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Career Services From A Distance: Make Sure You’re Doing These 5 Things

In this new era, your campus (if it’s like most campuses) is at least somewhat, and possibly totally, online. If you work in a career center, your livelihood used to consist of helping students...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Oct 01, 2020

New to Online Courses? 8 Tips for Student Success

If you are a student who hasn’t taken an online course before, and now ALL your classes are online, you may a little unsure about what you’re getting into. What you can expect is probably at least as...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Mar 24, 2020

Career Guidance for First-Generation Students

First-generation college students are learners from households where neither parent (or guardian) has obtained a Bachelor’s degree. In other words, they are the first ones in their immediate family...

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Amy Huber, Science and Operations Lead Jan 14, 2020

What Education Can Learn From Uber? Technology

Technology gives our generation the opportunity to revolutionize industries. Ridesharing apps such as Uber became the future of public transportation. So what can the education industry learn from...

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Eric Leftwich, Chief Revenue Officer Jan 07, 2020

Employers with Benefits: Investing in Talent Through Career Development

By now you’ve heard of the “gig economy,” in which workers and organizations contract for short-term projects – based on the need of the employer and the availability of individual workers. You may...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Jan 02, 2020

Discover, Embrace, and Fulfill Your True Self this New Year

With every new year comes an internal pressure to become a happier, healthier, more productive version of ourselves. An alarm goes off in our mind that screams THIS IS IT - this is the year I am...

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Alex Mangialardi Dec 31, 2019

How to Make Career Decisions: Flip the Script

Three of the most important decisions young adults will make involve theirmajor, their college, and their career. How should students make those decisions and, more importantly, in what order? Some...

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Amy Huber, Science and Operations Lead Oct 30, 2019

MBTI Personality Test: 3 Reasons Why You Should Consider MBTI

Like thousands of companies across the U.S., you may already be using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or MBTI Personality Test. If you are, you know that it is a personality-based questionnaire that...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Oct 23, 2019

Best Career Advice: Are Colleges Giving Students What They Need?

Do U.S. colleges provide students the best career advice to build successful careers?  According toan article inTheAtlantic, maybe not. Citing the results of aGallup-Purdue Index studysuggesting...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Oct 21, 2019

Should Strengths Guide Students’ Vocational Discernment?

Should Strengths Guide Students’ Vocational Discernment? There is something intuitively appealing about strengths. We tend to assume that identifying and leaning on their unique strengths is a key...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Sep 24, 2019

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