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Top 10 Posts from 2021: The Buffett Indicator, GameStop, Inflation!

What articles drew the most readers in 2021? Aswath Damodaran on the COVID crucible, career tips from Eric Sim, CFA, and more.

Eric Sim, CFA: The Diversified Career Portfolio

Diversification is just as critical to career portfolios as it is to investment portfolios.

“Your Network Is Your Net Worth”: Seven Tips to Propel Your Career

Your social capital grows as the people you help today advance their careers and step into more senior roles tomorrow.

Networking in the COVID-19 Era

Networking is like the first step on a steep stairway. No one makes it from the floor to the next landing in one grand leap.

Networking in the Age of Social Distancing: Seven Timeless Strategies

How do you network during a global pandemic and lockdown? Sameer S. Somal, CFA, has some pointers.

Three Tips for Acing Informational Interviews

Informational interviews are powerful career management tools. They typically take the form of short meetings with accomplished professionals who examine your career and share their insight and experience. They often address such questions as whether you should switch industries, move to a different firm, take an international assignment, or become an entrepreneur.

Tips for Building Relational Equity (Video)

Career coach Paula Fitzgerald Boos offers helpful tips on improving your networking ability.

Poll: What Factor Plays the Most Important Role in One’s Career?

As professionals, our careers tend to be a high priority in our lives. Various factors shape our careers, but which one is the most important? When we asked this question in our reader survey this week, we received 1,136 responses, indicating that there is no single dominant factor.

Career Conversations: Informational Interviews (Podcast)

Patty Buchek, assistant dean for MBA Career Curricula at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, explains why informational interviewing is one of her very favorite career management tools and how to do it well.