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Could Neurodivergent Job Seekers Fill The Gaps Left By The Great Resignation?

Allwork

Half of those who do find work are underemployed (their full range of skills is not utilized). By excluding this group, employers are missing out on a unique pool of talent (with potentially exceptional skills ranging from problem-solving to pattern recognition and recall). . Some employees have almost zero awareness.?

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Working mums feel forced to limit careers due to inflexible working practices

Workplace Insight

The Shift from Worker to Working Parent sponsored by WOMBA (Work, Me and the Baby) and carried out by Hult International Business School (Ashridge) interviewed working mums and dads who had recently taken extended parental leave about the experiences they faced as they transitioned to parenthood in an organisational context.

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Feeling Good Is a Relative State of Mind

Job Advice Blog

What these media sources have in common is that they report on international issues. Who needs it, yet international news–while it, too, has depressing elements such as news of natural disasters and famines–for me it also provides a measure of comparison. Perhaps that’s an unfair comparison, but it was the truth.

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Experience vs. a university degree

Practically Perfect PA

Yes as it was a degree in journalism, therefore my grammar skills come in handy as does the investigative side! Not in the traditional sense but I felt that my time at University taught me many skills that I now utilise such as being independent and having to relay on yourself to get things done. My experience and my natural skills.

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Author of New Happy Shares The Key to True Happiness

Success

When I ended my call with Stephanie Harrison , author of New Happy —a book that illustrates how, through generations of beliefs handed down to us, we’ve internalized false ideologies about happiness— she asked me a question no one I’ve interviewed has ever asked: “How can I support you in your life?”

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

Impostor Syndrome reflects a belief that you are inadequate and, or incompetent despite evidence that you are skilled and successful. Research published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science in 2011 suggests that approximately 70 percent of people will experience at least one impostor syndrome episode in their lives.

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How to Work for A Difficult Boss

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Came across your blog while doing some research for a position I'm interviewing with on Monday. As I mentioned, I'm interviewing for a very high profile position next week for a Chairman of a major international company. And congrats on landing the interview! If you can learn to work with them, you have skills that 99.9%