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Is Human Resources the Right Career for You?

If you’re an extrovert who thrives on working with others, there are plenty of reasons to consider a human resources career. HR is a high-touch field, and practitioners interact with people from all walks of life from sun up to sun down.

December 22, 2020Human Resources

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How Online Marketing Courses Can Boost Your Business

Once a novelty, activities like building SEO-optimized websites, creating effective social media ads, and developing email campaigns are no longer “nice-to-have” or “maybe-some-day” strategies – they’re critical to the survival of your company.

December 11, 2020Sales and Marketing

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5 Tips for Remote Depositions

Despite the initial challenges, these essential legal proceedings have continued to run increasingly well as more and more firms have transitioned to remote work. Keep reading to see 5 tips for remote depositions as the pandemic continues to interrupt in-person proceedings and force them online.

December 8, 2020Paralegal

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Managing Online Corporate Training

Whether your boss is requiring you to take online training courses or you’re voluntarily trying to expand your skill set, finding time for professional development can be a challenge.

November 20, 2020Human Resources, Professional Development

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How to Use Social Media Marketing to Grow Your Business

From watching goofy dog videos on YouTube to catching up with far-flung friends on Facebook to sharing family vacation snaps on Instagram, social media has become thoroughly ingrained in our daily lives. Yet many business owners haven’t made the leap from engaging personally to profiting from it professionally.

November 10, 2020Business, Sales and Marketing, Technology

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3 Common Obstacles to Business Process Improvement

Business process improvement sounds like such an elegant, straightforward concept: You simply identify, analyze, and improve current business processes to strengthen performance, hit best-practice standards, and boost the end-user experience.

November 3, 2020Process Improvement

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Six Tips for Remote Project Management

If you’re a traditional project manager who recently joined the army of newly remote workers, trying to shepherd projects to completion can feel disorienting

October 20, 2020Project Management

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Five Tips for Conflict Resolution in the Workplace

Let’s face it: Workplace disagreements are never fun. When those disagreements boil into overt conflict, though, they become downright excruciating. Unchecked conflict can rob your team of its morale, destroy productivity, and create permanent workplace rifts.

October 13, 2020Human Resources, Leadership and Management, Project Management

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Anticipate, Prepare, and Decide

The best leaders constantly strive for peak performance and efficiency. But those ideals are usually held under the premise of “normal” circumstances. What happens when things go sideways?

September 29, 2020Director's Corner, Leadership and Management

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4 Common Ethics Issues Paralegals Face

Serving as a paralegal is a rewarding way to serve clients and make a real difference in their lives. As you carry out your role, though, it’s important to be aware of common paralegal ethics violations that can lead to serious consequences.

September 29, 2020Paralegal

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Benefits of Offering Employee Training and Development

Implementing an employee training program is a long-term investment in your best resource (people) that can positively impact your bottom line tenfold. From reducing the cost of employee turnover to increasing productivity, here are just a few of the many benefits of offering employee training and development programs.

September 22, 2020Human Resources, Leadership and Management, Professional Development

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Tips for Managing Virtual Teams Successfully

If you’re an executive or boss in charge of off-site employees, we invite you to embrace the conversion to distance-leading with our tips for managing virtual teams successfully.

September 8, 2020Leadership and Management, Project Management

About Corporate Training and Professional Education

USF Corporate Training and Professional Education empowers people to craft their future without limits through engaging professional growth learning and certification programs. Its programs focus on an array of topics – human resources, project management, paralegal, process improvement, leadership skills, technology, and much more.