Author Archives: Career Development Center

Ten Tips for the Virtual OCI Process

By now, you're a skilled sailor in virtual seas. You've attended classes, social events, and panel presentations through Zoom and have customized your workspace for optimal connection and participation.

You may also feel comfortable with the concept of a virtual …

By Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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5 Email Introductions That Make the Right Impression (With Samples)

Sending a cold email introducing yourself can be intimidating — especially if writing isn’t necessarily your thing. After all, you want the person on the receiving end of your email to actually read your email and respond to it, not just …

By Ivy Exec
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How to Handle a Poor Performance Review

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Ah, the dreaded performance review. Even if you love your job and feel like you’re rocking it every day, you know there will be SOMETHING negative there. I mean, they HAVE to add something for you to improve upon, …

By HospitalRecruiting
HospitalRecruiting is an online healthcare job board for physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses, and allied health professionals. Visit our site to view current medical practice and employment opportunities or navigate to our Healthcare Career Resources Blog for more great articles like this one!
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20 HR Podcasts for Human Resources Professionals

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Podcasts can provide listeners with the chance to easily digest information while on the go. Whether you’re on your morning commute, cleaning the house on a Saturday afternoon, or on your evening walk, podcasts are readily available during your …

By VidCruiter
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How to Plan Your Ideal Hybrid Work Schedule (So You Can Live Your Best Life)

If you’ve been working from home since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, you may feel like it’s been just a few weeks or several decades (or somehow both at the same time) since you set foot in an office. …

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How AI Is Transforming Fintech—Plus, Where to Find the Great AI Roles

In the past few years, the most significant changes in the tech industry have occurred in fintech. Initially, fintech aimed to improve and automate banking services. Recently, fintech has broadened its scope to improve services in other areas like insurance …

By Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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How to Become a Successful Author (Even When You Don’t Write like Hemingway)

Karen Tiber Leland, a marketing executive and recent Ivy Exec webinar host, notes some of the benefits CEOs and other leaders can reap by writing books. A few of these include an increased number of customers, a shorter sales cycle, …

By Ivy Exec
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The AI Community Is Demanding More Transparent Algorithms—Here’s Why

If you wanted to sum up racial bias in AI algorithms in one iconic moment, just take a few seconds of footage from the Netflix documentary Coded Bias. Minutes into the film, MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that the facial …

By Springboard
Bridging the world's skills gap through affordable, high-quality, online education.
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What Can You Do With an Anthropology Degree? 9 Jobs to Consider

When you’re choosing a degree, you want to make sure whatever you decide to study will set you up for a variety of job opportunities when you graduate. And one sometimes-overlooked major that delivers on that promise is anthropology.

Anthropology …

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The Hybrid Model Comes to Executive Education

In an unexpected silver lining to the crisis of the Coronavirus pandemic, a new era of inclusive work and study options has begun. At UConn, the Executive MBA program is creating opportunities for ambitious professionals from all walks of life …

By Ivy Exec
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