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As layoffs continue hitting companies across the United States left and right, employees may feel uncertain about their fate in the business. Anyone can be impacted, even you. Fortunately, there are ways you can set yourself apart if this unfortunate event ever happens to your organization. Follow these tips to make yourself an indispensable employee who is essential to keeping things running smoothly within the business. Develop and Strengthen Your Transferable Skills There is a good reason why soft skills are popular in the workforce. These are skills like communication, emotional intelligence, problem solving, critical thinking and the ability to lead, none of which can be replaced by artificial intelligence.  Dave Fisch, CEO at Ladders, recommends developing and strengthening your transferable soft skills. “Not everyone can communicate well with others or solve problems as quickly and efficiently, so building on those skills will set you apart from the majority of e...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Rejection can be powerful.  The word "no" serves a special purpose in business and especially in entrepreneurship. Every founder and innovator has heard it, probably thousands of times. If approached with the right mindset, "no" can be a guiding force to propel a business forward. A "no" can help you improve your ideas, illuminate blind spots and even protect you from relationships and partnerships that would not have been good for you or your business. When I was younger, I wore my heart on my sleeve, which meant that any rejection was palpable to those around me. I was easily shaken by rejection, and as a result, I spent a lot of energy trying to change people's minds or prove to them wrong. I do not recommend this approach. Not only did it not work, but it also drained my energy. That other people's words could rattle me, control my feelings and shape my behavior was a problem....

Upskilling DevOps is a Key to Building a Resilient Organization Businesses without effective strategies to upskill DevOps will find it challenging to ingrain resilience in their organizations. With the entire globe embracing innovation-first culture, there is a significant amount of evolution in the business landscape. Recent developments in cloud computing, virtual reality (VR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) are helping enterprises to revolutionize their workflows. Many enterprises are finding it challenging to leverage these technologies to get a competitive advantage in the new business paradigm. CIOs should consider developing a resilient DevOps team to ensure the organizations’ security, efficiency, and scalability. Today customers expect a quicker and simpler application deployment and development process, improved stability, and product quality. To suffice and exceed this customer demand, enterprises need to invest in upskilling their DevOps te...

As more folks move to work remotely or hybrid, it can become difficult to keep track of tasks and projects. It’s not so easy to pop over to a coworker’s cubicle and ask about the status of a project, and it can be annoying to message a coworker about the status of a project over and over. Because teams are no longer working in close proximity to each other, there has to be a way to all be on the same page when it comes to time management for businesses.  Queue time management applications. By signing your company up for a time management app, you can track everything from your desk. This makes it much easier to keep track of everyone and everything, from start to finish. Time management apps are a great way to make sure nothing is forgotten while staying on track to complete your tasks.  Here are five of the best time management apps for businesses.  Monday.com Monday.com is relatively new to the time management and project management game, but it packs a punch...

Your special someone is an amazing person who has improved your life in more ways than one -- including financially. Maybe you were decent at managing money before you met them, but they helped you become even better or perhaps your finances were a mess until they stepped in. No matter the situation, you received at least one valuable financial lesson from them that changed the way you view money. Now that you're a more responsible spender, less stingy or better at putting money aside for savings, you'd like to share your experience with others. This is great, because your partner's savvy financial advice also can have a positive impact on plenty of other people. Hearing how their advice helped you can inspire others to make changes they've been putting off or didn't even realize they were capable of achieving. Or, perhaps you're the one who imparted the financial wisdom that changed your partner's life. Regardless, sharing these tips with others --...

Online Learning The Future of Higher Education Is the Hybrid Campus Blending the best of face-to-face instruction with the flexibility of online learning can enhance the higher ed experience for all types of learners, lower the cost of a degree and better prepare students for the workforces + By Dr. Jeffrey R. Docking + 05/26/22 From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, temporary changes were made across industries to adjust to our new, isolated reality. However, as we emerge from the pandemic, it is clear that many of these temporary changes will inevitably be the reality of the future. For higher ed, the wholesale shift to remote learning dramatically changed many of our institutions, including my own, almost overnight. While our industry is thrilled to see many elements of the traditional campus experience return to normal, online learning is likely to remain a facet of our models for the long term. If anything, the pandemic was merely the ember needed to change a model ...

Teaching and Learning 4 Online Tactics to Improve Blended Learning An accounting professor shares how best practices from online pedagogy have helped her create a blended learning environment that supports student success. + By Megan Burke, CPA, Ph.D. + 05/18/22 The pandemic forced students to shift to an online learning environment with little warning. Two years later, many students and teachers are suffering from videoconferencing fatigue. However, in my role as an accounting professor, I picked up a number of best practices from online learning that have been very effective in engaging students and helping prepare them for career success. Now that students are back in the classroom, I have been combining these tactics with in-person instruction to create a blended learning environment that gives my students the best of both worlds. 1) Create an Engaging Online Classroom The first step in creating an effective blended learning environment is designing an engaging onl...

Lifelong learning is part of an educational activity For example, in a language teaching community, offers language courses online. No wonder why international language learning every year as there is demand and supply to improve language skills while testing the potential that will benefit you. Facilities like interacting on Skype on a computer via internet connection. Facing experienced instructors educate through oral communication and online video. This course is especially suitable for those who want to learn more about international language. You are at a distance, to promote tourism and culture, education as early as age, diplomacy regardless of educational backgrounds need to take classes to pursue knowledge. Have a clear goal, less difficulty Having a clear goal, less difficult because preparation plays an important role in preventing unwanted things from occurring repeatedly. If you have the following features: 🔃 Interests of communication 🔃 There is a need...