Career Advice & News

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5 overrated email phrases you’ve probably used before (and what to say instead)
Ladders - Sami Allen
Unless you work on a small, close-knit team or you personally know the person you’re emailing, never start an email with “Hey there,” or “Hey!” When’s …
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A booming international movie market is transforming Hollywood
Ladders - Weiko Lin
For too long, doors to mainstream Hollywood have been closed off to stories set in diverse cultures and precluded inclusive leads in popular …
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This is how to deal with psychopaths and toxic people
Ladders - Eric Barker
Let’s find out from research and experts what the real deal is with psychopaths, and what you can do to protect yourself from these very toxic people… …
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Collective leadership is the best way to win
Ladders - Gustavo Razzetti
Having a limited talent pool of leaders is part of the problem. But the root cause is more profound. The way companies approach leadership is …
Recruitment
Unemployed isn’t unqualified: 3 stigmas that scare recruiters (and how to squash the bias)
Ladders - Shireen Jaffer
I’ve become intimately aware of the biases that recruiters have toward unemployed candidates. They’re often seen as lazy, lacking talent, and out of …
Vocabulary
7 ways to build your child’s vocabulary
Ladders - David Dickinson
The ability to quickly interpret words at 18 months can determine the size of a child’s vocabulary later in childhood. Here are some tips. If you want …
Self-awareness
10 examples for good ways to answer ‘Tell me about yourself?’
Ladders - Scott Ginsberg
You’re hireable because of your answers. When people ask you to tell them about yourself, make them glad they asked. You know it’s coming.It’s the …
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The average American works more hours than a medieval peasant
Ladders - Jane Burnett
How do current work hours stack up across various generations and time periods in history? Think you’re working less than peasants did way back in the …
Work-life Balance
The ‘Cats’ trailer took over the internet and your office today (and will haunt your dreams tonight)
Ladders - Meredith Lepore
Yes, “Cats” was one of the longest-running musicals on Broadway but that’s because Netflix didn’t exist and Lin Manuel-Miranda hadn’t been born yet. I …
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If you live in this city, you are more likely to have a breakdown
Ladders - Kyle Schnitzer
The study compiled data from 180 cities, using metrics from average weekly work hours to debt load, divorce, and suicide rates. Trying to live a …
Work-life Balance
Over 60% of workers have thought about quitting their jobs because of this reason
Ladders - CW Headley
I don’t know that it’s actually possible to achieve enduring job satisfaction. Career malaise is easier to identify in the corporate world, but it …
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This (surprising) generation outspends all others when it comes to vacations
Ladders - Sheila McClear
While this generation is very young they sure do like their vacations fancy. Everything from luxury hotels to food and dining is quite posh for this …
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5 financial concerns that need to be addressed before marriage
Ladders - CW Headley
Before you’ve committed to the notion of talking money with your partner, you have to be intimately familiar with your own position on the …
Millennials
Miley Cyrus isn’t having kids because of the environment; here’s why all the other Millennials aren’t having kids
Ladders - Sheila McClear
It’s true that Millennials are having fewer children as a generation. Women are having 1.8 children today, down from 3.7 in 1960. Millennial …
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A meteor expert shares career lessons inspired by the moon landing
Ladders - Rachel Weingarten
Whether it’s deep space or a new career, “exploration of any kind is critical to our growth as individuals and as a species.” Fifty years ago, this …
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3 mindful lunch break ideas for even the busiest workdays
Ladders - Mallory Stratton
Beyond the nutritional benefits, though, lunchtime is a natural pause point in the workday where we can catch our breath, collect our thoughts, let …
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Despite having less support, women outpace men in financial independence
Ladders - Maggie Germano
An interesting finding of the report is that many young adults are getting financial support from their parents into their 30s. In April, Merrill …
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Only 1% of Americans do this essential daily habit
Ladders - Benjamin P. Hardy
If you don’t give yourself time, every single day, to orient your life in the direction you want to go, then you will default to former habits and …
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Redesign your day: 4 lessons from the design sprint laboratory
Ladders - Jake Knapp
Over the next few years, we ran more than 150 of these five-day sprints with startups in the Google Ventures portfolio. We redesigned the …
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Europe’s largest waterfall
Ladders - Renate Strub
Added to Switzerland’s State Inventory for Countryside and Natural Monuments of National Importance in 1983, the Rhine Falls is Europe’s largest …
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How to stay informed without losing your mind
Ladders - Nir Eyal
There is a technology that provides plenty of information about the day’s events and doesn’t suck me into a time-wasting hyperlink vortex: the …
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How to be resilient when times get tough
Ladders - LaRae Quy
Resilient people don’t become successful in spite of their trauma; they become successful because of it. None of us look forward to trauma in our …
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9 time saving tips to help you get more out of each day
Ladders - Georgia Hunt
The world’s most successful people are capable of achieving a huge amount of work in the same 24 hours time period we are all afforded. How? Do you …
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5 ways to be frugal while saving the environment
Ladders - Bob Haegele
The environment is a complicated thing. Very complicated. Typically when we are done using things, we shove them in a corner of the world where they …
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The simple art of not being miserable
Ladders - Zat Rana
Sure, making more money may make your life better off, and of course, capturing the praise of someone you admire can be life affirming. In Herman …
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How I won my battle with emotional eating
Ladders - Ilana Muhlstein
I loved myself, but I hated by body, and I had to realize that one was not separate from the other. This is how I conquered my battle with emotional …
Backpacks
Backpacking could do wonders for your career (and mental health)
Ladders - Meredith Lepore
Not only does backpacking do great things for your physical health as you are carrying extra weight around as you move but also for your mental …
Work-life Balance
Study: Witnessing rudeness in the morning will ruin the rest of your day
Ladders - Monica Torres
A new study found that exposure to rudeness works like a contagion, infecting our moods and productivity with its bad energy. All around us, we are …
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Study: What to watch out for if you enter an office romance
Ladders - CW Headley
No one should jeopardize a good job for a quick fling. But, if you develop a very special connection with a coworker, you may want to consider …