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Hard skills and soft skills aren’t enough The job world is changing so rapidly that it’s next to impossible to know what to do even in the short term to get ahead, let alone five years down the road.  Now, a debate rages between which are more important, hard skills or soft skills. Those for

It’s been a common occurrence in recent years: company downsizing or restructuring has left skilled professionals looking for a job. Or, feeling constrained, they jump to a better growth opportunity.  But, with the era of lifetime jobs at a single firm or company long gone, many doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, and other professionals are opting

It just became a bit more difficult for plaintiffs within the jurisdiction of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes New York state) to succeed on disability-discrimination claims brought against their employers under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA prohibits employers from “discriminat[ing] against a qualified individual on the basis of disability

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Throughout my career, I’ve learned from employers and employees about worksite hurdles — those issues or hassles that prevent employees from being engaged, successful, and happy at their jobs. To help encourage employees to be satisfied and more productive, an increasing number of employers are looking to their employee well-being programs for answers.  According to

In the 1991 movie “City Slickers,” the cowboy Curly Washburn — played by Jack Palance — tells Billy Crystal’s character, Mitch Robbins that “like so many others, you just don’t get it in life.” The secret to life, Curly stated, is one thing. “Once you figure out what that one thing is, everything else will

Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, tech, HR, career, and personal tips. SBA @SBAgovSBA’s MaTCH Pilot Competition will help address the job skills and placement gaps faced by U.S. businesses. And, there’s up to $1 million in total prizes to fund selected winning proposals — http://ow.ly/wWFh50ustEF