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Get out of your own head! How career coaching can jumpstart your job search right now.

Career transition at any stage of one’s career can be challenging, fraught with concerns about making the right move (and implications of making the wrong move); the process can feel overwhelming, and there can be a frustrating lack of ROI on search efforts. Moreso, it’s often a solitary exercise, and can be hard to do on one’s own. There’s a resource you may not have considered. In this series, we’ll provide an overview about Career Coaching, How to Select a Career Coach and essential components of the career coaching process.

How Recruiting Strategies Often Miss the Boat on DEI

How Recruiting Strategies Often Miss the Boat on DEI

With the long-term goal of acquisition or IPO or just building a business, leaders can’t ignore the research that diverse teams make more money and deliver more profit. And, of course, building teams that reflect our communities and drive equity is simply the right thing to do.

An Outcomes-Based Approach to DEI is the Only Way to Move the Needle

When it comes to DEI, how do companies move from just “checking the boxes” to transforming culture, modifying behaviors and effecting sustainable change? Maria Simon, CFW Careers’ Vice President of DEI Practice and Talent Strategy recommends taking an outcomes-based approach, much like that typically seen in sales. We recently spoke with her about what this looks like and how companies can use it to achieve greater return on investment in DEI programs.

Turn off the video please! Tips for combatting Zoom Fatigue

Six months into quarantine life, many of us are experiencing some side effects of our new work environments. The necessity to transition our lives to the digital realm has caused us to collectively experience a new phenomenon coined “Zoom fatigue,” where we end the workday feeling more exhausted and drained than usual. And while we’ve been video conferencing for years now, this specific fatigue has - not surprisingly - spiked since March. Below are some key reasons why we’re feeling more worn out at the end of our digital workdays, as well as our tips to combat the side effects of our constantly Zooming lives.