Dana Katherine Scully holds a B.S. in physics from the University of Maryland and an M.D. from Stanford. She worked for the FBI as a forensic pathologist for more than a decade and as a surgeon at a private Catholic …
Imagine a high-performing team in a leading company where every member is driven to succeed. However, instead of working together, they find themselves in constant competition, each trying to outdo the others. This isn’t a rare scenario – studies show …
The corporate world still worships the leadership style of the charismatic visionary who supposedly instinctively knows how to inspire, guide, and motivate. Leaders are expected to be born, not built, and that idea quietly poisons how companies hire, promote, and …
By Vicki Salemi, career expert at Monster.com
Whether you’re a current student or a recent grad, you may be stressed out thinking about how to talk to employers about gaps on your resume. Maybe you had summer internships consecutively the …
So you want to be a doctor. You wonder, though, what it takes—and whether you have the right stuff. I can tell you right away that a college education is only the beginning.
When I graduated from medical school, I …
Many consider LinkedIn the go-to platform for professional networking. Millions of users use it to showcase their skills, connect with industry leaders, and find new opportunities. But here’s the thing—not everyone uses LinkedIn, and some people question whether it’s really …
Career mapping is the process of strategically planning your professional journey by identifying potential career paths, the skills you’ll need, and the steps to achieve your goals. For engineering majors, career mapping is especially important because the field spans multiple …
Those first three months in a new job can set the tone for everything that comes after. I’ve seen plenty of early-career professionals step into a role with excitement, only to realize how much the first 90 days matter for …
Software engineering is a great career path for those with programming skills who want to work on applications people use in their everyday lives. Yet software engineering requires many different kinds of work, from designing what users see to ensuring …
You might have been thinking about it for a while now: switching careers, chasing a new passion, or stepping into something completely different. It’s exciting, but honestly, it can also be a little intimidating. Where do you even begin? Well …