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February 16, 2021February 15, 2021 andreweverett360

40% of hires come from the referral pool

Dawn Graham gave a TEDx Talk titled Your Next Job Is One Conversation Away. Continue reading “40% of hires come from the referral pool” →

September 15, 2020 andreweverett360

Developing employees despite the chaos

Julie Winkle Giulioni wrote a blog post titled Careers in crisis: Developing employees despite the chaos. Continue reading “Developing employees despite the chaos” →

August 4, 2020July 31, 2020 andreweverett360

11 tips for online job interviews

Randy Clark wrote a blog post titled 11 Steps to Owning a Virtual Interview. Continue reading “11 tips for online job interviews” →

February 23, 2020February 22, 2020 andreweverett360

Job Hopping Syndrome

Lou Adler wrote an article titled The Awful Downside of Job Hopping Syndrome. Continue reading “Job Hopping Syndrome” →

January 25, 2020January 22, 2020 andreweverett360

Why It’s So Hard to Follow Your Passion

Jon M. Jachimowicz wrote an article for Harvard Business Review titled 3 Reasons It’s So Hard to “Follow Your Passion”. Continue reading “Why It’s So Hard to Follow Your Passion” →

October 19, 2019October 18, 2019 andreweverett360

Critical thinking ranks among the most in-demand skills for job candidates

Matt Plummer wrote an article for Harvard Business Review titled A Short Guide to Building Your Team’s Critical Thinking Skills. Continue reading “Critical thinking ranks among the most in-demand skills for job candidates” →

August 11, 2019August 10, 2019 andreweverett360

What are you willing to struggle for?

Mark Manson wrote an article titled The Most Important Question of Your Life. “What are you willing to struggle for? Because that seems to be a greater determinant of how our lives turn out.” Continue reading “What are you willing to struggle for?” →

July 7, 2019July 4, 2019 andreweverett360

Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

David Epstein, author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, wrote an article for Forge titled Today’s World Calls for Range, not Specialization. Continue reading “Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World” →

July 6, 2019July 4, 2019 andreweverett360

Your Professional Decline Is Coming Sooner Than You Think

Arthur C. Brooks wrote an article in The Atlantic titled Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think: Here’s How to Make the Most of It. Continue reading “Your Professional Decline Is Coming Sooner Than You Think” →

June 24, 2019June 23, 2019 andreweverett360

Mental Agility

According to an article in The Atlantic titled At Work, Expertise Is Falling Out of Favor by Jerry Useem, mental agility will be a more valuable skill set than mastery of a narrow specialty, and specific skills will become obsolete more quickly. Continue reading “Mental Agility” →

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