiting and retaining top talent. Some experts claim that the “skills gap” is a major contributor to this worker shortage. One definition of the skills gap is the difference between the skills that employers require to fill vacant positions and those that are available from workers looking for a
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7 People on the Most Insane Things They Did As Unpaid Interns By Sarah Nechamkin, The Cut The unpaid internship — once considered by some the golden ticket to a career, bemoaned but taken in stride — is now “going out of style,” according to The Wall Street Journal. With unemployment at historic lows
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I have accomplished and achieved awesome things in my life, including building the career I dreamed about as a high school senior. As I prepared for high school graduation, I was unsure whether to pursue a social work or a teaching career. I have been blessed to have been able to dedicate myself to
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A manager is tasked with establishing priorities and performance standards and goals. In order to achieve required results, managers must be sure to set their team members up for success through proper orientation, training, support, encouragement, and coaching. A strong team comprised of competent, confident employees performs well when their supervisor is onsite
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What does it take to become a Marvelous Manager and a Successful Supervisor? A manager is an employee who has been assigned specific duties and responsibilities to lead tasks, departments, and/or employees. Managers have diverse duties and job responsibilities for people and functions which can vary from company to company. Business Dictionary defines
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When I talk to professionals and managers about the reasons they don’t work with interns or their fears about working with interns the same major themes emerge. Many people fear that interns will not show up to work or will not be committed to the work because they feel it isn’t a “real” job.
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Paying Interns Is a Good Investment In the Future of Your Business By Heidy Rehman, Guest Writer, Entrepreneur Magazine Unpaid internships exclude talented people who can’t afford to work for free, which is most people. Why paying interns makes good business sense No one wants to work for free, yet it seems to be the
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