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Keywords are powerful in helping to get your resume noticed, but how do you know which ones are the best to catch a recruiter's eye? Here are some tips based on recent research by Grammarly.
Visit https://www.themuse.com/advice/how-fortune-500-employees-make-their-linkedin-profiles-stand-out-to-recruiters?ref=carousel-slide-0 to view the full article online. |
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Research helps identify why you procrastinate and how you can overcome it to become more productive in work and other areas. (Harvard Business Review)
Visit https://hbr.org/2017/10/5-research-based-strategies-for-overcoming-procrastination to view the full article online. |
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Based on how many Americans are currently working, the United States last month might have suffered the first drop in eight years. However, that doesn't mean that bad news is on the horizon for the economy. (Market Watch)
Visit http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hurricanes-may-make-it-look-like-us-lost-jobs-for-the-first-time-since-2010-2017-10-01?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202017-10-03%20HR%20Dive%20%5Bissue:12259%5D&utm_term=HR%20Dive to view the full article online. |
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Research has shown that long workdays hardly get the best from people. Some research has found people can only concentrate for about 20 minutes at a time. One study found people struggled to stay on task for more than 10 seconds. (Business Insider)
Visit http://www.businessinsider.com/8-hour-workday-may-be-5-hours-too-long-research-suggests-2017-9?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202017-10-03%20HR%20Dive%20%5Bissue:12259%5D&utm_term=HR%20Dive to view the full article online. |
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Most American adults check both their work and personal email every few hours throughout the day, according to recent research from Adobe. Some 44% of respondents say they check their business email every few hours outside of work, and 51% say they check their personal email every few hours while at work. (MarketingProfs)
Visit https://www.marketingprofs.com/charts/2017/32791/email-behavior-in-2017-when-where-and-how-people-check-messages?adref=nlt093017&utm_content=buffer623e6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer to view the full article online. |
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Blackstone's head of Real Estate says the different perspective women bring to the table is one of the critical reasons the company has placed a high priority on increasing its female workforce. Blackstone is the largest owner and investor in real estate today. (Yahoo Finance)
Visit https://finance.yahoo.com/news/blackstones-jon-gray-2-reasons-workplace-gender-diversity-important-172426265.html to view the full article online. |
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Many companies rely on individual interventions like company-wide diversity training in the quest for a more diverse and inclusive workplace culture. Research has shown, however, that these interventions have virtually zero impact on diversity and inclusion metrics and can often produce backlash. (Huffpost)
Visit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/to-change-the-culture-change-the-process-achieving_us_59d3f4d7e4b02508a0a07ad1 to view the full article online. |
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If you're looking for ways to promote greater diversity and inclusion in your workplace,here are four tips to help in that effort. (Business Administration Information)
Visit http://www.businessadministrationinformation.com/general-business/4-ways-to-increase-diversity to view the full article online. |
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Catalonia could lose two of Spain's biggest banks if political leaders in the region press move ahead on a threat to declare independence. (CNN Money)
Visit http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/05/investing/catalonia-banks-relocation-independence-spain/index.html?iid=hp-toplead-dom to view the full article online. |
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Thinking about planning to apply at one of the nation's selective MBA programs? There's a good chance that the people you will be competing against have higher grades and test scores than applicants in previous years. (U.S. News & World Report)
Visit https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/articles/2017-10-03/test-scores-gpas-are-rising-at-top-mba-programs to view the full article online. |
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Many colleges and universities across the US are reporting drops in international student applications, and some HBCUs are also concerned about how it could affect their bottom line. As schools founded to educate African Americans, it’s their ethnic diversity that could really take a hit — a diversity some don’t even know exists. (PRI)
Visit https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-10-03/how-do-tensions-white-house-impact-hbcu-diversity to view the full article online. |
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How inclusive or exclusive should organizations be when developing the talents of their employees? In a world of unlimited resources, organizations would surely invest in everyone. After all, as Henry Ford is credited as saying, "the only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay." (Harvard Business Review)
Visit https://hbr.org/2017/10/what-science-says-about-identifying-high-potential-employees?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=dailyalert&referral=00563&spMailingID=18215642&spUserID=MjU0MjUwMTQzODA0S0&spJobID=1120181565&spReportId=MTEyMDE to view the full article online. |
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Two members of Congress are trying to encourage a kinder, gentler social media site in an effort to stem the increase of race-baiting comments on Twitter. (Fast Company)
Visit https://www.fastcompany.com/40477051/congress-to-twitter-get-real-about-racism-or-get-regulated to view the full article online. |
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Is the dominance of Facebook, Apple, Amazon.com and Google beginning to stifle the start-up world? Many believe it may be coming to that. (The Washington Post)
Visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/facebooks-willingness-to-copy-rivals-apps-seen-as-hurting-innovation/2017/08/10/ea7188ea-7df6-11e7-a669-b400c5c7e1cc_story.html?utm_term=.c2bf4b1749df to view the full article online. |
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Miami-based entrepreneur Kristina Jones co-founded Court Buddy, a legal-technology startup, and became one of only 14 African-American women to raise $1 million or more in venture capital. (Miami Herald)
Visit http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article177001046.html to view the full article online. |
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A New Study from Mavenlink shows significant trends in enterprise use of external contractors; growing enterprise demand for on-demand support, influx of highly skilled contractors into the workforce, business challenges, and increased individual interest in flexible work structures. (MarketsInsider)
Visit http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/Mavenlink-Study-Finds-that-Senior-Executives-Not-Millennials-Driving-US-Towards-Gig-Economy-1002724834 to view the full article online. |
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Hurricane Maria has escalated Puerto Rico's financial crisis, but the island has had serious economic struggles for many years. Here are six reasons why. (USA TODAY)
Visit https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/10/04/puerto-rico-debt-crisis-bankruptcy-donald-trump/731091001/ to view the full article online. |
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Even if you don't have a lot of money, finding a way to save for retirement is key, otherwise you'll have a difficult time building a secure nest egg. (CNN Money)
Visit http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/04/retirement/retirement-investing-on-a-budget/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom to view the full article online. |
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Just as it's important to see your doctor annually to check you vital signs and general health, it's equally as important to keep track of your financial health. (Essence)
Visit http://www.essence.com/partner/northwestern-mutual/125328?prx_t=ZBcDAugAVAeF0QA&ntv_idp=1 to view the full article online. |
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It didn't go unnoticed by many that when Fortune released its 20th Annual Most Powerful Women List of 2017 last week, only one black woman was among the 51 named to the list. Black Enterprise wanted to know why. (Black Enterprise)
Visit http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/fortune-black-most-powerful-women-list/ to view the full article online. |
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The U.S. Treasury Department is asking for the removal of estate tax valuation rules implemented under former President Barack Obama. The new rules would have curbed valuation discounts and meant increased estate taxes on the deaths of owners of family businesses. The Treasury has now concluded that "the proposed regulations’ approach to the problem of artificial valuation discounts is unworkable." (Forbes)
Visit https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2017/10/04/treasury-to-withdraw-hated-estate-tax-valuation-rules/#31d6f6723b28 to view the full article online. |
