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Career Development
SVIC Podcast #5: From Layoff to Career Success: A Comprehensive Guide to Rebuilding Your Life In this episode, we are joined by Ruben Pranata. Ruben is currently working as the…
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Career Development
When you leave your current job, you may consider writing a Linkedin Farwell Message. People write these messages to let your connections know you are joining a new company. As…
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Career Development
My first post explained how to write a LinkedIn farewell message, the following is a template you can use for your LinkedIn farewell message. Template for a farewell message Hey…
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Career Development
SVIC Facebook Q&A Discussion: To get or not to get another Master's Degree? Question for the group: *This question was asked to the community last August 19, 2022:…
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Overview As humans, we thrive in connection. Connecting with our colleagues and close contacts at work can be extremely beneficial for our mental wellbeing and our ability to build…
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Career Development
Overview It is common practice to leave a farewell message on LinkedIn when you’re moving on from a job or company. Most people are focused on what they’re going…
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Summary Leaving a job can be an emotional and bittersweet experience for many. It often marks an important transition in one’s career and life, and can lead to a new…
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Overview: As you prepare to move on from your current position, the last thing you want to do is leave on a sour note. Linkedin has become a popular platform…
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Overview Starting a new job can be both exciting and daunting. You want to make a great first impression and get off on the right foot, but it can…
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Overview As you prepare to move on to a new job and a new company, it's important to make sure that you leave your current job in a positive…
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Career Development
Overview LinkedIn is a powerful platform to help you build your professional brand, increase your visibility and gain access to people and opportunities. However, many people make common mistakes on…
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Summary If you’re an engineer who’s been promoted to management, congratulations! You’re now responsible for a team of people, and it’s a big responsibility. If you’ve never been a manager…
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Negotiating a job offer is an important step in achieving success in your career. This article will provide 12 tips for negotiating a job offer, from researching salary ranges to…
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Career Development
Editor's Note: If you are looking for a job or your company is hiring, please visit our SVIC Jobs Board. Navigating a layoff If you’ve opened LinkedIn, or read…
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Career Development
*This article was originally published on Entrepreneur.com Just follow the R.E.O.R.G method. It stands for React, Evaluate, Overinvest, Resist, and Grow. You might love your job and your…
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that every engineer in possession of a job must also be in want of tips to get ahead. Based on my experience in the…
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Career Development
Perfectionism in the workplace Do you constantly feel like you don't have enough time to get things done? Do you work on projects and sometimes feel like it is not…
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Career Development
In our previous post, we talked about how to create a LinkedIn Farewell message, but now we will talk about when to send it. Before sending your LinkedIn farewell message,…
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Career Development
How to start a new job Starting a new job is exciting, but it can also be nerve-wracking. Here are 8 tips you should know before starting a new job…
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Exercise Is Non-Negotiable “I don’t have time to workout.” Too many people let this thought halt their fitness efforts before they even start. But the truth is, you do have…
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Career Development
You already know that you “should” exercise, eat better, and learn to manage your stress. And yet, if you are like most people, you are more worried about your wealth…
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Career Development
In this episode of Investors Therapy, Julia Arndt shares her strategies for mindfully combating stress in both our personal and professional lives. Julia Arndt is a stress management trainer, personal…
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Career Development
When I was an admin at Google, I noticed the top executives would spend at least one hour a week networking, no matter how busy they were. Your Network =…
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Summary Sasha Krecinic has been a utility player throughout his career and held a variety of roles ranging from product, consulting, analytics and ops, he now leads the sales and…
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Trista led Google’s global team development initiatives and is currently the founder and CEO of Regroup, a team development company. She was also a member of many hybrid teams over…
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Career Development
When you leave your current job, you may consider writing a Linkedin Farwell Message. People write these messages to let your connections know you are joining a new company. As…
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Career Development
When a colleague leaves your current company, they usually send a goodbye slack ping or email recognizing folks who have helped them with their careers. At that point, people reply…
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Career Development
It's hard to manage your emotions at work when you take things personally. But when you're in the following circumstances, it's easier said than done: You are in the midst…
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Career Development
A few years ago I hosted renowned conflict journalist, author, TED speaker, and filmmaker Sebastian Junger to discuss his book Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, as well as his National Geographic documentary Hell on…
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There's plenty of material about the topic on how to get people to say "Yes", yet there aren't many resources available explaining the art of how to say no. The…
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Today the Silicon Valley Investors Club is happy to have Laura Gramann Richter, a Professional Organizer and CEO of Pieces into Place LLC in Milwaukee, WI and former Googler, share…
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Career Development
Robert Greene, an American author known for his books on strategy, power, and seduction, has recently released a pre-recorded video that analyzes the current pandemic of irrational thinking that has…
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Anne Wojcicki is the Co-Founder and CEO of 23andMe. Her company helps users learn about their ancestry, genealogy, and inherited traits via at-home genetics test kits and genetic mapping research. In…
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Annie Duke, World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions winner, joined us to talk about her latest book Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts.…
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I recently hosted Ray Dalio, Founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the largest hedge funds in the world with $160 Billion under management. Ray joined us to talk about his…
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I recently hosted TED speaker, NPR host, and journalist Celeste Headlee to talk about her newest book We Need To Talk. Her book will teach you how to have better conversations. About the book: In…
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Career Development
I recently hosted author and blogger Eric Barker, who has been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, to talk about his latest book Barking Up the Wrong Tree:…
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Career Development
“If Confidence is what is real...ego is what we wish to be true.” - Ryan Holiday Ryan Holiday visited Google headquarters for an interview about his thoughts on philosophy, his…
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Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing Tim Ferriss at Google. We talked about his podcast, his routines, how he keeps himself mentally and physically healthy, and much more.…
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Career Development
A few years ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Stanford Professor Shirzad Chamine, author of the New York Times bestseller Positive Intelligence. His work exposes 10 well-disguised mental saboteurs…
