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Women's progress in the workforce has effectively stalled: Just one in five senior leaders in business are women, and just one in 25 in leadership roles are women of color, according to the Women in the Workplace 2018 report. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and others urge executives to focus on hiring and promoting women, noting that men are hired for 54% of jobs, compared to 46% for women, and that for every 100 men who are promoted, just 79 women are promoted. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (10/23),The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (10/25),CNN (10/23)
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Making the Connection
Make a great 1st impression with your LinkedIn photo Three key mistakes LinkedIn users make with their cover photo are using a low-resolution photo, bad lighting and cropping their face from a group photo. Investing in a professional photographer or someone you know who's good at taking high-quality portraits is well worth the time and cost, writes Joseph Liu. Fast Company online (10/24)
The Landscape
Demand for blockchain skills causing salaries to skyrocket Blockchain engineers are making between $150,000 and $175,000 per year, says Hired. The demand for blockchain knowledge has led to the salary increase, with Hired seeing a 400% increase in job postings including blockchain expertise as a desired skill. TechRepublic (10/23)
Your Next Challenge
How to land a job when a recruiter calls Be accommodating when a recruiter calls and have a ready-to-tell story in your pocket that will help the recruiter sell you to the hiring manager. Get the recruiter excited about you as a candidate for the job, and that will go a long way toward landing it, and if it doesn't work out this time, the recruiter is sure to keep you in mind for future job openings. Glassdoor (10/24)The ideal professional references to seek Gather as many as 10 job references to use during your job search, including at least one previous manager, one co-worker and one person who worked for you, suggests recruiter Melissa Green. This strategy provides a 360-degree view of your skills and talents, Green adds. McKnight's Long-Term Care News (10/2018)
Scientists at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have found that even less-than-moderate pace exercise for as little as 10 minutes helps improve cognitive function in the brain. "It was exciting to see those effects occurring so quickly and after such light exercise," says Michael Yassa, director of the University of California at Irvine Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, and the study's senior co-author. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (10/24)
The Water Cooler
Prisoner caught in bid to escape by judge Two prisoners who were being transported from a Washington state courtroom tried to make a getaway attempt by running from guards, but Judge R.W. Buzzard chased after them, even catching one. Kodey Howard was grabbed by Buzzard, who quickly discarded his judicial robes in the chase, just before he could leave the courthouse, and Tanner Jacobson was caught by police not far from the building. The Associated Press (10/24)
He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
