Every year, I read applications for my department’s Ph.D. program at Brown University. The ones I usually see are from people who might want to work with me either as their primary or additional ...

A personal mission statement is a written declaration of our unique direction or purpose. This statement makes it clear not just what you intend to do in this world, but how you intend to do it. It's ...

Making the Case: The No-Nonsense Guide to Writing the Perfect Case Statement, by Jerold Panas, seeks to help nonprofit groups draft a document to explain why they deserve support. Mr. Panas, founder ...

Pay transparency goes beyond just sharing salary ranges with potential job candidates. It also includes showing employees how they are being compensated for their work, experts told HR Dive. To do ...

The authors offer their opinion on the limitations of written witness statements in international arbitration and propose video-recorded evidence as an alternative. In international arbitration, as in ...

Your company's safety policy statement is the first word to employees about your feelings about safety, both on and off the job. It states your commitment to safety and lets your employees know that ...

An income statement is your business’s bottom line: your total revenue from sales minus all of your costs. Financial data is always at the back of the business plan, but that doesn’t mean it’s any ...

For nearly 40 years I've been mentoring and advising students as they apply for spots in professional schools--law school, medical school, nursing programs, doctoral programs, and MFA programs, as ...

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