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🧠 Mental Wellness: Evidence suggests these 8 burnout-beating strategies…actually work.
🤔 Career: Okay, I’ll admit it. I hate my job. Now what?
💡 Innovation: This is what happens when technology and creativity play nice.
😌 Conflict: How to practice self-soothing to better manage conflict at work and everywhere else.
Pushing back on someone’s idea (or their rejection of yours) is basically taunting that thing many of us try to avoid at all costs, especially at work: Conflict.
Standing by your ideas and opinions can feel empowering or disheartening, depending on the parties involved. There’s always a chance your pushback will meet a counter pushback and then another and so on.
The idea of that happening probably makes you feel some…discomfort.
Women in Sales Everywhere (WISE) recently hosted a panel discussion to talk about why pushback can feel so daunting and how to grow more comfortable with it.
Here are the need-to-know takeaways:
View the full panel discussion replay. (FYI, it requires you have or sign up for a Crowdcast account.)
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Vimcal’s goal is to take as much of the tedious admin tasks off of EAs’ hands so they can focus their attention on the strategic things.
Finally, a calendar designed for those who actually run the company.
One TA reader needs a shiny new resume: My biggest challenge to finding a new job is my resume. I cannot pay what these sites charge for a resume writer and don’t seem to possess the skills to write my own to get me noticed.
You might think—given all our modern technology—that the good old resume would be phased out of the modern job application process.
But alas, the resume, that one-page document that’s supposed to convey all your awesomeness to potential employers persists. Love it or hate it, the resume is one single consistent thing practically every job application requires.
Here’s a round-up of ideas and resources for creating a resume to get you noticed in 2024:
Experiment with AI based resume builders:
Shore up your resume-writing chops with free courses and in-depth videos:
Lean on free resume templates and builders:
Try out free/inexpensive resume review services:
Miscellaneous resources to bookmark:
This latest Employee Recognition & Rewards Trends 2024 Report dives into data from 4,087 companies worldwide, offering insights into how changing work dynamics reshape R&R strategies. Discover how organizations of all sizes innovate to enhance engagement and tackle new challenges. What’s inside the report:
Implementing effective R&R strategies is no longer optional—it’s essential for driving performance and motivation in today’s ever-evolving work culture.
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