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Career & Skills

Embracing Change in Your Career: How to Adapt to New Challenges and Opportunities

Technology and industry shifts make adaptability a career skill in its own right. Here's how to build it.

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Jobs & Internships

Navigating the Job Search Process: Tips and Tricks

The job search can feel overwhelming at any career stage. A ten-step guide to searching with a plan instead of by chance.

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Career & Skills

Building a Strong Personal Brand: Beginner's Tips

Your personal brand is the identity and reputation you build for yourself. Six ways to start building it deliberately.

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Career & Skills

Essential Tips for Effective Networking

Networking is a sustained commitment, not a one-off event. A structured approach to building relationships that last.

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Career & Skills

Effective Goal Setting: 5 Tips for Achieving Your Goals

Setting a goal is easy. Sticking with it takes discipline and a plan. Five tips for goals that actually get done.

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Entrepreneurship

5 Tips for Acing a Business Pitch Deck

A pitch deck is your business's resume. Five ways to make it land with investors.

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Career & Skills

How Do You Use LinkedIn Effectively and Land New Opportunities

LinkedIn's professional community rewards a strong profile and consistent activity. Here's where to focus first.

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Career & Skills

Investing in the Skills for Future Jobs in Rwanda and Beyond

71 million young people are unemployed worldwide. What a Rwanda Development Board report says it will take to close the skills gap.

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Impact & Updates

The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Youth Employment in Rwanda

Global youth employment fell sharply during the pandemic. What that meant for Rwanda, and where recovery has to start.

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Career & Skills

Tips to Writing Better and Effective Emails

306.4 billion emails are sent every day. Seven habits that make yours worth reading and replying to.

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Impact & Updates

Reimagining Youth Skills Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

When the pandemic closed campuses, Talent Match moved skills training online for over 500 students.

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Career & Skills

Finding the Right Career Path

A career path is more than a salary. Eight steps to finding one that matches your goals, not just your CV.

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Career & Skills

Tips for Job Interview Preparation

What to do before, during, and after an interview — a complete, practical checklist.

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Jobs & Internships

Why Job Shadowing Is Key to the Career Growth of a Student

Observing a professional at work for a day gives students a realistic view of a career before they commit to it.

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Career & Skills

How to Figure Out What You Want to Do in Your Career

Six practical ways to identify a career path that actually fits you, instead of guessing.

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Entrepreneurship

Investing in Young Entrepreneurs and Providing Mentorship Throughout Their Career Journeys

Inside Talent Match's Entrepreneurship Program: four weeks of training, funding, and mentorship for creative University of Rwanda students.