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Set Yourself Up for Success in Your New Role with These Tips

The first few weeks are instrumental in setting yourself up for success in your new job. It’s important to make your presence known in a positive way, demonstrate your interest and enthusiasm, and connect with your team members. Research studies support the importance of first impressions. According to a University of Western Ontario study, even [...]

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Don’t Let Job Rejection Break Your Heart. Move On With These Steps

Job searching is often filled with emotional highs and lows, from the initial excitement about an opportunity to dealing with the self-confidence issues that may arise when you are not selected. Unfortunately, getting rejected for jobs is truly part of the process; therefore, it’s crucial to learn how to handle it with your pride intact [...]

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Rebuilding Your Career Confidence After Losing Your Job

There’s an insightful book by Robert K. Johnson and J. Walker Smith entitled Life is Not Work, Work is Not Life. It’s a meaningful title and account, as everyone struggles with work/life balance at some point – but perhaps never do the two feel more intertwined than when, suddenly, you lose your job. No one [...]

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