Career Skills
Career skills help you do a great job, communicate well, and get promoted, but these same skills will also help you thrive in your life outside of work.
That's why we created this collection of expert guides and coaching programs to help you learn how to identify and improve on the different types of career skills. Let's start hacking your work and life!
How to address your career aspirations in a job interview
Picture this: You’re interviewing with a hiring manager for an open position. So far, you’ve nailed every single question and are feeling confident that the interview is going well.
Kat Boogaard
🎯 Ikigai meaning: 5 Steps to unlocking your life's joy 🎯
Some people seem to possess an inner joy that helps them navigate life's challenges with a positive attitude. Their secret may lie in the Japanese concept of "ikigai," which offers a path to finding purpose and meaning in daily living. Ikigai provides a framework for self-discovery, allowing you to identify your passions, embrace a more fulfilling mindset, and cultivate lasting happiness. By exploring this philosophy, you can learn to appreciate life's simple pleasures and maintain motivation, even in difficult times. Join us as we delve into the essence of ikigai from the Japanese and Western perspectives and discover how it can guide you toward a more joyful existence.
Michael Metcalf
8 intelligent tips for building rapport with anyone you meet
Whether you’re a new employee trying to make a good impression, a teacher welcoming new students for the school year or a salesperson trying to close a deal, building rapport is what makes everyday interactions like these productive and successful.
Amy Rigby
Ace the interview question: how do you work under pressure?
Pressure drives us to achieve great things for causes we care about. It brings out the best in our abilities and can push us to the next level of our potential.
Michael Metcalf
How to build good work relationships and why they matter
Building good work relationships is one of the best ways to become more productive, enhance your collaboration skills, and create more opportunities for yourself.
Michael Metcalf
A definitive guide to fostering interpersonal relationships at work
It can be tricky to navigate interpersonal relationships at work, without question -- just as it can be tricky to navigate any interpersonal relationship.
Ted Bauer
25 companies with the best benefits in the world
What if you could find an employer that would help you pay off your student loans?
Amy Rigby
How to be successful: start winning at life with these tips
How do you define success, and what does it mean to be successful?
Michael Metcalf
6 ways to improve your collaboration skills
"Collaboration skills" is a workplace and resume buzzword that isn’t going away anytime soon. This is mostly because collaboration is deeply integrated into the job roles and workflows of most organizations. Whether you love collaborating or hate it, it’s part of how work gets done. Nobody works in a vacuum.
Kat Boogaard
Creative problem solving: 6 steps to improve yours
Creative problem solving, sometimes called CPS, is a proven method for approaching a problem or a challenge in an imaginative and innovative way. It helps you redefine the problems and opportunities you face, come up with new, innovative responses and solutions, and then take action. The creative problem solving approach comes from the work of Alex Osborn in the 1940s, which was then subsequently nurtured at Buffalo State University. It's one of the most tangible problem solving approaches out there today; you can view it almost as a mix of creative thinking and critical thinking.
Ted Bauer
How to get promoted: The do's and don'ts
You’ve been in your job for a while and feel you’ve mastered every aspect of your job duties. Now, you’re ready for that next step up: a promotion. But, it’s not as easy as asking your boss to move up the ladder. So, what do you do?
Kat Boogaard
How to find your passion (and create a life you love)
Haven’t found your passion yet? You’re not alone. Only 13% of U.S. workers are passionate about their job, according to a 2017 Deloitte survey.
Amy Rigby
How to challenge the status quo
“Status quo” is a Latin phrase that essentially means “existing state of affairs.”
Marlee
How to be a quick thinker: 7 ways to think faster
Want to be the charismatic, quick-witted person everyone admires? Tired of regretting missed opportunities to shine? Uncover the secrets to unlocking your mind's potential and becoming a rapid thinker, even if you weren't born a genius!
Marlee