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How To Get Ahead In Your Accounting Career

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Accounting may seem relatively calm to the outside observer. It doesn’t have the dog-eat-dog reputation of, say, Wall Street M&A experts or courtroom lawyers. However, the profession can be very competitive, meaning you need a diverse set of skills to get ahead. As an accounting professional, you are well aware that the industry can be […]

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Job Hunting Mistakes You Might Be Making

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It feels like you’ve been doing it forever. You spend hours each day searching for a position, but you still come up empty. It might be time to reconsider your approach and figure out the job-hunting mistakes you might be making. If you’ve had trouble landing interviews or closing a position, your technique might need […]

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Help! Why Are My Employees Leaving?

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It has happened again. One of your best employees slipped sheepishly into your office to let you know that they have decided to take a position somewhere else. Why do you keep losing them? Why do your employees keep leaving? High turnover adds unnecessary expense. You have to launch costly recruitment and training programs to […]

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6 Soft Skills Every IT Pro Needs to Succeed

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Careers within the Information Technology (IT) sector may seem to rely on some of the hardest of hard skills. IT is an insular field, dependent on very specific knowledge. However, like any industry, you won’t get ahead with just the baseline knowledge required to do your day-to-day job. You’ll need to cultivate soft skills in […]

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How to Tailor Your Resume for a Specific Job

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Every opportunity is a little bit different. Every position requires a slightly varied mix of skills and experiences.   Meanwhile, your resume doesn’t give you much of a chance to introduce yourself to a prospective employer. You get one page (maybe two), which most HR personnel will glance over in a few seconds before making a judgment. You must provide […]

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