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Be Business Smart: How to Pitch Your Business

  • Diane Luccy
  • Wednesday, January 25

If you are a small business owner and don't already have an elevator pitch for your business, you should!  "An elevator pitch sums up the unique aspects of your business or personal brand and gets a conversation started." --Adam Uzialko, Business News Daily, 6/29/2022

Saving Main Street
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New Business Books

  • Bland L.
  • Thursday, December 22
Notable new titles include Walt Bogdanich’s When McKinsey Comes to Town, about the influential and controversial consulting firm known for the draconian measures it often recommends to its client businesses, and Gary Rivlin’s Saving Main Street, about the re
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Compassion Fatigue: When Work Wears You Down

  • Emily Barber
  • Wednesday, September 14

Helping professionals – like nurses, teachers, or social workers – can get worn down by the nature of their jobs. Workplaces need structures to help employees care for themselves on their own terms.

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The Good Retirement Guide 2022
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New Business Books

  • Bland L.
  • Friday, June 03
Noteworthy new titles include Level Up: Rise Above the Hidden Forces Holding Your Business Back, by Georgia politician (and serial entrepreneur) Stacey Abrams and her business partner, Lara Hodgson; Dade Hayes and Dawn Chmielewski’s Binge Times: Inside Hollywood's Furious Billion-Dol
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Budgeting for a New Salary

  • Emily Barber
  • Wednesday, March 09

When your income changes substantially, it’s time to revisit the way you manage your money. Read more for some tips on how to reassess!

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Hybrid Work: It’s Here to Stay

  • Bland L.
  • Wednesday, February 09

The consensus in the business/HR community is that hybrid work arrangements, involving working both in the office and remotely, will remain in place even after the coronavirus pandemic is finally in the rear-view mirror.

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New Business Books

  • Bland L.
  • Wednesday, December 22
This batch of new business books features some sharp corporate take-downs, including Peter Robison’s Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing and Bartow J.
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How to Create a Brand Introduction

  • Roshanda Pratt
  • Thursday, December 09

You only have a few seconds to make a brand introduction. People’s attention span is getting shorter and shorter because of social media. It is important to understand how to create an elevator pitch or brand introduction that is short and to the point. 

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Jobs vs Careers

  • Thomas M.
  • Friday, November 19

“What’s the difference between applying to a basic job versus applying for the job you want to be your career?”

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A Filmmaker's Journey

  • Jessica M.
  • Saturday, January 22

“You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.” – George Lucas, Film Director. 

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Is A Four-Year College the Best Choice For You?

  • Jessica Daly
  • Monday, November 15

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic challenged traditionally held notions of almost every aspect of our lives – work and education not least among them. Read on to find out if a four-year degree is worth it, and if not, what are your options?

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Talk It Up: How to Self-Promote

  • Emily Barber
  • Wednesday, September 22

Self-promotion is essential to career development, but many people are hesitant to talk themselves up. Read on to discover why this is a challenge and how to tackle it.

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Aspiring Female Pilots

  • Ariel H.
  • Wednesday, August 25
✈️Zara Rutherford, a 19-year old Belgian pilot, may become the world's youngest female pilot to fly around the world to date. Currently the title is held by Captain Shaesta Waiz, an Afghan refugee, who completed the trip in 2017 at age 30. Rutherford mentioned a huge reason for doing this flight was to help encourage more girls/young women to go into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)✈️
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Understanding The Great Resignation and Making The Most Of It

  • Jessica Daly
  • Wednesday, August 25

Have you heard of The Great Resignation? If you haven't yet, you probably will soon. It's a post-pandemic movement affecting the job market and your ability to find a job. Read more about it here and find out how to make it work for you. 

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New Business Books

  • Bland L.
  • Thursday, July 22
As one might expect, business books examining the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy are now coming out.  Adam Tooze, author of the definitive account of the Great Recession’s worldwide impact (Crashed), is back with
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Career Development: Promote Yourself

  • Emily Barber
  • Tuesday, July 27

Whether you're seeking greener pastures or looking to grow in a happy situation, self-promotion is an ongoing process that can benefit you at any career stage.

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Tokyo Olympics 2020

  • Helene F.
  • Tuesday, July 13
Tokyo Olympics 2020 games are about to begin!  The trials for the USA team members are going on now.  You can pick and choose which parts of the games you watch, the gymnastics, track and field, soccer, equestrian, or one of the new sports like surfing.  Looking for more? Check out our personalized recommendations here or call us at 799-9084.
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A Soft Lesson to Learn: Teaching Soft Skills

  • Bland L.
  • Wednesday, June 30

As employers continue to lament the soft-skills deficiencies they see in new hires, more attention is being paid to making these skills part of the educational curriculum.

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What is an Informational Interview, and is it Important?

  • Jessica Daly
  • Saturday, June 05

The Informational Interview...arguably the most underused yet most important part of your networking and ultimately finding a career you love. Informational Interviews are a fundamental part of building your network. Learn the steps to a successful informational interview from identifying who to interview, to preparing what to ask, to how to follow up after the interview.  

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Ladies Get Paid (and other new business books you might enjoy)

  • Bland L.
  • Friday, April 30
Check out these business and finance books recently added to our collection.  Popular titles include Ladies Get Paid, a manifesto on workplace equality by Claire Wasserman, and Black, White, and The Grey, a memoir by Mashama Bailey and John O.
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How to Make Your Resume Stand Out

  • Jessica Daly
  • Wednesday, April 21

Resumes need to be customized for every job; there's no one size fits all. Here are some tips on how to make your resume standout to hiring managers. 

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4 Reasons Why Remote Work Will Continue After Covid-19

  • Christopher Barstow
  • Monday, March 29

Millions of Americans were required to work remotely in 2020 due to Covid-19. Although there has been a growing demand for decades for flexibility in how and where people work, it wasn’t until the pandemic forced the widespread use of tools like Zoom, that the public perception of virtual work with its many benefits for both employees and employers was truly understood.

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Career Development: Present Yourself

  • Emily Barber
  • Monday, May 10

When it comes to growing your career, self-presentation is key. Read on to learn about the marketing tools you can use to score your next job, cultivate your network, and develop your professional reputation.

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Putting Research into Your Job Search

  • Bland L.
  • Thursday, February 18

One of the problems facing first-time job seekers, or those contemplating a career change, is that they may have a general idea of the kind of work they’d like to do but lack detailed knowledge about what this work involves.

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Read All About It: Firefighters & Fire Trucks

  • Heather M.
  • Saturday, February 06
Firefighters work hard to keep us safe.  Find out more about how they keep us safe, what they wear to keep them safe and the equipment they use (especially fire trucks) by reading these fiction and nonfiction titles about these first responder heroes. If you want to know how to keep yourself safe around fire, check out Read All About It:  Fire Safety.  
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2021 Career Makeover Tips!

  • Sylvie G.
  • Wednesday, February 03

A results oriented (and dare I say, fun) approach to addressing four key career development areas.

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Get Your News with U.S. Newsstream

  • Bland L.
  • Tuesday, January 05

If you have grown weary of paywalls impeding your access to reliable news (or of “free” subscriptions that offer only limited access, at the cost of surrendering some personal information), consider using U.S. Newsstream to essentially bypass paywalls and find the latest on US politics, COVID-19 vaccines, and world news.

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Career Development: Discover Yourself

  • Emily Barber
  • Thursday, December 10

Self-discovery is essential to making career decisions that will build a happy life. Here are four questions to help you discover yourself.

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The Virtual Job Interview

  • Bland L.
  • Tuesday, December 15

Job interviews conducted via videoconferencing programs such as Zoom and Skype were already in wide use before the coronavirus pandemic, but for understandable reasons they are now more popular than ever.  Just as for an in-person interview, you should carefully prepare beforehand, but there are other considerations specific to virtual interviewing that you will need to keep in mind.

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Labor and Its Discontents

  • Bland L.
  • Thursday, September 03
The world of work was being upended even before the coronavirus pandemic drove the US unemployment rate to record highs.  The “gig economy,” robotics, and offshoring, to name but a few factors, have reshaped traditional employment in ways that are not yet fully understood.  As we observe Labor Day, this is a good time to take a look at how we got here and what may be in store for us in the labor market.  The books listed below offer a range of views on the subject, from critiques of Silicon Valley’s role in degrading work life to constructive advice on finding mea