Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills – Difference and Importance

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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills – What’s the difference and is one more important than the other to your career success?  In my recent articles – What are Soft Skills and List of 28 Soft Skills, I offered detailed definitions of soft skills.  Here I want to highlight three key differences between hard skills and…  ...  read more

When and How to Use a Headhunter

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When and how to use a headhunter are common questions and good ones to ask early in your career.  Before we can talk about when and how to use a headhunter, it is important to understand what are headhunters and the different types that exist What are headhunters? Headhunters (aka recruiters) are independent recruiting professionals…  ...  read more

Five Qualities of A Good Mentor

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We all need good mentors to help guide us in our career and life, but not all mentors are created equal.  There are five qualities a good mentor should have: Someone you respect in the area you want mentorship on –  For example, if you want a mentor for achieving work life balance, then that…  ...  read more

Managing Interns: Tips and Advice

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I saw a set of questions online about how to manage and mentor marketing interns.  As I used to manage and mentor lots of consultants including interns when I worked for Deloitte, I wanted to share my 2 cents.   The questions didn’t specify whether these were high school, college, or MBA interns, so I…  ...  read more

What are Soft Skills?

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I must admit I had no idea what are soft skills when I graduated from college.   I quickly realized on my first job at McKinsey how my lack of some soft skills were affecting my performance reviews.  Here are some of the soft skills I lacked at that time. Stress Management and People Management Skills…  ...  read more

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