Shortcuts to moving ahead in your career

Do you feel that your career has turned into a treadmill with only one speed — slow?

Some employees who aren’t happy with their income or career opportunities decide to chuck the whole thing and go into another field or industry entirely. Others take the big leap into entrepreneurship, going it alone against the same companies that they once worked for. These choices may sound liberating, but they can blow up in your face and leave you without any income at all. Here are some ways you can modify your work life without leaving your profession — by jump-starting the career advancement engine.
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Millennials at work

Millennials – those belonging to the generation born between 1983 and 2000 – are expected to enter the workplace en masse during the next few years. Many estimate that by 2020, Millennials will make up more than half of the entire workforce. What does this mean for industry and economy? While some worry that Millennials are some of the most sheltered, entitled, pressured people to ever walk the Earth, many cite the generation’s tech-savvy nature and unique modes of thinking and problem solving as assets to the workforce.
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