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  Rethinking the Elevator Pitch

  The 30-second pitch has been in the world of career advice for so long that it now feels less like advice and more like a professional rite of passage. We are told to keep it polished and ready, just in case someone important appears and asks us to summarize our entire professional existence before handing […]

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  Why “Let Your Work Speak for Itself” No Longer Works

  Many of us, ahem, professionals of a certain age, were given the same advice early in our careers: Let your work speak for itself. Focus on the work. Good work gets noticed. No one sat me down and delivered those exact words, but it was definitely in the air. And at the time, the advice […]

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  What’s the Deal with Job Descriptions?

  Have you heard the stat about women only applying to jobs when they meet nearly all of the requirements? It shows up in workshops on confidence, leadership development, career planning… Pick a topic and at some point someone will mention it. The exact numbers change depending on who tells the story. But the basic claim […]

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  Why “What’s My Next Step?” Is the Wrong Career Question Now

  For most of our working lives, we are taught to believe that progress should feel clear. You do the work.You do it well.You get good feedback.You pass Go. But the $200 never shows up. You start wondering if maybe you misread the rules.Or if you missed something obvious that everyone else seems to know.Or if […]

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