How to Diversify Your Professional Network (Because Your Connections Shouldn’t All Be Just Like You)

Be honest: Do all of your professional contacts look and sound the same? Did your boss and all your work friends go to the same kind of school as you? Did everyone in your network take similar paths to get …

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A Go-To Guide To Growing Your Career This Summer Without An Internship

For students, summer is a time of relaxation and reflection. It’s also a great opportunity to build on their education with experiences they may not have had time for during the school year. For many, this experience is provided by …

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How to Be a Better Ally at Work

Protests in the U.S. and around the world have forced people to think about how they can contribute to the cause of racial justice and equality. One particularly prevalent point of discussion has been around allyship: What does it mean …

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace | Tips for Starting a DEI Committee

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is becoming an increasingly valued part of the workplace conversation. As a result, many mission-driven organizations are signaling their desire to institutionalize workplace DEI practices by launching a staff-led taskforce, working groups, and committees.

Perhaps …

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Toppel helps recent graduates market their skills

New summer programs support Class of 2020 alumni who are navigating a difficult economic and employment landscape.

By Janette Neuwahl Tannen, Article from News@TheU

When senior Mollie Cole visited the spring career expo on the University of Miami’s campus in …

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5 Digital Skills That Will Help You Get A Better Title And Make More Money At The Start Of Your Career

Getting your degree is a major investment in yourself, but your learning shouldn’t stop there. While a science or liberal arts education can serve as an important foundation for your other skills, you’re still going to need those “other skills” …

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Starting a New Job Remotely During Coronavirus? Here’s What You Need to Know to Succeed

It’s natural to have first-day jitters when you start a new job. But what happens when your first day is remote? What if many days after that are also remote depending on how long the company keeps folks home as …

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The Idealist Careers Guide to Searching for a Job Online and Offline

Some of us have a clear sense of how we want to make an impact in the nonprofit space from the very start while others need a little help to really understand what’s out there. If you find yourself at …

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Winston Warrior: Teaching and Trailblazing

There’s something about Winston.

Maybe it’s the kindness, the politeness, the smiles – a relic, he says, from his Southern upbringing. Maybe it’s the way he combines strict with cool, modern with old-fashioned, alternating seamlessly between the serious professor and the …

By Nastasia Boulos
Nastasia Boulos Administrative Assistant
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Taghreed M. Al-Saraj: Social Change Through Education

Alumna promotes social change through education

She is an international education and entrepreneurship consultant, a leadership coach and a motivational speaker. She is a researcher, an author, a mother, and a sisterAt the core, thoughTaghreed M. Al-Saraj, B.F.A. …

By Nastasia Boulos
Nastasia Boulos Administrative Assistant
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