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- How to Keep a Work Journal posted on January 26, 2015
- 15 Girls’ Night In Activities posted on March 13, 2017
- How to Negotiate a Raise posted on August 8, 2016
- 6 Essential Tips for a First-Time Manager posted on July 27, 2015
- 5 Types of Difficult Coworkers and How to (Almost) Deal With Them posted on March 6, 2017
- 5 Essential Job Search Email Templates posted on October 26, 2015
- How to Negotiate Severance posted on November 11, 2024
- How to Write the Perfect Conference Follow-Up Email posted on August 11, 2017
- Career Profile: Kimberly Barnes, ContentPark posted on August 30, 2017
- 17 Work Journal Prompts That Will Help Your Career posted on October 30, 2016
- How to Track Your Work Accomplishments posted on February 8, 2021
- Career Profile: Sierra Barter, The Lady Project posted on October 1, 2014
- NYC Guide: The Best Brunch in NYC posted on May 27, 2016
- 8 Productivity Habits Everyone Needs to Succeed in Their Career posted on October 21, 2024
- NYC Guide: Sunrise in Central Park posted on November 27, 2014
- How to Research for a Job Interview posted on August 31, 2015
- A Health Coach’s Top Wellness Tips and Resources posted on June 21, 2016
- How to Stay Positive When You’re Unemployed posted on November 5, 2024
- How to Write a Job Application Follow-Up Email posted on May 25, 2014
- Career Profile: Lisa Ronis, Lisa Ronis Matchmaking posted on July 6, 2016
- How to Recover from a Work Mistake posted on April 10, 2017
- Blog Better: Twitter Tips for Bloggers posted on July 11, 2014
- How To Make Your Own Annual Review posted on January 19, 2015
- Career Profile: Marissa Driscoll, Girl Scouts of the USA posted on November 25, 2015
- Career Profile: Amy Stone, Gap posted on July 30, 2014
- 4 Things You Must Do After Your Annual Review posted on March 23, 2015
- Career Profile: Elana Fishman, StyleWatch posted on January 6, 2016
- These 10 Simple Tips Will Take You From Average to Exceptional Performance posted on October 24, 2016
- Career Profile: Katie Schloss, Founder of Three Jane posted on June 3, 2015
- How to Make a Vision Board posted on January 14, 2016
- Career Profile: Loren Brill, Sweet Loren’s posted on September 5, 2018
- How to Give Feedback to Your Manager posted on June 29, 2015
- How to Do a Life Audit posted on February 23, 2016
- 22 Personal Development Journal Prompts posted on December 16, 2016
- Glossier Raises $100 Million And Now Has a Billion-Dollar Valuation posted on March 25, 2019
- Fall Activities in NYC posted on September 19, 2014
- Career Profile: Tracey Skaler, Seventeen Magazine posted on July 1, 2015
- How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions posted on February 25, 2016
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Author Archives: Elana Lyn Gross
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How to Gracefully Exit a Networking Conversation
It’s possible to tactfully end the conversation without ending the relationship. Try these tactics to make a graceful exit.
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Career Profile: Barbara Whye, Intel Corporation
"Persistence and optimism will always yield successful outcomes."
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The best is yet to come.
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5 Ways to Stop Complaining About Work
You might have valid concerns, but the last thing you want (if you also want a promotion) is to be seen as a constant complainer or the office gossip.
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Career Profile: Ammara Yaqub, Ammara
"I think it is important to be resilient and persevere – achieving success out the gate is sometimes easier than sustaining that success over a long period of time and some failure is inevitable. It is important to view failure as a hiccup and not an endpoint."
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Career Profile: Leesa Evans, Stylist and Costume Designer
"You are at your best when you trust your instincts and calmly believe in yourself."
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How to Get a Job After College
It might seem like you need to have five years of experience and an Olympic medal to get an entry-level job, but you don't!
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Career Profile: Lisa McCarthy and Wendy Leshgold, The Fast Forward Group
"You can do way more than you think you can and it’s usually the stuff that gets in your head that gets in the way."
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Career Profile: Rachel Tipograph, MikMak
"Risk-taking is a luxury and if you're in a position to do it, seize it."
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How to Survive a Toxic Workplace
You're toxic, I'm slipping under. (And getting a new job ASAP.)
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Career Profile: Elisa Steele, Namely
“Work hard, do the right thing and make things happen."
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Should You Take a Job Just for the Money?
Money can't buy you (a job you) love.
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Career Profile: Sasha Benz, All My Friends Are Models and Cinq
“Every overnight success takes 10 years. This is something that I have found true more than anything. Everything takes time, guts and perseverance. No true success story comes without battle wounds."
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How to Make Friends at Work
Let's be friends.
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Career Profile: Lauren Berger, Intern Queen
"You miss 100% of the chances you don’t take. Just ask. What’s the worst that can happen?"
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Career Profile: MaryBeth Pecha, Amber Hanson, and Kathryn Ekloff, Persist The Game
"I wish I would have known it's okay to take risks, experiment and fail. I think as women, we're so concerned with checking all the boxes, being prepared and not ruffling feathers. I'm generalizing, but this is how most of us were conditioned from an early age. I wish I would have been more curious to try new things, and that I would have gone easier on myself. I wish I had known it's better to prioritize progress over perfection."
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Career Profile: Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Allergan
"It’s a marathon, not a race. You will get opportunities to keep reinventing yourself professionally and you don’t need to do the same thing throughout your career. Change is okay, in fact, I strongly recommend it!"
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Career Profile: Lori Wright, Microsoft
"What matters is how you pick yourself back up again after the setbacks and keep marching forward."
