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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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In Homer’s ancient story The Odyssey , the goddess Athena, disguised as old man Mentor, reveals to the hero’s son the right path to take. Skip forward several millennia and across the Atlantic to an urban high school preparing teens for life after graduation, and the image of mentor-as-lone-sage doesn’t quite paint the picture.

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Why Every Home Business Owner Needs a Strong Support System

Tips From T. Marie

That’s why having a strong support system is essential for home business owners. A support system can provide the emotional and practical support, advice and guidance, and networking opportunities needed to succeed as a home business owner. But what if someone doesn’t have a strong support system? Just how do you do that?

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How Company Leaders Can Offer Caregiver Support to an Employee

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You have to be available to advocate within a system because the system usually isn’t set up to support us in the ways that we need.” Provide emotional intelligence training Emotional intelligence isn’t a skill many people are taught. The main goal is to empower the caregiver so they don’t feel isolated.

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The Gender Pay Gap: 3 Steps to Work Toward Workplace Parity

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Why do companies and managers insist on making compensation dependent on someone’s self-confidence level or negotiating skills when, in most cases, neither has anything to do with their job and job performance? The call for systemic change in the workplace For businesses to truly bridge the gender pay gap, systemic change is non-negotiable.

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Does Returning to the Office Help Diversity?

Allwork

In 2019, before the pandemic, Meta committed to a five-year goal of doubling the number of Black and Hispanic workers in the U.S., However, thanks to remote work, Meta’s 2022 Diversity Report shows that it attained and even outperformed its 2019 five-year goals for diversity — two years ahead of its original plans.

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Do You Have to Be Passionate About Your Job?

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Listen to this week’s episode of the rich & REGULAR podcast and keep reading for some thoughts on how developing skills can serve you better than following your passion. While hobbies are important , developing skills that will further your career may take a bit more effort to discover. Instead of being passionate, be curious.

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Looking at This Year’s Successes as You Set Next Year’s Goals

All Things Admin

Your success depends on knowing what you truly want to accomplish before you begin setting goals and pursue achieving them in the new year. They create a proactive strategic plan that lays out the details, timelines, and desired outcomes not only to reach goals, but to propel their careers forward. Did you learn any new skills? •

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