6 Things You MUST Stop Telling Yourself While You Look for a Job

Author: Gabriela Balicas Source: Planted Let’s state the obvious: job hunting is kinda hard. No matter how accomplished you are, you’re inevitably going to get a whole portfolio of rejections. This is the first time you’ve received this many rejections in a row since joining Tinder. You might have started to doubt yourself. You might …

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4 Ways to Respond to Bad Criticism

Author: Kat Boogaard Source: The Muse Let’s face it—constructive criticism is never all that easy to hear, but at least when the feedback is insightful, you have the benefit of knowing that you’ll come out new and improved on the other side. But, what about when you receive bad feedback that you think is straight-up …

Staying Focused at Work When You Have Other Passions

Author: Kaitlyn Duling Source: FairyGodBoss Let’s be real for a second—everyone has “other passions.” No matter how much you love your job, consider it your “dream career,” or delight in your professional tasks, you will eventually encounter other hobbies, interests, and aspects of life that threaten to take time and concentration from your job job. …

The Single Best Piece of Career Advice that Nobody Teaches You

Author: John Gorman Source: The Mission Daily I sat down with a fresh-faced MBA candidate intern this afternoon, at my office job deep in the heart of corporate America. It’s not uncommon for the leaders — or, middle managers, at least — of tomorrow to request 30 minutes of face time with “senior” “professionals” to “pick their brain,” and …

12 Productive Things to do Between Meetings

Author: Alyse Kalish Source: The Muse Time is a precious thing, and for those of us who move a mile a minute or find ourselves in back-to-back meetings, we take all of it we can get. This includes that glorious, sometimes unintentional sliver of a pause between meetings when one’s finished sooner than expected, or …

6 Unusual Pieces of Career and Leadership Advice from Women

Author: Joan Michelson Source: Forbes What would happen if the guy who keeps cutting you off in meetings or dismissing your ideas could experience what it’s like to be on the receiving end of his rudeness?  With virtual reality technologies maybe he could. That was one of the ideas that came to mind listening to …

How to Handle an Interview if You Have Multiple Job Offers

Author: Madeline Mann Source: The Ladders What do I do if I have job offers but still have other interviews? Receiving a job offer while you are still in the interview process elsewhere can put you at a huge advantage if you play your cards right. Here is exactly what you should say to each company …

How to Write a Self-Review

Author: Alyse Kalish Source: The Muse Ah, performance review season! Hopefully you’re hopping into this stretch with a confident step. But, if you’re not that’s normal, too—you’ll probably want to read this and this to get your nerves under control. Odds are that you’re reading this because you’ve been asked to write a self-review before …

5 Painful But Important Things To Do When You Lose Your Job

Author: Elizabeth Alterman Source: The Muse When I lost my job in 2014, I naturally slipped into a self-pity funk for a bit. What did I do first? I promptly made an enormous bowl of tiramisu and attempted to soothe my bruised ego with dessert. But—as good as it feels to take a well-deserved time-out—the …

3 Things You Should Always Do in the First Month of a New Job

Author: Sarah Goff Source: Idealist Careers Starting a new job can elicit a range of emotions: excitement, anxiety, hope. But regardless of how you’re feeling leading up to your first day, you want to be sure that you launch your new career with a plan in mind for how you’ll make an impact and a …