How to Stay Focused and Mentally Healthy at Work

Rasmus Hougaard is on a mission to humanize the workplace. Hougaard is the founder and CEO of the Potential Project, which helps leaders at Accenture, Cisco, Lego, and other top companies manage their minds to stay focused, reduce stress, boost …

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How to Improve Your Problem-Solving Skills (and Show Them Off in Your Job Hunt)

Problem-solving skills are critical for any career path—no matter where you work or what job you have, you’ll face problems big and small all the time. If you want to succeed in your career, being able to effectively navigate (and …

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The Ultimate Guide to Personality Tests for Career Changers

Personality tests can be a useful tool to help better understand a person’s characteristics, personality traits, and methods of communication that will resonate with that individual.

In your career, you may have come across employers who request job candidates to …

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How to Use ‘Deliberate Practice’ to Become an Expert and Boost Your Career

We all know the saying “practice makes perfect,” but what we all don't know is the specific type of practice needed to reach perfection—and that's called “deliberate practice.”

In 1993, Swedish psychologist Anders Ericsson concluded that 10,000 hours of deliberate …

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Celebrating Hard Working Mothers Everywhere

Let’s take a minute to celebrate working moms! Women with children usually have to work hard at home and at their place of employment, making them doubly deserving of recognition for a job well done.

The Modern Working Mother

Working …

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7 Benefits of Technical Skill Development

From the moment we wake up to the time we turn in for the day, we're using technology in some form or another. Its permeation is so widespread that we can't think of a life without gadgets and tools. Developing technical …

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3 Warning Signs of an Unhealthy Workplace

You will probably spend about 30% of your adult life at work. Naturally, you want to be at a job where you know you will be happy. Job satisfaction means different things to different people, and it’s important to define …

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You Asked, They Answered: Non-Traditional Students

Posted by Michele Aymold on Mar 10, 2021 11:40 AM

At Parker Dewey, we love connecting college students and recent grads with companies offering short-term, paid, professional projects! We also love when we can help bring these two groups, along with career …

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How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others and Stifling Your Career

Unfortunately, it's all too easy to compare yourself to other people. It's easy to think that other people have it better than you, are more successful, and are happier, among other things. It's also unfortunately easy, when you compare yourself …

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Working Through Pandemic Anxiety | Tips for a Healthier 2021

The first COVID-19 vaccine rollouts are well underway, with wider distribution to come throughout the next few months. But the continued disruption to our pre-pandemic routines is understandably making people more anxious than usual. That’s why work—and even the frustrations …

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