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Campus Career Fair Tours: Guides Show Students the Way

Written by Orville Lynch, Jr. on March 3, 2023

5 Ways To Bounce Back After Getting Laid Off

Written by Orville Lynch, Jr. on March 3, 2023

Stagnant Career? Three Tips For Growth

Written by Orville Lynch, Jr. on March 2, 2023

How to Collaborate with a Hybrid Workforce

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on December 26, 2021

In the blink of an eye, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way many Americans work. When the lockdowns hit in March 2020, 31 percent of U.S. employees worked from home some or all of the time. A month later, 70 percent of employees were working remotely, according to Gallup surveys. In between was a dizzying […]

Future Entrepreneurs, Where Should You Start Your Career—Large Company Or Small Company

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on December 24, 2021

You aspire to be an entrepreneur, but you want some work experience first. When you start your first professional job in your career, where do you look? To the safety of a large company or the accelerated pace and chaos of a small firm? While there might not be a right answer for everyone, there […]

Three Tips For Future-Proofing Your Career

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on December 21, 2021

Skyrocketing wage gains and cross-industry labor shortages are pouring accelerant on a long-term trend toward job automation. Tens of millions of jobs in the U.S. could be impacted by automation within the decade, according to the World Economic Forum. Furthermore, we’ve all read stories about working conditions in some shopping and retail warehouses. Robots replacing dangerous work or repetitive […]

Making A College Degree Count: Beyond Good Grades

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on December 17, 2021

Two of the most troubling higher education trends these days have, like so much else, been made worse by COVID-19. College enrollments were first disrupted and are now in decline, especially at community colleges. In addition, surveys show that perceptions of the value of college, already shaky, have taken a turn for the worse. Viewed […]

The Future Of Work: Time To Focus On Those (Hint: The Vast Majority) Who Can’t Work Remotely

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on December 15, 2021

I hate to speculate about the number of words written about “remote” or “hybrid” work since the pandemic took root in early 2020, but a Google search of the terms a couple of weeks ago produced more than 177 million entries. This fixation on remote and hybrid work (and I’m as guilty as anyone) ignores the […]

2021 Brought Us The ‘Great Resignation.’ No One Can Agree What To Call It.

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on December 14, 2021

For a term that’s all about quitting, people are having a hard time letting the “Great Resignation” go. Seemingly daily, someone writes an article, does an interview or sends an email suggesting the phrase doesn’t really capture the moment. Fast Company tells us it should be the Great Reprioritization. At LinkedIn, it’s the Great Reshuffle. A division of the […]

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