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Focus on the Future: Professional Development

Professional development is a process. A long process that is. If you can break it down into key areas of improvement it can be a little less intimidating and overwhelming and turn out to be a fun and fulfilling process. A lot of this developmental journey starts from your mindset and changing that will have outward effects on your everyday. Here are four areas which you can focus on to start making a positive impact on your future.

1. Build …

By Yasmeen Alwani
Yasmeen Alwani CareerEdge Content Creator
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The 31 Best LinkedIn Profile Tips for Job Seekers

LinkedIn is a hot topic. Do you know how to best use your LinkedIn so you are maximizing your career potential? According the Muse, these are 31 Best LinkedIn Tips that you should be incorporating into your everyday LinkedIn habits.

A few highlights to note are:

Use numbers right up front 
Show your achievements 
Manage your endorsements
Don’t be afraid to pick which recommendations you show

Read the rest of the tips in the full article HERE.

 

 

 

By Yasmeen Alwani
Yasmeen Alwani CareerEdge Content Creator
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A Checklist for Your Thank You Emails

Congrats you had an interview! But your work isn’t quite done yet …. You have to send a thank you email to the person(s) that interviewed you. Yes, that also means a phone interview too!

Sometimes these emails can be confusing. What’s the appropriate amount to write? What should I include? How long should I wait to send it? What should be the subject line? Etc.

Here is a quick blog post that covers all the important topics and questions that …

By Yasmeen Alwani
Yasmeen Alwani CareerEdge Content Creator
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TO DO: A Career Guide

Here is a comprehensive “Career To Do Checklist” of a bunch of items that you can do TODAY that will surely help elevate your career in one way or another. Not all of them are necessary to do right now but keep this list in the back of your pocket for a rainy day or when you need a little career confidence boost and want to start checking off a few more boxes.

Update your resume
Refresh your LinkedIn profile

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Yasmeen Alwani CareerEdge Content Creator
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