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Every month, 2 million Americans quit their job to find something new*. The leading reason? Not enough opportunities. While many look to job-jumping as a way to gain new experiences and grow, it also has setbacks. The grass is not always greener. So instead of
According to the annual Net Impact study, there is a growing demand of “for-good” careers. In order to find your dream for-good career, maybe school isn’t what you need. Experience is. In one of the latest articles on the popular blog, Barking Up the Wrong Tree,
After last week’s post on what the global development industry can learn from software developers we received a lot of positive feedback and traffic. In that post, we outlined 4 ways that we can embrace failure to increase the speed of innovation and growth: Plan
There are a lot of Fellowship programs. Acumen, Kiva, and Vittana fellows are the most popular, but this brand new fellowship program from More Than Me is like the salesforce.com of fellowships programs… which is to say that it’s new, rapidly growing, and inspiringly innovative. We
I recently came across an impressive planning document for the construction of an eco-friendly school in Haiti on the architecture blog of CTA Design Builders located in Seattle. The entire project plan, made public in an article about Empowerment Through Design, explores all the necessary
If you’re already familiar with the “Customer Development” concept -made famous by world-reknown entrepreneur and education Steven Blank – then this video will take it to a whole new level.
If you haven’t read Eric Barker’s blog, Barking up the Wrong Tree, you’re missing out. His latest post provides the best post I’ve ever seen to help people find meaning in their lives, and find fulfillment they are worthy of. Here are his 4 tips
According the respected author and New Yorker columnist, Malcom Gladwell, the most exciting career advancements happen within the first 5 years of the average person’s career. For this reason, Gladwell provides this advice: “The best thing you can do mid-career is start over” In his
Think back to when you were deciding to work at the company you’re working at. Think back to any time that you were being recruited… Did the prospect of an international rotation sound appealing? What about a sabbatical? What about enough vacation to go traveling
Only 45% of employees are satisfied with their careers. This might be you, or it might be the people who work for you. Regardless, it’s a shocking statistic that highlights just how few people LOVE their work. So who are 55% who are satisfied, and