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Download these free resources to support you as you help your teams build their meaningful careers, or build meaningful relationships in your career. *NOTE: After requesting a download, check your email spam folder in case it went there by accident!
2026 HR & Talent Leader Strategic Planning Summit - 2026 Outlook & Strategic Guide
Download for the 2026 Outlook by Rebecca Otis Leder, highlighting what's happening in the HR & Talent Development landscape, and discover the 4 Strategic Targets to work towards this year in your people program strategy.
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KNOCK Audiobook Accompanying PDF - Figures & Tables
Download for the figures and tables included in KNOCK, accompanying the audiobook version, with resources like 50 Informational Interview Questions, and 10 Questions to Ask Before You Connect. It also includes an AI table highlighting how AI can support your application of The Knock Method® in building high quality career relationships.
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10 Ways to Inspire and Activate Inclusion in Our Careers and Communities
It's not enough to inspire inclusion in our workplaces and in our careers. How do we go beyond inspiration to activate inclusion and take actions to make our colleagues and community members more included and make our world more inclusive? Review this quick reference guide for 10 strategies and 30 actions to inspire and activate inclusion and put into practice right now to move towards a more inclusive and connected world.
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Opportunities Knock 2024 Annual Catalog
Check out the 2023 Year in Review at Opportunities Knock, and an overview of workshops and services available in 2024, including International Women's Day 2024 keynote & workshop - now accepting bookings. Let's work together to build meaningful careers through career, talent, and leadership development workshops, training, learning and curriculum design, and coaching.
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6 C's: How to Move Forward After Job Loss Worksheet
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*NEW* Career Connection Networking Prep Sheet
Use this decision tree to ensure you've checked off all the steps in The Knock Method before reaching out to a new career contact, or reconnecting with a career contact you crossed paths with in the past.
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College Juniors & Seniors Free Guide to Intentional Career Networking
College juniors and seniors, looking for tips on career networking as you get closer to graduation? Get 3 free resources from The Knock Method career development curriculum to guide you through how to prepare an intentional career conversation, set yourself and your career contact up for a mutually meaningful career conversation, and tips on how to follow up intentionally to keep the door open for future partnership or job opportunities.
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Career Connections Calendar
Many professionals say the barrier to connecting thoughtfully in their career is time, priority, and knowing where to start. This Career Connections Calendar provides a 12-month guide to connecting thoughtfully in your career with resources and questions to ask yourself every month of the year. Now you have a handy guide as a complement to the bestselling career book, KNOCK, to help you cultivate high quality career connections and build your professional network no matter the season.
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The Knock Method Professional Mentoring Honor Code for Mentor & Mentee
Are you looking to form a meaningful professional mentoring relationship? Whether you're a mentor, volunteering your time to guide a less tenured professional or student, or a mentee, looking for the guidance from an experienced professional mentor, this guide will help you establish a mutually-beneficial relationship of respect, support, and progress.
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The Professional's Guide to Intentional Career Networking
Learn how to be intentional about how you prepare to connect (before), while connecting (during), and when following up after a meaningful career interaction (after) with this free guide to intentional career networking.
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