Personal Budgeting Basics
Let's be honest. The word "budget" doesn't usually elicit happy feelings. Every time you try to stick to one, you end up spending more than you expected. You're fed up and ready for a change. Have no fear! In this...
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Resume Writing for Smarties
We create them all the time and they hold our futures on their pages, yet they are so difficult to get just right. Your resume is either too old, too modern, doesn't provide enough detail, or simply doesn't showcase your...
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What to Do When Change Happens to You
Change is inevitable; and often, out of your control - but you have a superpower - you control your response to change and all the uncertainty that accompanies it. Developing a healthy approach to change means focusing on the path...
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Running on Empty - Avoid Empathy Exhaustion & Compassion Fatigue
The capacity for empathy is an amazing trait we all share - and an incredibly important skill in any workplace. Practicing empathy means putting yourself in another person's shoes to better understand their situation, frustration, or needs; but we ...
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Check the Numbers: Ensuring Accounting Accuracy
Journalism students are taught to fact check, Law students are taught to fact check and in the world of accounting, one must always fact check. Check the numbers, review the supporting documentation, check for approvals, and recheck the numbers again....
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Keeping Each Generation Happy in the Workplace
This path will introduce characteristics and tendencies of the different generations and will help the learner understand the values, communication styles, and working styles of each. At the end of the path, learners will be able to identify ways of...
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Embracing Variability to Enhance Learning
There is no such thing as an average learner. Every person has a unique mix of strengths and weaknesses, or what we refer to as variability, and the sooner we embrace it, the quicker we can change the way we...
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How to Design Your Job Posting for the Ideal Candidate
HELP WANTED! NOW HIRING! I WANT YOU! The days are long gone when job posts were very transparent and clear about who and what they wanted. Job ads are much more complicated now and your ideal candidate is sifting through...
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Microsoft Excel 2013
Excel 2013 is the spreadsheet application in the Microsoft Office 2013 suite. Get help organizing and calculating data in this Excel 2013 tutorial, brought to you by the Goodwill Community Foundation (www.gcflearnfree.org).
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Dare to Be Fair
This learning path explores the impact of fairness on performance and offers concrete strategies for leaders and individuals to create a fair workplace. Fair businesses outperform not only because employees are motivated and committed, but also...
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Negotiation Skills that Drive Results
At the workplace, we need to collaborate with others to achieve results. Whether these interactions are internal, with our colleagues, or external, with clients or providers; knowing how to effectively create and claim value in negotiation is an essential workplace...
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How to Provide Feedback to Product Design Teams so That Products Can Be Tailored To Clients' Needs
As a Sales Representative, you want what to provide products that meet your customers' needs. How do you make this happen? When you determine customer needs do not match with the product, what do you do? In this path, you...
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The Nuts and Bolts of Accounting
Accountants help organizations maintain order within their numbers. Remaining in the black and keeping your books up to date is a way to ensure your organization's future growth.
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Acing the Interview: Tips to Help You Get Hired
The interview can be the make-it or break-it moment of your job search process. Not only do employers want to talk to you about your skills and experiences, but they want to know if you're a good fit for their...
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The Art of Successfully Transferring to Virtual Training
As a global workforce we no longer have to reside in the same city, state or country as our colleagues. Being located all over the world means more flexibility, diverse communication and exposure to new cultures and traditions. However, it...
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How to Devise Programs to Develop Executive Potential Among Employees in Lower Levels
According to the balance careers, developing and nurturing leaders is critical to the overall success of nearly any organization. An effective internal leadership program can be used not only for identifying and training potential executives but as both a retention...
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How To Manage the Quality of Your E-learning Content
Let's take a look at a current project that you just finished creating. How can you be sure that you created high-quality content? How to measure it and, more important, how do you manage and improve it? If you don't...
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Building an Authentic Network
Authentic networks are based on authentic connections; the act of surrounding yourself with people who feel right to you. An authentic network is exactly what these two words suggest -- a network of people you intentionally engage with in order...
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Listen & Learn: How to Sell in New Markets
After all of the research and market analysis, your organization decides to enter a new market. You know exactly what this means. You're up to bat. As a key member of the sales team, you have to now prepare to...
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A Basic Guide to Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence, the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others, can be used to your advantage in work and in life. After completing this path, you should be able to define emotional intelligence, determine...
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Conducting a Training Needs Assessment
Training has evolved from simply checking completion boxes to a more comprehensive way an organization can ensure their learners have the necessary skills to complete their job and showcase their potential. A 'Training Needs Assessment' is so valuable because your...
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Giving Effective Feedback for Better Instruction
Effective feedback is crucial for improving communication, enabling educators to reach their full potential, and ultimately for better instruction. Feedback, however, is sometimes difficult to define and is often confused with advice or praise. Wh...
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Providing Feedback: A Supervisor's Guide
As a supervisor, one of your responsibilities is to provide performance feedback for the staff you're overseeing. It's important for them to know if the work they're doing aligns with the company's goals and mission, and it's also i...
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Boost Your Everyday Effectiveness
Do you consider yourself to be an effective person? Many of us could benefit from tweaking at least a few of our skills in order to become even more effective in our everyday lives. This is what we’ll be exploring...
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