Careers
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Career Corner: Prepare Your Finances Before Joining the Great Resignation
We hear so much about ways to advance our careers and strive for new opportunities, but sometimes our careers don’t go according to plan and we need a break. There are many valid reasons to want to step away from working for a while, such as taking care of young children, tending to an ill…
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Introductions and Re-Introductions On and Off LinkedIn
Whether you are an introvert, extrovert, ambivert, or anything but a recluse or hermit, you typically interact with people in person and/or online. It’s usually called networking! When meeting people in person for the first time at a business-related meeting or networking event, a typical question is “What do you do?” as in “What do…
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Career Corner: 10 Highest Paying Master’s Degree Jobs
If you are dissatisfied with your current position, career trajectory, boss, or salary, people in your circle may have recommended going back to school for your master’s degree. But education can accumulate debt in student loans that might deter people who worry the degree won’t make enough of a difference. That is why it is…
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Career Corner: 7 Ways to Increase Your Productivity
If you have spent close to the last two years working from home, your job has likely been a lot quieter. But people who are now returning to the office are finding it tough to tune out all the extra activity again. Those distractions can make your productivity suffer. Regardless of your environment, if you…
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Career Corner: How to Overcome Burnout as Life Returns to Normal
In August of this year alone, 4.3 million quit their jobs. The work conditions over the last 18 months have had so many people reaching their breaking point that it has now been dubbed the time of the “Great Resignation.” The incessant stress of the pandemic has pushed many already overworked people to their breaking…
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Career Corner: 10 Qualities of a Family-Friendly Workplace
Your priorities shift when you become a parent, and you have to forgo some things to be there for your kids. That even extends to work, where you will now need to ensure you have a job that is consistent and accommodating to make sure you can maintain your schedule as a parent. However, not…
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Career Corner: 2021 Report Says Women Only Earn 82 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by Men
Since 1963 our country has had the Equal Pay Act, which is supposed to ensure everyone is given the same wage for the same work regardless of their demographic. However, feminist leaders have long said that this law is not truly abided by, and that companies will offer lower salaries to women. Now new research…
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How to Organize Your Job Search & LinkedIn Connections
If you don’t have a CRM database for your job search, you may need to utilize Excel or Google sheets, which you can access from anywhere at any time. There’s an app for Google Drive and Google Sheets, and more, available to download and access on your iPhone or Android, no matter where you are.…
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MONTCO Careers: Neumann University
Neumann University is a private, Catholic university in Aston that follows the Franciscan tradition. It was founded in 1965, and offers undergraduate degrees in a variety of subjects, three doctoral programs, six master’s degree program and an accelerated bachelor’s degree program for adults. The following positions at the university are available: Assistant Director – Degree…
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Career Corner: 2021’s Top Paying Tech Careers
The pandemic has made many employees prioritize job security when deciding where they want to work so they don’t have to worry about layoffs again. Technology has always been an in-demand field and it has proven quite resilient from the economic hardships of Covid. Now many want to make the switch to tech. If you…
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Careers — Penn Community Bank
With more than $2.5 billion in assets and over 300 team members, Penn Community Bank is the largest mutual bank in eastern Pennsylvania. Their growth mission is to deliver solutions that genuinely serve the best interests of their individual and commercial customers in ways they cannot possibly experience at more traditional financial institutions. As a…
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Career Corner: LevelUp Philadelphia is Helping Frontline Workers Find Work During Labor Shortage
Though the worst of the economic harm from the pandemic is hopefully behind us, that does not mean the job market has fully recovered. Many businesses are still struggling on the brink of bankruptcy, and a lot of workers have not had it easy reintegrating into the workforce. Over 84,000 jobs that were lost in…
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Hiring in Horsham: UPS Short 7,000 Workers for Seasonal Jobs Across Montgomery County and SE Pennsylvania
How do you look in UPS brown? If you think that’s a good couture color, and have the desire to pick up some extra funds, UPS is your place. The deliverer is looking to fill 7,000 seasonal jobs in Montco and the Philadelphia region to answer holiday demand. Ryan Mulligan wrapped up the hiring particulars…
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Career Corner: 6 Hints It’s Time to Look for a New Job
If you have been dreading your workday lately then you have likely pondered whether the position has run its course. Quitting is a big deal, though, so you really need to be sure that’s what you want to do. If you are seriously wondering whether it is time to look for new work, first weigh…
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Career Corner: Look For These 4 Red Flags Behind a New Job Offer
When looking for jobs you might not think much about your role in the company beyond what the job posting described. But looking into how other roles in the company are handled can also give you valuable insight regarding whether this is a good work environment. Per the Philadelphia Business Journal, you want to learn all you can…
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Career Corner: State Program Supports Hands-on Apprentice Programs
While degrees and higher education certainly have their value, sometimes the best experience is getting to try things for yourself. That is why the Wolf administration is promoting the importance of apprenticeship programs for Pennsylvania workers. A recent press release from the Wolf administration highlights this initiative, specifically pointing to the Finishing Trades Institute (FTI)…
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Your Essential List of LinkedIn Image Sizes & Character Counts
Rather than looking up the number of pixels for image sizes and maximum character counts for sections of LinkedIn, would you like to have a handy list? Here is a list you can easily reference for current image sizes, character counts, or quantities of many of the most used items on LinkedIn. This list is…
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Career Corner: 7 Tips to Network and Make Connections Tactfully
We are all well-acquainted with the saying “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”. While not wholly true, you definitely can’t discount the impact having connections can make for you. But the thing that’s less talked about is how do you actually make those connections? Dorie Clark of the Wall Street Journal shares…
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