LinkedIn offers tool to help make a career change LinkedIn has launched its Career Explorer, which lets those considering a career change see where their current skills overlap with a potential career. Once a potential career is found, the site points to free courses to take as well as helps connect users with people in the industry. Full Story: USA Today (10/29)
What it takes to earn a promotion Hard work and seniority aren't the only factors that go into receiving a promotion. If you're eager to move up, be sure to start discussing the issue with a manager well ahead of time and focus on presenting ideas. Full Story: Fast Company online (10/28)
How an HR exec transformed her career with one word Executive Karen Rieck explains how saying "yes" to new ideas helped her jump-start her career in HR and has been the basis of her career philosophy over the past 28 years. "If you always say yes, you will have opportunities that you would never have dreamed of," Rieck says. Full Story: Profile magazine (10/26)
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Making the Connection
Take your Teams meeting up a notch Video meetings have become the norm but there are ways to enhance the process on Microsoft Teams, and this tutorial walks through the steps including several ways on how to view attendees and show slides. Full Story: Business 2 Community (10/28)
Surveys show that encouraging workers to vote has a positive effect on employee retention. Companies such as Gap will pay workers who take the day to work at the polls, and other companies are offering transportation to voting sites as well as paid time off to cast a ballot. Full Story: HR Dive (10/28)
The Landscape
Salesforce gets some competition A collaboration between Microsoft, Adobe and C3.ai has launched in an effort to go up against Salesforce in customer relationship management software. The AI-enabled software can be used to collect data on customer churn and revenue forecasting, among other functions. Full Story: TechRadar (10/27)
Launched on July 30, the Perseverance rover is now halfway to the Red Planet. The rover is scheduled to touch down at the Jezero Crater on Mars on February 18, 2021. Full Story: Space (10/28)
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