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Mar 29, 2023
In turbulent times are remote workers more vulnerable?
Proximity bias is human nature. We connect more strongly in a shared environment - so it’s not paranoia to worry that office-based colleagues might get preferential treatment should redundancies strike. In fact, this is a feeling 78% of American workers have.
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Aug 11, 2022
Make Yourself a More Marketable Human Resources Candidate
It’s a great time to be an HR professional. The pandemic caused unprecedented disruptions across almost every industry, especially what it means to be in human resources - but it has also increased the demand for top HR professionals like you.
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May 24, 2022
Are You Ready? Switching Off Autopilot & Gearing Up for Change
The Future of Work is here, but are you ready? New research from LHH uncovers the state of readiness in today’s workforce. Dr. Mary Clare Race, Chief Innovation and Product Officer at LHH, introduces the Readiness Index — a game-changing study of the conscious and subconscious drivers behind preparing for a changing career.
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May 20, 2022
How to Build a Network When You Don’t Think You Have One
Think beyond the obvious when building a network. “Everybody you know is your network. Everyone—from former colleagues, to suppliers, relatives and friends, to your dentist and people in community or leisure activities. Ask yourself, ‘who do I know?’ That’s your network.”
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Feb 10, 2022
Human qualities are still key to success: The top 4 soft skills you should develop in 2022
People today are thinking more deeply about what kind of work culture they want to experience, and how they can best work to create and contribute to such a culture.
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Sep 30, 2021
What’s Your Story? How to Build Your Online Professional Brand
Employers are spending more time than ever before doing web searches to vet prospective hires and even existing employees and, for the most part, they are finding that everyone has more or less the same online presence. If there was only some way to distinguish yourself from the online throng.
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Sep 27, 2021
Disconnected Leaders and Employees: Why Career Development Expectations are Not Being Met and How to Bridge the Gap
It would not be an understatement to say that employees have high expectations around career development. However, it’s equally true that their current employers are not doing enough to meet those expectations.
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Aug 12, 2021
4 Things Leaders Can Do to Ensure They Are Transforming Themselves for the Future
There are some very basic things senior business leaders can do to transform themselves at the same pace and magnitude as they are trying to change their organizations.
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Aug 09, 2021
Six Tips for Mastering Your Professional Video Presence
Even individuals with excellent communication skills require deliberate practice and self-evaluation to develop a powerful, professional video presence. You need to be clear, confident and under control to project your best self in a virtual call.
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May 24, 2021
Why the Value of Outplacement is Always Higher than Cash
If your organization is debating between offering cash or career transition support to impacted employees, here are some important things you should know before making a final decision.
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Jan 11, 2021
Breakthroughs in Building Business Relationships in a Virtual World
I work in a “high-touch” business where face-to-face meetings often mean the difference between bringing on a new client or losing out on a prime opportunity. I knew I had to find ways to replicate those high-touch moments in a socially distanced context. I’m not saying it’s been easy, but there have been breakthroughs.
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Jun 15, 2020
5 Tips for Remote Networking
COVID-19 and the shift to remote work (and remote life) has caused professional networking to become completely virtual. Here are our top five tips for successful networking while remote.