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4 steps to crafting the perfect job description for your resume Michele Lando

Your resume is your chance to highlight what you bring to the table and why a potential employer should hire you. You don’t want to mess it up. Read More

Advice

3 things I wish I knew before accepting my first job Ladders Contributor

I received my very first “real” job offer on a Friday afternoon, from a payphone in a midtown Manhattan subway station, where I was in town for some job interviews (Yep, a payphone! It was the mid-90s, before cell phones were ubiquitous). HR: “We’d like to offer you the position of Marketing Assistant.” Me: “Great!” HR: “The salary will … Read More

How To

The red pill or the blue pill?Ozan Varol

In life, most of us take the blue pill. Day after day, we choose the illusion of certainty rather than the messy reality of uncertainty. Read More

The Future of Work

The next technological disruption is coming. How will we adapt?Ladders Contributor

An author argues we’re actually on the cusp of the “third era of network-driven change” after the printing press in the 15th century and the railroad and telegraph in the 19th century. Read More

How To

This 1 question made 1 man $100 million Benjamin P. Hardy

He has a very powerful and insightful question. It’s a question he’s asked himself over and over at all stages of his journey and life. Read More

How To

Why setting goals isn’t always the secret to success Krista Gray

Goals are important because knowing where you’d like to go is useful when setting out on a journey. But they can start to hurt you. Read More

Uncategorized

195 words to keep you going if you feel down Todd Brison

“I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.” — Jermaine Cole (J Cole), musician and more words to help you when you are feeling blue. Read More

Job Search

Some successful people keep a ‘failure resume’ filled with jobs and awards they didn’t get Ladders Contributor

Experts have said it can be good to write a “failure résumé” complete with all the jobs you didn’t get and accomplishments you missed out on. Read More

Health

This is the best workout for your personality type Isabella Broggini

To help you find a workout that you’ll enjoy and actually do, we decided to roundup workouts that suit these eight popular personality types the best. Read More

Must Reads

What jobs can you get with a business degree?

We’ve rounded up 11 different types of jobs you can get with a business degree to give you an idea of just how versatile that particular bachelor’s degree is.

The 21 jobs that are MOST likely to lead to divorce

Some jobs have a higher divorce rate than others.

The 12 best people to pick as job references

You want to pick people who have worked alongside you and think highly enough of you to sing your praises to a hiring manager.

I did 8 rounds of interviews and still didn’t get the job

“I’ve interviewed with Google twice now, and when people ask me why I don’t work there, I respond, ‘I can never seem to get past the eighth interview,’” says Steve Silberberg, who is now the founder of Fatpacking, a weight-loss backpacking company.

Myth busted: 5 ageism stereotypes that need to be broken

In the last few months, older social media personalities have been gaining traction on sites like Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tock. They’re called Grandfluencers, and they’re here to debunk pervasive ageism myths….and make a little cash doing it.

The simple eye contact trick you should use in every conversation

“When two people are having a conversation, eye contact signals that shared attention is high —that they are in peak synchrony with one another.”

How to deal with ‘The Great Resignation’ when you are a manager

Managers are worried about maintaining the talent required to keep the doors open, but they are not asking the right questions.

The flu shot may protect you from severe COVID-19 infection

New research found that the flu vaccine may provide vital protection against COVID-19, reducing the risk of suffering severe infection, like stroke, sepsis, and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

The best exercises for flabby arms — workouts you’ve never heard of

You can tone your arms with these five workouts, and we have video to show you the right form.

7 things you should never ask your boss

There are some things you should just not ask your boss — these 7 questions are things you should stay clear from in conversation.