Remove years on your resume to land that job interview | 3 apps for networking in the work-from-home age | Startup Polywork hopes to jazz up networking
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10 signs that your ego is in charge of your leadership Any leader can become self-serving if they find themselves constantly arguing for their point of view, envying others, regularly interrupting or boasting about their success, writes Lolly Daskal. "Few things can do more to undermine your influence, respect and trust," she writes. Full Story: Lolly Daskal (5/19)
Remove years on your resume to land that job interview Finding a job is difficult in any time, regardless of a pandemic, and ensuring your resume passes the six-second recruiter test is just one major hurdle to overcome. Approach your resume as a greatest hits album of your favorite musical artist that supports your best talent and how you can deliver in that particular role, and then let the interview be the opportunity to close the sale with specific anecdotes. Full Story: Next Avenue (5/20)
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Several apps are available to take networking up a notch. Upstream offers events with speakers that include small, break-out sessions after the keynote; Lunchclub facilitates one 45-minute Zoom connection each week; and Fishbowl allows workers to find what's going on at other companies. Full Story: Forbes (tiered subscription model) (5/21)
Startup Polywork hopes to jazz up networking Polywork, a networking website that encourages users to highlight their hard and soft skills rather than job title, hopes to attract millennials whose career trajectory won't follow the traditional model of staying at one company for an entire career. The startup from Lystable/Kalo founder Peter Johnson recently raised $3.5 million in its seed round. Full Story: TechCrunch (tiered subscription model) (5/21),Bloomberg (5/20)
The end is near for Internet Explorer: Microsoft plans to stop supporting the browser in consumer editions of Window 10 next year. The retirement is part of an effort to encourage users to embrace Edge. Full Story: The Verge (5/19)
Google has developed a skin lesion symptom checker app based on data from 65,000 cases across patient ages, races and types of skin. Users upload images of suspicious spots and answer questions about factors that could affect the diagnosis, and the artificial intelligence app suggests the likelihood that the spot is any of 288 different conditions. Full Story: MedCity News (5/18)
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