Career and Financial Advice for February 2017

Learn more about building successful relationships at work, three things to know for your job interview, how to assess yourself, and why apprenticeships may be the best bet for your career path.

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Take Action: Welcome Your Lawmaker to the 115th

If you’ve been paying attention to the “whirlwind of policy activity that has Washington insiders scrambling to keep up,” you may be working to keep up with it all as well. In addition to the new administration in office, a new Congressional session — the 115th Congress — has begun.

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The Need to Innovate Workforce Training

According to a new LinkedIn report, an increasing number of corporations are focusing on employee learning and development as one of their core improvement strategies. As employee development takes center stage, employers are realizing that not all employees process information in the same way and at the same time. This, in turn, has led to a surge in mobile microlearning.

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How to Include Volunteer Experience on Your Résumé

Community service and volunteer work are great things to add to your résumé. How you use it depends on how much time you spent with the volunteer organizations. Here's how to include it and use volunteer experience to get jobs and build your career.

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Plan an Oscars Party with Goodwill®

Roll out the red carpet, it’s almost time for the Oscars! The 89th Academy Awards Ceremony is just over a week away, so there’s still time to pull together a party if you’re ready to relive your favorite cinematic moments from the past year in the company of your other movie-loving friends. Just set the

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Goodwill Testifies Before Congress on Serving Rural Communities in Poverty

This week I had the opportunity to work with Tammy Slater, CEO of Goodwill of Greater Nebraska (Grand Island, NE), as she testified before a Congressional subcommittee. Slater joined one other service provider and two researchers at a hearing on the geography of poverty. They provided committee members and the public with insights into the common themes and varying solutions to addressing poverty in urban, suburban and rural areas of the country.

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5 Resources to Help You Navigate Your Career

When you’re looking for your first job, or what you’d like to be the first job on your own stairway to success, it helps to know not just where to start, but how to get from Point A to Point B. That means using career navigation to explore your options and make a plan.

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Apprenticeships Are a Valid Option

Are you hesitant to invest time and money in a traditional college program or trade school before you’re sure the job is a good fit for you? You might check out an apprenticeship instead.

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Help Us Protect Your Charitable Tax Deductions

Next week, leadership from Goodwill Industries International will join over 130 other nonprofits in meetings with lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill as part of the Charitable Giving Coalition. The Charitable Giving Coalition represents a broad cross-section of nonprofit organizations across the country. The services provided by these organizations and their local members including Goodwill®, are

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Learning to Navigate a Career

Learning is more than reading a book or sitting in a classroom; continuous, insatiable learning fueled by curiosity, purpose and pursuit of understanding is essential in our dynamic labor market. What we need to know today, tomorrow, next month, a year from now is shifting; we need to learn now and keep learning. Some of the competencies and skills we learn with and from our colleagues on the job.

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Five Tips for a Friendlier Workplace

Everyone has felt out of place at their job at some point. While you don’t have to become best friends with everyone in the company, a pleasant work environment can make your job go much more smoothly. These five tips can help you get there.

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Three Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas Perfect for Anyone (Even Yourself)

Valentine’s Day isn’t just for couples anymore! Of course, if you’re a fella looking for the perfect gift to give, we’ve got you covered, but these ideas are also great for galentines or if you’re practicing the very important art of self-love. No matter who you are or who you’re treating this February 14, we’ve got some easy DIY gift ideas for you!

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