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The career advantages of being a ‘jack of all trades’

3 hours ago Toronto Herald

Article content continuedExploring new fields is less intimidating when it’s coming from the mouths of experts and the Big Think Edge Expert-Taught Lectures are the...

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Coronavirus punishes Warren Buffett, as Berkshire Hathaway takes almost $10 billion writedown

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Article content continuedAt Precision, revenue fell by one-third, and Berkshire said results may suffer more as the unit undertakes an “aggressive restructuring” to shrink operations....

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It’s time to revisit workplace practices and laws as people return to work

1 day ago Toronto Herald

Article content continuedBut companies are now less certain. Remote work often means less teamwork, less ability to supervise and reduces the spontaneous office exchanges that,...

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Black people make up 0.8 per cent of corporate boards, Ryerson study finds

1 day ago Toronto Herald

Article content continued“Clearly, some corporations think it’s sufficiently important to have women on their boards that they have intentional strategies to find them,” Cukier said.“I...

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‘Do our lives count for less?’: COVID-19 exposes cracks in disability aid

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Article content continued“It doesn’t just happen magically. People have to try to make society better.” In 2017, more than a quarter of Canadian adults with...