Building a “Personal Board of Directors” Can Transform Your Career—Here’s How to Do It

When Suzy Nicoletti, a successful account manager, was passed over for a promotion, it didn’t make sense to her. “It didn’t fit with the stories I was telling myself,” she says.

Nicoletti sought input from a former colleague, someone more …

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Putting Your Picture on a Resume Could Hurt Your Chances of Getting the Job—Here’s Why

You’re all set to refresh your resume (or write a brand new one) as you kick off your job search. As you click around the web searching for a great new resume template, you start noticing that some of them …

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Job Scams Are on the Rise—Here’s How to Spot Them and Steer Clear

Camden Boyd knew it all sounded too good to be true—but he really wanted that job as a work-from-home customer service representative, making $25 an hour.

Boyd, 19, was invited to interview for the position via chat on Google Hangouts. …

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6 Tips for Writing a Great Customer Service Resume

If you're committed to helping people and a whiz at problem-solving, then customer service might be the industry for you. The great thing about the industry is that it mostly relies on soft skills (communication, listening, and questioning). It helps …

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A Historic Year: 686 Employers Earn Perfect Scores in HRC’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index

2019 was a historic year for LGBTQ inclusion in the workplace, according to the findings of the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). At the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, HRC president Alphonso David …

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Beyond Diversity: Why Employers Must Create Inclusive Corporate Cultures

“People fail to get along because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don’t know each other. They don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”

As with so many of Dr. Martin …

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How to Recognize & Conquer Unconscious Bias

Everyone has some form of implicit or unconscious bias; we absorb received notions about race, class, gender, ability, ethnicity, and sexuality from a very young age. Implicit bias shows up in deep-down prejudices and stereotypical assumptions we don’t know we …

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Which Wall Street Firms Are Best for Racial and Ethnic Diversity?

This past fall, Vault surveyed more than 3,000 investment banking professionals. We asked them to rate and comment on their firms' benefits, compensation, culture, hours, and training, among other workplace factors. We also asked them to rate and comment on …

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