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It is no secret that having a robust professional network is important, but the impact of your network depends on the breadth of your connections. We tend to gravitate toward people who possess ...

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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For those yet to understand its value, professional networking can often be viewed as a necessary evil — something you must do to build ...

Professional development is an ongoing process that helps individuals focus on their career objectives, identify the necessary skills to achieve these goals, and then acquire those skills in a ...

Many professionals find networking and job hunting stressful and intimidating. LinkedIn, social media, and online job boards have eliminated the literal legwork, but networking can still be ...

It is all about staying human, not just transactional. “The cobbler’s children have no shoes.” It is a 16th-century proverb meaning that those close to a skilled or knowledgeable person are often the ...

Cost. That would seem to be the most fundamental aspect of crafting a professional-development program. But as a number of researchers have discovered, school districts rarely have a good fix on how ...

Earning your degree and landing that first position in your career field of choice might seem like an exciting finish line to what’s been many years of academic preparation and training. But in ...