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Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Work Life Balance
Life is precious and should be spent prioritizing what matters most to us as individuals. There are times when being a workaholic serves our needs and a time when major life changes, like relocating, starting a family, or buying your first place that is a fixer-upper that needs your attention. This Get Hired video is a reminder of steps you can...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  4 Concepts to Successfully Achieve Teamwork
The dynamic of teamwork is often analogous to sports in which the mission is unanimous and each teammate offers support by utilizing their clearly defined attributes and entrusting their other teammates to do the same. This video outlines how we can apply teamwork to any setting in life. Because although rules and circumstances are ever...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  8 Steps to Work Toward Solutions When in Disagreement
Conflicts will happen whether in your personal, professional, or academic life. It's not always easy to understand other people's contrasting ethical, cultural, personal viewpoints, and motivations. It’s even more challenging when factoring in stressful situations or deadlines in which it is most crucial to nurture cohesion. But there’s...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Work Ethic
There's a phrase that's becoming more and more common in today's workplace: "Your degree and technical skills will land you a job, but your work ethic will advance you." Work ethic is much more than simply showing up to your job and completing assignments. Our recent alums share the qualities that not only stand out to them, but are often the...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Leadership
What are the qualities of a strong leader? What is the most effective leadership style? What does a great leader do that makes you want to follow them? We asked these questions and more to some of our recent alumni to both inspire and educate professionals just starting out in their careers.

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking is defined as the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment. Whether it’s a CFO brainstorming ways to finance a last-minute project or an intern calculating how many pizzas to order for the office party, critical thinking will always be a needed skill in your career. Watch as Billy and our...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  The art of public speaking
Imagine you just found out you have to give a 10 minute speech in front of three hundred people next week. For most of us, this news would bring a giant wave of panic. Not to worry! Check out our guide, "The Art of Public Speaking" for tips on how to give a great speech! Before you even hit the stage, put in the necessary prep work. Your speech...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Working From Home
The flexibility offered by working from home can make it an appealing proposition. But with great power comes great responsibility. A home office veteran offers his two biggest pieces of advice to make sure the transition from work office to home office is as smooth as possible!

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Performance Evaluations
A performance evaluation can seem like a daunting event. But rest assured that the feedback and criticism given is only meant to make you the best employee you can be. Here are some tips to go into your next evaluation with a solid game plan!

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Nonverbal Communication
You've probably heard of nonverbal communication; things like eye contact and body posture. But were you aware of the effects it can have on your chances of landing a job or moving up in a company?

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Teamwork
"Teamwork makes the dream work." Want to know the qualities of a proven, results-driven team? It takes some conscious work and Billy walks us through how!

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  How To Ask Your Mentor
Now that you know why it's important to have a mentor, Billy walks us through the steps to actually ask someone to be your mentor.

Channel: Teaser Topic:  Importance of a Mentor
Billy offers some quick tips on why every student should try to find a mentor.

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Tips on managing your time
It can be difficult to accomplish all that must be done in a given day, week or month. There are distractions all around us, as well as new tasks popping up to bog us down. Without a strategy you will most likely find yourself overwhelmed and unproductive.

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Teamwork and Collaboration
Larry is a Targeted Case Manager Supervisor with the Wilder Foundation. Based out of St. Paul, Minnesota, Larry is responsible for both supervising a team of Targeted Case Managers as well as taking on several patients of his own. Outside of his work he also started the Minnesota Mental Health Providers of Color Facebook group and database. The...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Leadership: Willing to roll up your sleeves
Josh is the Manager of National Talent Acquisition at PFL, a Montana based marketing technology company that "provides sales enablement and marketing automation solutions." Josh's role in talent acquisition is to fill all vacancies assigned by the company's executives in their quarterly meetings. Whether he's working the phones or shaking hands...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Work Ethic: A direct reflection of your habits and processes
Joshua is a Real Estate Attorney with Wooden McLaughlin LLP in Indianapolis, IN. As a form of a transaction attorney, Joshua is dealing mainly with either commercial developers or the banks they work with for loans. Joshua walks us through the entire process of a real estate development deal and describes the long-term gratitude of seeing...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Leadership: Good leaders can take criticism
Joshua is a Real Estate Attorney with Wooden McLaughlin LLP in Indianapolis, IN. As a form of a transaction attorney, Joshua is dealing mainly with either commercial developers or the banks they work with for loans. Joshua walks us through the entire process of a real estate development deal and describes the long-term gratitude of seeing...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Teamwork: Be able to trust your group
Corey is the Director of Development at the Hispanic Health Council. Based out of Hartford, CT, Corey oversees the fundraising and overall financial health of the organization to ensure programs stay on track. Corey walks us through the origins of the nonprofit, discusses the challenge of raising money in a weak economy, and shares his thoughts...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Leadership: Combine your vision with a strong follow-through
Corey is the Director of Development at the Hispanic Health Council. Based out of Hartford, CT, Corey oversees the fundraising and overall financial health of the organization to ensure programs stay on track. Corey walks us through the origins of the nonprofit, discusses the challenge of raising money in a weak economy, and shares his thoughts...

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Authenticity in Leaders
Kristi is the Director of Communications for Comcast, one of the largest broadcasting and cable companies in the world. Her main job is to make sure all of the company's front line sales employees are informed on all the products, services, and technology offered by Comcast.

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Leaders Must Be Flexible
Mia is an interior designer and the co-owner of Dual Natures Design, a Philadelphia based company that satisfies customers by "applying principles of Feng Shui and Color Theory to create nourishing environments that cultivate happy lives."

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Stay Ahead Of The Game
Michael is a senior manager of software engineering for Nuance Communications in Pittsburgh, PA. As a senior manager Michael oversees software development in the healthcare technology and voice recognition industry.

Channel: Soft Skills Topic:  Tackling Small Tasks First
Megan Joyner ’10 is the Associate Director of Scheduling and Events Services at Rollins College. Her career requires impeccable organization skills since it requires her to juggle several event requests at any given time.