Careers
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5 Valid Reasons to Stay in a Job You Hate
If you told your friends you hate your job, they’d probably just tell you to join the club. Plenty of people are not working in a position they enjoy. But now you hear about the Great Resignation and all the people deciding to follow their dreams. Maybe it has you thinking you should give it…
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The Psychology of Color & LinkedIn’s New Blue Laughing Emoji
What’s your favorite color, and should that be your brand? Whether self-employed, employed, or unemployed, you control the colors of your LinkedIn banner, photo, and what you wear. If you are a business owner, you choose the colors of your logo and website. Why did you choose those colors? Are they appealing to all gender…
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Don’t Make These 7 Deadly Career Planning Mistakes
It is often the case that you do not realize you are making a mistake until it is too late to avoid the consequences. But you oftentimes have a nagging feeling of doubt, and if you chose to read this then you are probably having some doubts about your career. Courtesy of Forbes, here are…
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How a Long-Ago Bucks County Jail Tour Led to a High-Profile Career in Criminal Justice Advocacy
When New York criminal justice activist Carol Shapiro was only a teen, a high-school course changed her life. She spoke about it to interviewer Beth Schwartzapfel of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism organization. When Shapiro was 16, her sociology studies teacher covered injustices in bail in the Empire State courts. The issue caught her…
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BUCKSCO Careers — Qlik
Based in King of Prussia and operating in more than 100 countries, Qlik helps enterprises around the world move faster, work smarter, and lead the way forward with an end-to-end solution for getting value out of data. Its platform is the only one on the market that allows for open-ended, curiosity-driven exploration, giving everyone — at any…
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From Forbes: How To Change Careers, According To 50 People Who Pivoted to a New Career
Whether it is due to stagnating salary, loss of passion, or other factors, many people consider changing careers at some point. But a lot of people avoid doing so due to fear of failing at the attempt and wasting time and resources on the process. However, success often hinges on having a developed plan. Joseph…
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Don’t Ask for a Pay Raise from Your Boss — Negotiate It
No doubt every employee would love to get a pay raise, but the reality is that most are not going to get one in the near future. The thing is, that might not be due to not deserving one. What could be preventing you from getting that higher salary is that you do not know…
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5 Tips to Negotiate Salary After You Get a Job Offer
When you get a job offer, you might be so relieved or excited that you want to immediately accept it. But you need to take a good look at their offered salary and benefits and ask if it could be better. Don’t be afraid to say you feel like you are worth a bit more.…
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Penn State Great Valley Student Finds Niche in Professional Development, Leverages Real-World Course Knowledge
Penn State Great Valley’s lean six sigma certificate program first caught Chris Bradley’s eye a little over two years ago. He looked into similar programs at other Philadelphia-area universities, but Great Valley’s program was the best fit. As an added bonus, Bradley has some deep connections to Penn State. He finished his undergraduate degree at University Park…
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7 Signs It’s Time To Quit Your Job
If your work no longer excites you, you may have started going back and forth on whether it is still the right place for you. Is this just a fleeting phase, or have you fallen into a rut? The job site Indeed shared a lot of information for when you can tell that your job…
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What Is Your Hybrid Professional Identity for LinkedIn?
Do you have multiple professional identities? If so, you have a hybrid professional identity, which is how you name yourself for the work that you do. You may get paid for this hybrid identity work, or you may be an unpaid volunteer. But these work identities would appear on your résumé and your LinkedIn profile.…
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The 4 Career Skills that Will Make Irresistible in Today’s Job Market
Have you been feeling like you should be doing more to help your resume stand out from the crowd? Regardless of what degrees you have already earned, your education is never truly done. New career skills come along and if you are not making an effort to learn them, you will get left in the…
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2022’s Go-To Guide to Business Casual for Men
If you have never worked a job with a business casual dress code, it can be confusing at first. Many are relieved to not have to dress as formal, but make the embarrassing mistake of assuming business casual is totally informal. The site The Adult Man offered a very thorough explanation of what all your…
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Think Working Remotely Won’t Hurt Your Career? The WSJ Says Don’t Be So Sure
Your company might say they are fine with you working remotely, but are they really? If you have had the suspicion that you being home might be hurting your ability to move up, the Wall Street Journal says your hunch could be correct. Part of that is a matter of practicality. For instance, people with…
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Highest Paying Jobs in Philadelphia for High School Graduates
It has long been put into everyone’s heads from a young age that if you want to get a good job, you need to go to college. But as tuition costs have continued to rise and people with degrees have seen an increased struggle to find good-paying work, many now wonder if that notion still…
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From the WSJ: Can You (Finally!) Wear Shorts in the Office? Perhaps
Even if you enjoy wearing formal clothing, if you work somewhere with harsh summers you have no doubt felt overheated having to wear dress pants each day. For women there are at least some options to alleviate this thanks to dresses and skirts being deemed professional attire. But men have no such professional alternative, and…
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Keeping Up With LinkedIn Updates
As we approach the half-year point of 2022, we have seen numerous changes occur on LinkedIn. Are you keeping up with everything new on the platform? Here are 12 of the most significant LinkedIn changes rolled out this year: About Section Hyperlinks on iPhone Mobile – If you look at someone’s About section on an…
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5 Trends and Predictions for Job Seekers in 2022
The work world has seen some pretty big shake-ups over the last couple of years out of a forced need to adapt to national and world events. It has left many Job seekers wondering what changes are here to stay and what other changes might be in the pipeline. Indeed has kept an eye on…
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