Spinning negative thoughts to positive has career benefits | Setting easy goals may be holding you back | Eliminating social media completely is not a smart option
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November 28, 2018
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Spinning negative thoughts to positive has career benefits
Mentally creating a positive career narrative can support career advancement and growth, while negative thoughts and associations can do just the opposite, writes J.T. O'Donnell. Even if you're in a bad situation, craft your career narrative in a way that is positive and uplifting, and then design goals around it.
Inc. online (11/27) 
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Setting easy goals may be holding you back
A recent study published in the journal ScienceDirect found that setting harder goals leads to greater job satisfaction, compared with setting and meeting easier goals. Study participants thrived on the challenge of the harder goal and the results of achieving positive change rather than maintaining the status quo.
Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (11/27) 
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5 tips for recruitment, retention
From what to listen for--and avoid!--during job interviews, how to vet remote workers and why it's time to rethink your hiring protocols, five tips to help sharpen your recruitment and retention strategies. View the article >
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Making the Connection
Eliminating social media completely is not a smart option
Although social media usage can cause stress and become addictive, quitting it altogether would likely have a negative effect on long-term career growth, suggests resume expert Jessica Hernandez. Eliminating social media completely can come across to recruiters and hiring managers as being out of touch, and it makes it tougher for employers to learn about your skills and experience, she adds.
Ladders (11/27) 
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The Landscape
Samsung to pay workers injured by poor conditions
Samsung to pay workers injured by poor conditions
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Samsung has apologized to employees who suffered poor working conditions that resulted in illness, cancer among workers' children and miscarriage. Samsung has agreed to improve working conditions and to provide each employee who suffered injury approximately $133,000 by 2028.
TechCrunch (11/26) 
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Your Next Challenge
Remember "ACT" when writing your resume
Keep your resume short and to the point while remembering ACT -- meaning, be Authentic, make a Connection, and give a Taste of who you are, writes Gary Burnison. The professional summary should be a couple of sentences that give the hiring manager all the information they need to know about you, and the rest of the resume should concisely fill in the details.
Forbes (11/27) 
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Balancing Yourself
Sabbaticals are great for careers
Sabbaticals are great for careers
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Taking a sabbatical is quite a jump, but offers so many benefits in terms of overall well-being and happiness, writes Emily Moore. It can do wonders for stressful or monotonous careers, but it's not something that should be done without proper planning and financial security.
Glassdoor (11/26) 
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The Water Cooler
Fetus who had an in-utero operation born a healthy baby
Doctors determined that the fetus inside Georgia Axford's womb had a gap in her spine and would therefore be born with spina bifida, so Georgia and the baby's father, Tyler Kelly, opted to have doctors in Germany perform surgery on their daughter though a small hole in Georgia's abdomen in June. Piper-Kohl was born prematurely, but healthy, on July 28; however, the operation's full success won't be known until she begins walking.
Daily Mail (London) (11/25) 
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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.
Walter Scott,
writer and historian
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