The Most In-Demand Soft Skills and Which Industries Want Them

When candidates are, on paper, equally qualified for a job, it’s often soft skills that can set the right candidate apart. While skills like imagination or patience may not seem like something to put on your resume, employers certainly want …

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How to Survive Your First Week as a UX Designer

You’ve just scored your first gig in user experience design. Whether it’s a short-term contract or a more permanent position, you might find yourself developing the tip-to-tail presentation of an app with a small team, or fine-tuning the structure of …

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Bridging the world's skills gap through affordable, high-quality, online education.
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The Value of Mentorship: Creating Opportunities for People of Color

Illustrated by Marian Blair

Mentoring can play a crucial role in our professional success, and this is especially true for people of color. Due to the disparity in diversity of representation within leadership combined with a lack of access to …

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Which Wall Street Firms Are Best for Racial and Ethnic Diversity?

This past fall, Vault surveyed more than 3,000 investment banking professionals. We asked them to rate and comment on their firms' benefits, compensation, culture, hours, and training, among other workplace factors. We also asked them to rate and comment on …

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New Visa Scholarship Program Invests in the Long-Term Career Success of Next-Gen of Black Leaders

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is not only Visa’s brand promise, it’s the foundation of the company’s culture. As the world’s leading digital payments technology company, Visa is a driver of global commerce with a clear mission to connect …

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Teaching At The New England Center For Children Was Her First Job Out Of College, And It Transformed Her Career

The New England Center for Children®—also known as NECC®—offers a wide range of services to children with autism through education, research, and technology. At NECC, employees are encouraged to continue their education beyond training, and pursue graduate education with financial …

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NECC Gave This Teacher A Second Chance And An Opportunity To Change Lives

The New England Center for Children® also referred to as NECC®, supports and educates children and young adults with autism. The educators help students learn important life skills that they need to lead more independent lives.

The amazing work that …

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BlackRock’s Sustainable Investing Initiatives Are Changing The World (And You Could, Too)

Sustainable investing is a term that refers to the growing trend of tying investment strategies to their impact on society, specifically in terms of their environmental, social, and business outcomes. At BlackRock—a financial technology (FinTech) and asset management leader—innovation …

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The One Job Robots Can’t Do (Yet)

“The robots are coming! The robots are coming!”

This is more or less the thesis statement of Martin Ford's latest book, The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future. According to Ford, who is the …

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The Government Shutdown & the Private Sector: How Companies Feel the Impact

The partial government shutdown, which began on December 22, 2018, continues with little indication of a resolution in sight. At 24 days and counting, it has become the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States. At least …

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