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Career Advancement: Fall Planning for Job Search Success & Promotions

Featured Summary: Fall is the ideal time to reset your career goals. By updating your résumé, strengthening your online presence, reconnecting with your network, and committing to a fall career plan, you can accelerate your job search and position yourself for promotion or transition. As Labor Day signals the unofficial end of summer, the fall season brings a unique opportunity… Read More →

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How to Build a Strong Professional Pitch: Your Guide to Crafting a Memorable Professional Narrative

How to Build a Strong Professional Pitch: The Basics By Lisa Orbé-Austin, PhD A Department of Labor survey indicated that more than 50% of jobs are obtained via networking, while only about 5% of jobs come from the open job market of online job listings. I share this fact with many clients, yet networking remains one of the most resisted…

How to Build a Best-in-Class College Career Center

Optimizing Greatness: How to Build a Best-in-Class College Career Center By Richard Orbé-Austin, PhD Key takeaway: A best-in-class college career center functions as a career education hub grounded in partnerships, assessment, innovation, professional development, and sustainable funding. A best-in-class college career center no longer operates as a quiet corner for résumé reviews and job listings. Today, these centers are dynamic…

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Disrupting Unconscious Bias in the Workplace: How to Identify, Interrupt, and Prevent It

Unconscious bias in the workplace is automatic, unintentional judgment that influences decisions about people and groups. You can’t fully stop bias from activating, but you can prevent stereotype application in hiring, reviews, and daily management by naming common bias types, spotting triggers (task, numbers, clarity, perceiver), and installing repeatable “bias interrupters” like structured interviews, calibrated rubrics, and manager coaching. What…

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Goal Setting with Imposter Syndrome: 5 Traps to Avoid

A new year often brings a fresh wave of hope, motivation, and goal setting. However, goal setting with Imposter Syndrome can trigger anxiety, perfectionism, and self-doubt. If you’re just starting to explore what Imposter Syndrome really is, learning a different approach will help. Why Goal Setting Feels Hard with Imposter Syndrome Goal setting with Imposter Syndrome means creating goals without…

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Imposter Syndrome in Women: How to Overcome It

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Empowering Women to Thrive Imposter Syndrome is not just internal—it is also structural. And healing it is an act of resistance. Featured Summary: Imposter Syndrome in women is an ongoing pattern of self-doubt that workplace bias, unequal access to opportunity, and caregiving penalties often intensify. Women can reduce impostor feelings by clarifying what is internal versus structural,…