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How to Evaluate Potential Employers to Ensure the Right Career Fit

by Resource 1 on October 18, 2022

 

More and more people are re-evaluating their career and life goals. A Gartner poll indicates that employees are increasingly looking for change, seeking more purpose, and shifting their overall attitude towards work. For those whose soul-searching leads to a new job search, the process of evaluating potential employers has become all the more important. Finding […]

 

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Emotional Intelligence: The Secret Ingredient to a Thriving Workplace

by Resource 1 on August 30, 2022

 

Daniel Goleman published his best-selling book Emotional Intelligence in the mid-90s, and wrote a Harvard Business Review article a decade later, which is still listed as a top HBR article today, entitled, “What Makes a Leader?” In the article, he describes the five main components of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill. […]

 

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How Leaders Can Boost Representation of Women in Technology

by Anastasia C. Valentine on July 26, 2022

 

The first woman and person of color, Arati Prabhakar, has been nominated to Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. It is a historic and triumphant nomination, giving women in the technology field another role model and example of female representation in the space. It is a much needed announcement, considering […]

 

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The Great Return: Making It Work for Everyone

by Resource 1 on June 9, 2022

 

Even though multiple COVID variants appear to be causing regular spikes in test positivity rates across the country, the long-awaited return to the office is happening in full force. Companies are finally opening their doors for their employees after many delays over the last year. This has triggered a trend aptly named the “Great Return,” […]

 

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Optimizing the Employee Experience to Overcome the Great Resignation

by Resource 1 on May 12, 2022

 

We have written extensively about the Great Resignation that is currently top-of-mind for many business leaders. However, this shift in the workplace is clearly part of a larger trend, and a worker’s decision to resign from or stay at an employer is only one piece of the puzzle. Gartner describes this trend as a “liminal moment” for […]

 

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Aligning Your Career Goals to the Current IT Job Market

by Resource 1 on March 22, 2022

 

The Great Resignation has impacted every industry, but Visier research shows that resignations have been the highest among professionals in the technology field. Towards the end of 2021, a survey from recruiting and training platforms TalentLMS and Workable revealed that 72 percent of IT workers were thinking of quitting their jobs in the next 12 […]

 

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