Excerpt From: danamanciagli.com Everybody’s career will have ebbs and flows, challenges, and opportunities. No matter how great someone’s journey may look on paper, everyone goes through career and business struggles. Even those who may appear to transition seamlessly from one great job to the next run into struggles throughout the course of their career – how you bounce back and move forward is what defines true success. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Luvleen S

Author: Sarah Landrum Source: Punched Clocks Whether you’ve been out of school for a few months or many years, it’s normal to miss learning new things. While you’re probably introduced to a few new skills, strategies or processes on the job, it’s not quite the same as immersing yourself in a new topic. When you don’t have the time or budget to head back to school, you may feel like you’re out of options. Luckily, there are a number of ways you can keep learning while at work.

Author: Kabir Sehgal Source: Harvard Business Review It’s not uncommon to meet a lawyer who’d like to work in renewable energy, or an app developer who’d like to write a novel, or an editor who fantasizes about becoming a landscape designer. Maybe you also dream about switching to a career that’s drastically different from your current job. But in my experience, it’s rare for such people to actually make the leap. The costs of switching seem too high, and the possibility of

Author: Christopher D. Conners Source: The Ladders Several years ago, at the start of my consulting career, I had a manager who wanted to open me up to countless opportunities and possibilities. She cared for my development and knew that I needed exposure to all kinds of work. She told me that it would be best for me to, “sample from the buffet,” rather than to become a specialist in a given area. As I grew in my career, I remember turning back to her and thanking her for gu

Every Friday we put together a list of the weekend events we think look most interesting and provide them here. Keep in mind there is always a lot more going on, and all it takes is a little digging to find something that will be the perfect activity for you. Click on any of the event titles for a link to the event. Friday, April 1 6th Annual Spring Book Sale Fort Mason, San Francisco All Weekend, All Ages Free Hundreds of thousands of book & media for only $3 or less! Procee

Welcome to Technology Tuesday! Every week The Job Shop Blog will bring you our 5 top science and technology news stories from around the web. This week: Cancer treating nanoparticles, recovering memories for Alzheimer’s victims, DARPA is trying to build a “learning machine”, 3D printing cartilage, and creating “Omnifocal” glasses. Nanoparticles Effectively Treat Cancer in Mice For most cancer patients, it’s not the original tumor that poses the greatest risk. It’s the metasta

You spent ages tailoring your resume, you put your full effort into writing a top-notch cover letter and you put your most charming self forward in your job interview. They’d be silly not to hire you on the spot, right? Unfortunately, even when you feel like you’ve done everything you possibly could have to land a job, it doesn’t always pay off. This doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s anything wrong with you or you’re entirely unemployable, so there is no point beating you

Author: Robyn Showers Source: Brazen Flash Poll: Who here thinks that human resources has a direct impact on bottom-line company goals? (Me! Pick me!) I hope you raised your hand, because it’s 100% true. Hiring, training, and retaining high-achieving employees is arguably the most impactful job there is when it comes to bringing your company closer to hitting its bottom-line goals. A company is only as good as its people — and if you’re in HR, you’re in the people business. I

Author: Rachel Grumman Bender Source: Learnvest When publicist Jennifer B.* was just starting out in her career, her job was so demanding that she tried to take a few shortcuts. “I was pitching all the major beauty and fashion publications, and I cut-and-pasted the same pitch into about 50-plus emails,” she recalls. “I ended up addressing two top editors with the wrong names, so it was clear I was ‘mass’ pitching. It made me look incompetent and lazy. Huge mistake.” Whether y

Welcome to Weekend Planner. Every Friday we put together a list of the weekend events we think look most interesting and provide them here. Keep in mind there is always a lot more going on, and all it takes is a little digging to find something that will be the perfect activity for you. Click on any of the event titles for a link to the event. Friday, June 19 Cosentino Winery, Napa 5PM, 21+ $15 Make the jaunt to Napa for Cosentino’s spring celebration of seasonal flavors and