With the average student loan debt burden on the rise, it’s little wonder that loans often hold people back from pursuing their entrepreneurial goals. At SoFi, we’ve heard these stories time and again – friends, classmates and SoFi members who dream of starting their own businesses, but who feel trapped in a traditional job because they need to make that loan payment each month.
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In today’s digital world, it’s easier than ever to find and cultivate the contacts you need to bolster your job search and career growth – and networking-focused apps can help. Check out these three great tools — Charlie, Conspire and Contactually — that the SoFi Career Coaching team regularly shares with members.
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Want to know the secret to an effective job search? Here it is: There is no secret – at least not one that works for everybody.
Are there best practices? Absolutely, and you probably already know most of them. Are there wrong ways to go about it? Yes, and they’re pretty obvious, too. But if anyone tells you that the secret to getting a job is “doing X to your resume” or “doing Y with your LinkedIn account,” they’re missing a critical point – which is that every candidate is different and therefore needs to take a different approach.
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Holiday downtime is a great opportunity to start planning your career strategy for the new year. In a recent guest post I wrote for The Daily Muse, I shared one of my favorite tips for people who want to be on an executive career path: build a “career advisory board.” To learn more about it and how to create your own board, read on . . .
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