Recently, a young woman asked me how she could afford to purchase a home in the current housing market. (For added stress, she was looking for a house in the Washington, D.C. area). Though she had a high-paying job and money saved for a down payment, s…
Many professionals consider adding public speaking to their résumés either as a way to add more skills and revenue streams or as a potential career change. My path to becoming a professional speaker was through social media and content m…
Hey! Your headphones are too loud.
I’m not saying you need to take them off. Let’s be real: Headphones are here to stay. The twin forces of true wireless, which makes headphones more convenient, and remote work, which has replaced in-p…
Daydreaming about your career can help you set goals. You can imagine the position you want, then set a plan to get there. But what about the dreams you have at night? While they often seem random and nonsensical, the dreams you have when you’re…
This is probably not the first article you have read over the last few years that starts with the melodramatic inclusion of the polycrisis that has affected the talent economy. Be it the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the invisible revolution, or w…
“The only scenario in which the AI revolution ends well is if everyone participates, bringing a diversity of opinions,” says Brian Chesky, cofounder and CEO of Airbnb, speaking at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York last mont…
Shahamat Uddin is a 25-year-old account supervisor at Praytell Agency who recalls that his first “real job” out of college was in a very traditional corporate culture with no affinity or employee resource groups (ERGs) for staff who ident…
Gen Z is networking more than any other generation on LinkedIn—and they’re networking in new ways.
Historically, young people would create LinkedIn accounts because their schools told them it was a good idea for their careers. They wou…
Whether it’s hitting “reply all” on an email not meant for the group or being called on in a meeting and not having an answer, we’ve all had awkward moments. While most of us will do anything to avoid them, awkwardness can b…
I spent over a decade deciding whether your email pitch lands you on TV, in an online feature, or gets deleted. Since leaving traditional journalism, I now train executives and entrepreneurs to be effective and confident in their messaging for presenta…
