Author: kellyc

Kelly Clay is a freelance writer based in Seattle. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, cooking, and weekend road trips around the Pacific Northwest. You can find her on Twitter or read more of her thoughts on Medium.

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5 Ways to Keep Track of Your Accomplishments

Ever feel like you always have so much to do, yet never get anything done? You likely have an ongoing task list, Post-it notes stuck all around your desk ,and co-workers constantly approaching you with more things they need help with. With so much that needs to get done, it’s easy to...
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What Uber Looks for in Employees

Uber is one of those companies that everyone loves — and at the same time, everyone loves to hate. The past few weeks, the company has been embroiled in a media frenzy, after Emil Michael, an Uber executive, made personal threats to a well-respected female tech journalist. After, Uber announced that Michael...
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The Benefits of Training Others at the Office

One of the best, tried-and-true ways to excel at what you do is explain it to someone else. Oftentimes, we go through our jobs — which can include detailed systems and processes — without realizing what we are actually doing. If you are years or decades deep into your career, much of...
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How to Attract More Recruiters to Your LinkedIn Profile

There’s no question that if you are looking for a job, you should be leveraging LinkedIn. As the most popular social network for professionals, LinkedIn is not just a place for you to look for listings and connect with colleges, but the number one place recruiters go to head-hunt for candidates that...
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Why You Should Be Allowed to Choose Your Own Job Title

Browsing on Craigslist for a new job recently? You may have seen ads for jobs such as “Social Media Ninja” or “Keyboard Rockstar.” At first glance, you may have no idea what these jobs actually do — are they looking for someone skilled in karate, or perhaps even with a record label?...
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Highly Educated and Unemployed? Here’s How to Bounce Back Financially

An advanced degree might boost your earnings, but it can't protect you entirely from a bad job market. According to a new study, close to 20 percent of those currently unemployed are former high earners with advanced degrees – and many are also still stuck with student loan debt. This new problem...
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Unemployed With an Advanced Degree? Here’s How to Get Back on Track

Every year, thousands of Americans earn advanced degrees in an effort to get better jobs and more lucrative paychecks. While these graduates may also hope that an advanced degree offers some job security, recent studies show that up to 20 percent of those who are unemployed have an advanced degree. (Photo Credit:...
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Starbucks to Increase Starting-Pay Rates in All US Markets Beginning in January

Millions of Americans make ends meet every day with low-wage jobs at retail stores and restaurants. As these businesses are constantly criticized over low pay, one company is stepping up to the plate and has announced it will begin increasing starting pay beginning early next year.
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Would You Take a Lower Salary for a Bigger 401(k) Match?

More than four out of 10 employees (43 percent) say that they would take a lower salary if they were offered a bigger employer contribution to their 401(k) retirement plan, according to a new Fidelity Investments study. Perhaps even more surprisingly, only 13 percent said they’d take a six-figure salary with no...
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How Colleges Are Attracting More Women to Computer Science

One of the biggest problems facing the tech industry is the significant lack of women filling engineering roles at both large and small companies. For the past few years, experts have been debating the reasons why there are fewer women in tech, but recent data suggest this problem lies — and can...
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What New Graduates Should Know About LinkedIn

It’s summer and that means that a whole new crop of college graduates are hitting the working scene. Many of these new graduates will be using LinkedIn as a main source of scouting job opportunities. If you’re one of those fresh new faces, here’s what you need to know about securing a...
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Having Trouble Finding a Job? This Site Can Help

In May 2013, the unemployment rate was at 6.3 percent in the U.S. — and that’s not counting everyone who is underemployed or still employed, yet looking for their next job. A new website, 50waystogetajob.com, has emerged to help job seekers discover unique solutions that can help them get a job, other...
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The Dark Side of BYOD

Are you using your own smartphone at work? If so, you’re not alone — by 2017, Gartner predicts that half of employers will require employees to supply their own device for work purposes. But what happens when you quit or get fired? If you’re using your own device for work, you’ll undoubtedly...
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Mobile Devices Increase Productivity, But Pose Serious Security Concerns

It’s 6 a.m. and your alarm goes off — and the first thing you do is check your email on your smartphone. Over the course of the day, you may have touched four or five devices, and half of them are mobile. While working with a multitude of mobile devices might seem...
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Tech Jobs Obama Wants to Fill

There's no secret that the tech industry is booming. In President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, he made note of this expanding job market, explaining he hears from "many business leaders who want to hire in the United States but can’t find workers with the right...