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Sold-out conference provides crucial service to local high schoolers

The UNI Women in Business student organization hosted its annual Young Women in Leadership conference on March 5 at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa. 
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How to handle emotional baggage during a pandemic

Grief is something that will affect almost everybody at some point in their lives. When a friend or family member passes away, it takes a while to adjust and get back to normal life. 
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These 5 Apps Can Make Life in Quarantine Easier

It’s been a few weeks since we’ve been asked to distance ourselves from our friends, colleagues and loved ones due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 
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How Breakout Rooms Can Create an Engaging User Experience

Many claim that online meetings feel cold and un-engaging, but there are ways to create a better user-experience in your Zoom meeting by thinking beyond simple teleconferencing.
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Did You Know you Can Create Polls in Zoom?

If you’re prepared for each meeting with an agenda and/or classroom instruction and you’d like to take a poll, simply set one up prior to the meeting directly in Zoom. It’s easy to do and you’re able to share the results with participants during the meeting and download the results.
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Investing in Stocks During the Panic of a Pandemic: Keep These 6 Ideas in Mind to Avoid Regrets

The stock markets tend to plunge when pandemics and epidemics set off uncertainty and chaos around the country. Investors tend to panic at the way they push down the value of their portfolios.
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How to Look Like a Rockstar in Zoom

Zoom has become the virtual meeting platform of choice for thousands of people due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’re new to Zoom, or virtual meetings in general, the idea of online meetings can be overwhelming for us who’ve never worked or taken classes from home.
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Best jobs for accounting majors

Studying accounting can be a lucrative and successful career choice. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, an average of more than 125,000 accounting jobs will be available every year until 2029. But beyond the availability and security in accounting, you can also find careers in countless roles and industries.
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What can you do with an economics degree?

A background in economics can be a launching point for any type of career, and it’s much more than a discipline focusing on human behavior and its effects on the world around us. In the business world, economics degrees typically lead to jobs in stocks, finance, banking and even government, and many of these positions don’t even have “economics” in their titles. The future is bright, as the demand for economists is expected to rise by 13% by 2030, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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How to Successfully Lead an Effective Team of Newly Remote Workers

COVID-19 is forcing us to make organizational adjustments that are outside of the comfort zone for some. Although it’s been reported that 43 percent of employees work remotely with some frequency, leading a team of employees from afar can feel daunting, especially if those employees are new to working from home.