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May 21, 2021
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Getting Ahead
Any leader can become self-serving if they find themselves constantly arguing for their point of view, envying others, regularly interrupting or boasting about their success, writes Lolly Daskal. "Few things can do more to undermine your influence, respect and trust," she writes.
Full Story: Lolly Daskal (5/19) 
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Finding a job is difficult in any time, regardless of a pandemic, and ensuring your resume passes the six-second recruiter test is just one major hurdle to overcome. Approach your resume as a greatest hits album of your favorite musical artist that supports your best talent and how you can deliver in that particular role, and then let the interview be the opportunity to close the sale with specific anecdotes.
Full Story: Next Avenue (5/20) 
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Making the Connection
3 apps for networking in the work-from-home age
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Several apps are available to take networking up a notch. Upstream offers events with speakers that include small, break-out sessions after the keynote; Lunchclub facilitates one 45-minute Zoom connection each week; and Fishbowl allows workers to find what's going on at other companies.
Full Story: Forbes (tiered subscription model) (5/21) 
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Polywork, a networking website that encourages users to highlight their hard and soft skills rather than job title, hopes to attract millennials whose career trajectory won't follow the traditional model of staying at one company for an entire career. The startup from Lystable/Kalo founder Peter Johnson recently raised $3.5 million in its seed round.
Full Story: TechCrunch (tiered subscription model) (5/21),  Bloomberg (5/20) 
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The Landscape
Internet Explorer support will end next year
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The end is near for Internet Explorer: Microsoft plans to stop supporting the browser in consumer editions of Window 10 next year. The retirement is part of an effort to encourage users to embrace Edge.
Full Story: The Verge (5/19) 
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The Water Cooler
Google introduces AI app for skin conditions
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Google has developed a skin lesion symptom checker app based on data from 65,000 cases across patient ages, races and types of skin. Users upload images of suspicious spots and answer questions about factors that could affect the diagnosis, and the artificial intelligence app suggests the likelihood that the spot is any of 288 different conditions.
Full Story: MedCity News (5/18) 
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It is more often more important to be ahead of the majority and this means being willing to cut the first furrow in the ground and stand alone for a while if necessary.
Patsy Mink,
politician, co-author of Title IX, first woman of color elected to US Congress
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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