Your Guide to Mental Health Leave—Because Sometimes You Need a Real Break

Nobody’s immune to bad days at work. You’ve had them too, right? Your to-do list and inbox feel like a giant game of whack-a-mole you can barely keep up with. You’re convinced you stuck your foot in your mouth during …

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Want To Avoid a Burnout Culture in Your Next Job? Ask These Questions During the Interview

Burnout and job-related stress have never been higher, according to new data from the American Psychological Association. And that’s true across professions. 

Responding to APA’s 2021 Work and Well-Being Survey, a full 79% of U.S. workers said they had experienced …

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5 Ways Women of Color Can Prioritize Their Well-Being at Work

When I first started working in corporate America, the idea of getting my next raise, promotion, or bonus motivated me to the point that I sometimes worked 60-80 hour weeks trying to prove my worth. And while I felt validated …

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5 Secrets to Balancing Work Performance and Mental Wellness

Two of the most important ongoing discussions in the modern workplace center on work performance and mental well-being. These two elements are closely linked—your mental health has a direct effect on the quality and consistency of your work, and vice …

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5 Ways to Improve Your Emotional Wellness at Work

When it comes to overall health, it’s imperative to look at the whole picture—and that wouldn’t be complete without the colors and textures of your emotions. Much to our collective detriment, we live in a society that often discounts the …

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4 Tips to Avoid Freelancer Burnout, From Someone Who’s Been There

It seems like yesterday that I found myself in a bathroom stall at my corporate recruiting company for what was at least the third time that week, trying to muffle the sound of my tears after a particularly brutal interaction …

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6 Ways to Boost Productivity When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed

Whether it’s taking care of our families or dealing with the demands of our work, we all feel overwhelmed from time to time. So here are several tips for increasing your productivity when it seems as though you have a million things to …

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Moving towards your future in an uncertain world.

Moving towards your future in an uncertain world.

Carl Remmes  |  4-minute read

I have been thinking quite a bit about the student experience in the past week. Whether you have been a student for part of one …

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These Time Management Skills Can Make You a Better Employee—and Improve Your Work-Life Balance

Time management is one of those important work and life skills that seems to find its way into every job interview and performance review. That’s because recruiters and management teams alike know that an employee’s time management skills can make …

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You’ve Left a Toxic Job, Congrats. Now Comes the Healing.

Watching less-qualified coworkers land promotions as she was passed over again and again made Raydiance Dangerfield, who was working in learning and development in Maryland at the time, question her skills and talents. Facing a barrage of constant microaggressions from …

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