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25 Tips to Help You Hack Your Career

Feeling stuck in your career? Not sure what your next step should be? Or perhaps you're starting a new job and want to know how to make a great first impression? Whichever stage of our career we are in, we shouldn't be afraid to seek advice and ask questions.

Luckily, Reddit users on r/lifeprotips compiled some of the best career advice from real people in various stages of their career.

From increasing productivity to improving communication at the next networking event, read here for...

10 Winning Characteristics Of Successful/Effective (Win/Win) Negotiators

The art of negotiation is done right when all parties involved agree that the result is a win/win situation. An effective negotiator will ensure that this is the case. In addition, the goal of negotiation should be to strengthen the relationship between the parties in question. One way to do this is to ensure that empathy, innovation, and flexibility are being practiced.

Read here for more ways to be a successful negotiator.

10 Top Qualities of a Great Collaborator

In an evolved workspace environment, collaboration has become an even greater necessity. The ability to work effectively and diplomatically with your team is a focused skill that requires an individual effort. Some qualities of a great collaborator include being team focused and appreciative.

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10 Things Successful Supervisors Do Differently

Being a supervisor means playing a crucial role in structure of your organization. An outstanding supervisor creates a profound ripple effect based on factors such as management and communication. Success as a supervisor is manifested in watching those you supervise grow to become great leaders and changemakers.

Read here for 10 things you can do to increase your success as a supervisor.

10 Informal Learning Activities to Boost Employee Engagement

Workplaces can benefit greatly from implementing informal learning activities alongside formal learning training. Informal learning provides hands-on, practical experience in an unstructured setting that allows learners to set their own goals and objectives. Exploration in informal, unstructured settings allows for intuitive learning that is low stress while encouraging curiousity and fitting easily into a work routine. Because informal learning often comes off as less intimidating than formal learning structures, it has the added benefit of boosting employee engagement.

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Turn Mistakes Into Part of Your Career Success

Exposing yourself to risk and failure can help push you up the career ladder. Just make sure someone's watching.

Learning to use mistakes well is an important leadership trait. In fact, looking at how an executive responds to failure can be more telling that assessing their success when weighing up a person's ability to take on the leadership mantle. Great leaders learn from their errors. They are quick to recognize when a mistake has been made and are able to efficiently assess what can be salvaged or gained from the fallout. In many cases, feedback is immediate for anyone astute...

Tips For Career Success

You’ve met with quite a few staff at UC Berkeley to provide career coaching. As you’re gearing up for retirement in two weeks, and reflecting on your experiences with staff, what would you say are the most common aspects that staff seek support with and what would you recommend readers try if they have similar needs?

It’s been a real privilege to work with UC Berkeley staff on a wide variety of career development questions. There are common themes, although each person’s concerns are also unique. I’ve met with people about specifics like updating their resumes, and also with...

Take Your Social Learning to the Next Level: Sustain Quality Development Partnerships

Use the this guide to help employees how to sustain an effective development partnership by asking the right questions.

Provide employees with the guidelines on what effective development partnerships look like at your organization. Then collectively make an intentional plan for everyone to get more from their partnerships.

On-the-job Learning: Identify the Skills You Need

Employees can significantly improve productivity and success in current roles by embracing on-the-job learning. Employees should use...

Migrating from Office 2013 to Google Apps

This detailed course helps viewers smoothly move from using Office 2013 to Google apps. Learn about the differences and similarities between Office and Google apps, and everything else you need to know, before you start migrating your files. Author Jess Stratton explains how to navigate the Google Drive interface, how to upload files and convert them to the Drive formats, and how to replace each of the Office programs in your workflow with Google Docs, Sheets, and Presentations. The course also explores moving Outlook contacts and calendars to Gmail and Google Calendar and using...