If You Want to Be a Leader – Lead Yourself First

“The most important person you will ever lead is yourself.” – John C. Maxwell.

As John C. Maxwell said, the most important person you will ever lead is yourself. Before we start to think about leading others or if …

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Simple Ways to Manage Business Documents Without Slowing Down Work

Most people do not think about their document system until something goes wrong.

A contract disappears the night before a deadline. One person sends version three of the proposal while someone else sends version five, and the client gets both.

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The entry-level job market is broken. The long-term opportunity isn’t.

By Jim Stroud, career intelligence analyst and job search workshop facilitator for college students

The front door is crowded. The side doors are wide open. Here’s how to find them.

The Deal You Were Promised Is Not the Deal You’re …

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Advice for International Students Looking for Full-Time Jobs in the U.S. in 2026

For professionals like me who work with international students, 2025 was a very tough year, and a very sad year. International education was clearly under attack, international students were being unnecessarily scrutinized, and many of us who advised these students …

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Early career hiring is up, but even more than media stories indicate as their baseline is wrong

The job market for the Class of 2026 and recent graduates often feels like a paradox. On one hand, social media is flooded with stories of “Recruiting Hell”—hundreds of applications, persistent ghosting, and a general sense of fatigue. On the …

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Why Do Entry-Level Jobs Require Experience?(And How to Get Around It)

You’ve seen it countless times: “Entry-level position” followed by “2-3 years of experience required.” It’s maddening, contradictory, and feels like a cruel joke played on new graduates and career’s changers. How can a job be entry-level if it requires experience …

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Growth Mindset Unlocked: A Personal Blueprint for Transformation

“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer

Do you believe that you have the ability to grow and change beyond your current capabilities? Do you believe that others have the …

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Skills-based hiring: How employers should explain it to degree holders

The rise of “skills-based hiring” has sparked a bit of a panic among recent graduates. Many feel like the degree they spent four years (and a lot of money) earning has suddenly been sidelined by a list of software proficiencies …

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The job search playbook that actually works. (And almost nobody uses this)

By Ford Coleman, Founder & CEO, Runway

Over the last several months, I’ve had hundreds of conversations with college students about their job search. And pretty quickly, a pattern emerged.

The students getting interviews weren’t necessarily the ones with the …

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Starting your career in the age of AI: What every new grad needs to know

By Toni Frana, Career Expert for Zety.com 

Not only is beginning your career an exciting time, you have the opportunity to start your professional life at a time that is unlike any other in recent history. Why? AI has …

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