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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

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Watson, a licensed social worker who works for a federal agency, was diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. Six years after reporting her sexual harassment, she got a promotion and was moved to a different department in 2015. The experience took a toll on her mental health.

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Want to Work at a Startup? Read This First

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Vinny Antonio, Victory Marketing Agency. They should know that working for a startup is very different than a corporate gig because of the fluidity of roles, frequency of battlefield promotions and size of the stakes. This article was published in January 2015 and has been updated. Don’t expect to just do an OK job here.

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

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The New York International Auto Show features vehicles from dozens of manufacturers—all of which view the event as a worthwhile opportunity to promote their latest models to more media and potential customers than independent efforts could net. Think Work Media is a marketing agency. Elevate best practices. I am only a strategist.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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Focusing on what he loves to find success It wasn’t just Chance’s own brand that landed him on the Forbes 30 Under 30: Music list in 2015 and the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2017. One potential downside of being an independent artist, although it’s not one Chance ever criticizes, is that with self-releasing music comes self-promotion.

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Bad Credit 101: The Small Mistakes That Are Killing Your Score

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File a dispute with whoever is holding the debt (bank, credit card company, collection agency, etc.). If you’re smart about promoting habits that result in credit improvement, this period can be shortened dramatically, making bad credit a thing of the past. This article was published in May 2015 and has been updated.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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In her mid-20s, Taja Dockendorf founded Pulp+Wire, a full-service consumer packaging, branding and marketing agency. Pulp+Wire is a 100 percent female-founded and -owned agency that Dockendorf has grown year after year. In 2015, Horn oversaw her firm’s successful acquisition by Finn Partners, a global marketing company.

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The four day week and a case of less is more

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Between 2015-2019, Iceland ran two large-scale trials of a reduced working week of 35-36 hours with no reduction in pay. Critical mass of interest is coming from sectors which won’t surprise you, finance, tech, software, agency style working such as PR /marketing make up 50 to 60 percent industries. Global trials.

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