#career-development

#career-development

A study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found the average age of entrepreneurs who start a company and go on to hire at least one employee is 42. A study conducted by the Census Bureau and two MIT professors found the most successful entrepreneurs tend to be middle-aged, even in the technology sector.

The research shows that for early-career marketing professionals aged twenty-two to twenty-five, AI has caused a net loss of approximately twenty percent of headcount in sales and marketing roles. The effect decreases as seniority increases, but there's an overall deflection across the field since January when everyone figured out ChatGPT existed.

Worry about what you want to do, not who you want to be. He wanted to build communities in a different way, and it led him on his path that led to this moment where he became president. It's why instead of focusing on your dream title, Obama recommends thinking about the impact you want to make through your work first and then honing the skills you'll need to get there.

London remains one of the world's most competitive business environments. From Canary Wharf to the City, ambitious professionals are constantly seeking ways to differentiate themselves in a market defined by global capital flows, technological disruption, and international competition. In this context, studying business abroad is no longer simply an academic decision - it is a strategic career move. As UK-based professionals navigate post-Brexit realities, shifting trade relationships, and increasingly international teams, many are looking beyond Britain to strengthen their global positioning.

To succeed in a career, you have to know the technical minutiae of your field, of course. But you also need to be a complete person-the kind of person other people want to engage with.

DEAR HARRIETTE: I recently started a new job, and I feel as if my leaders don't care about my development. I ask my manager in our one-on-one meetings if there are specific things that I can work on to become more proficient at the job. She always says that I am doing well and that there's nothing in particular that I need to work on. On the surface, that sounds reassuring, but I have a feeling that it's not the full truth.

You can have all the markers of success-the steady job, the decent apartment, friends who think you're crushing it-and still feel like you're playing life on easy mode when you know you could handle expert level. I've been thinking about this a lot lately, especially after a conversation with someone who, from the outside, looked like they had everything figured out. Good career, great relationship, traveled regularly. But over drinks, they admitted they felt like they were sleepwalking through their own life.

If the conditions are right, yes. But that's not automatic. Munich is a beautiful city with a high quality of life. I feel very comfortable here.

Many professionals focus on big projects and headline achievements, but research shows that soft skills and visibility strongly influence promotions. LinkedIn data reveals that employees who combine hard and soft skills get promoted about 8% faster than those who focus only on technical abilities, and skills like communication, teamwork and problem solving are linked to promotions up to 11% faster. Regularly updating and showcasing your skills is also tied to faster advancement.

The CEO added he would even offer to step in for his boss in meetings-whether or not he was prepared to answer all of the questions that came up. Plus, instead of brushing off queries above his pay grade and waiting for his manager's return, he would proactively respond: "I don't know, but I'll find out fast and get back to you." "I then put myself in an environment where I became a low-risk promotion because people had already seen me do the job," McMillon concluded.

Effective 1:1s with a direct manager work best when treated as a recurring, IC‑owned ritual: you drive the agenda, balance business updates with development, and always walk away with clear next steps and expectations. The playbook below uses my notes to create a repeatable system anyone can use during 1:1 direct report meetings to build trust, get support, and progress career.

Long before he became a self-made billionaire, best-selling author, and one of the world's most recognizable motivational speakers, Robbins was a janitor making just $40 a week with no plans to go to college and little clarity about his future. By his early 20s, he was scrambling for opportunity-studying successful people obsessively, seeking mentors, and testing ideas in real time. By 24, he had made his first million as a motivator.

When I first started at my current job five years ago, I was fresh out of school with no experience. I was thrown into the deep end with no training in a highly complex, technical, and fast-paced field. I screwed up constantly and was so bad at my job. My co-workers were all far more experienced, and I quickly gained a reputation as a total screwup.

AWS executive Sarah Cooper has launched several companies and held roles at NASA and AWS, but she's only ever formally interviewed for three jobs. Instead, Cooper told Business Insider that her career moves often begin with writing a proposal about the work she wants to pursue, either to a VC, a cofounder, or an executive leader, and that becomes the role she steps into.

While doing my PhD in geotechnical engineering at a small, slow-paced university in Italy, I spent years working in near silence, unravelling the mechanics of tiny clay particles in a laboratory where I was the only student. My first postdoctoral position, in China, presented a sharp contrast, immersing me in one of the world's busiest research centres, where I studied some of the mechanics behind geohazards.

Sponsorship, or the act of using your own social capital to advocate for a junior employee, is often touted as a fix for inequities and key for fostering the talent pipeline. While it's true that most protégés generally benefit from receiving sponsorship, this relationship doesn't have to be only about the protégé. It can also present an opportunity for the sponsor to grow, allowing them to deepen and expand their own relationships with peers and senior leaders as they help connect a junior employee.

The initiatives in the executive order gives me tremendous pride, Melania said, and the effort was both empathetic and strategic. I call on leadership from these various organizations, including the private sector, to join my effort, Melania said from the East Room before an audience that included lawmakers, cabinet officials and members of the foster-care community. The first lady added: Rise above the ease of inaction.

AD100 designer Robert Stilin, founder of the eponymous New York-based practice has done it twice, with his first monograph, Robert Stilin: Interiors (2019) and now Robert Stilin: New Work (published this fall). For our latest AD PRO Playbook, the designer reveals what it really costs to create a design book, how to connect with the right publisher, and the impact his books have had on his business.

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"Certifications are shifting from a checkbox to a compass. They're less about proving you memorized syntax and more about proving you can architect systems, instruct AI coding assistants, and solve problems end-to-end," says Faizel Khan, lead AI engineer at Landing Point, an executive search and recruiting firm. "In the AI era, fewer students will get trained on the job, which means they have to train themselves," Khan says. "Certifications-especially architectural ones like AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform-are still the clearest path to do that."

When Vanna Krantz reflects on her career-from the early grind of New York's financial sector to helping take Grindr public-she's quick to credit a series of "lucky breaks." But luck, in her telling, isn't passive. It's what happens when preparation meets conviction-and when leaders are willing to bet on themselves. "I think having a few breaks is important," says Krantz, who stepped down from her CFO role this month but is still serving in an advisory role at Grindr.