Career Advice & Insights

It’s not common to think that social media and job searching go perfectly hand in hand. In fact, many people keep their accounts private “just in case.” While we agree that you shouldn’t be posting your fourth time doing a shot-ski to Instagram for the world to see, if you’re smart about how you use social media, it could help you score your next job. Read More

When you make a change, you create a vacuum. And when you create a vacuum, something new will come along to fill it. This is law. You can only create something new with space. Change triggers our fear of possible or impending death, so we put it off, and put it off, and put it off. Read More

With the 2018 National Spelling Bee competition taking place this week, Google decided to make you even feel worse that you aren’t a 12-year-old spelling prodigy by using data from Google Trends to show what words people in each state are looking up how to spell the most. Not shockingly, many of the words are very common. Read More

Have you ever read a job description that perfectly matched your skill set or received an offer from a company that you were very interested in … and then realized it required relocating? … Read More

You surely know by now that LinkedIn is one of the best networking, job search, research, and general professional growth tools out there. But how do you know if you’re using it right? Or maybe the most impactful, even if dramatic, way to think about it: How do you know if you’re using it wrong?

Here are 8 signs that you’re using the platform incorrectly. Read More

According to a new Capital One survey, we are more likely to spend money on dining out this summer than at any other time of the year. Read More

Introverts are typically naturally self-motivated, analytical and reasonable, good listeners and as a result, good learners, concentrated, and more dedicated — oh! Are these also what you’re looking for in an ideal employee? … Read More

It feels impossible to tell if the technology our kids use should be celebrated or feared. How alarmed should we be? Is this a crisis or a fear frenzy? I wanted to understand what the studies really tell us about the effect personal technology is having on our children. Read More

Changes don’t happen overnight and they don’t happen by accident. They are the result of several small habits practiced consistently over time. Read More