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Oct 04,2019 AFF Community

Join us at the Laissez Fair Oct. 19

Join us this fall for Laissez Fair, an exciting new celebration of local artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, and creativity! Enjoy the open-air lawn seating, festival-style event featuring an afternoon of live...

Oct 17,2019 Career Advice

10 Mistakes Young Professional Make When Job Searching

As Talent Market’s Network Engagement Manager, I interact with young professionals every day through my work managing entry/junior level talent searches. This means I get a front row seat for...

Oct 16,2019 AFF Community

Weekly Writers Round-Up: The Chinese Trade War, the Upside of Robocalls, and the Ineffectiveness of a Vaping Ban

Each week, we’ll be featuring opinion pieces from the alumni and current participants of AFF’s Writing Fellows Program. A few highlights from the past week are below. Do you dream...

Oct 15,2019 Professional Development

No Working Professional Can Be a Super-Human Forever

Someone once told me “where normal people see free time and look forward to relaxing, you see free time and think, ‘what can I fill that with?’” That was not...

Oct 14,2019 Leadership

Hack Your Charitable Giving Habits

We knew as we walked that that we were not dressed the part for this high-end Manhattan steakhouse. This meal would cap our random day-trip rendezvous of a few friends...

Oct 11,2019 Culture

Learn It, Live It, Love It: The October Edition

Learn It: I’m a big believer in taking a few minutes at the end of each day to draft your to-do list for the next day. You’re still in the...

Oct 10,2019 Culture

How to Spend a Perfect Fall Day in Nashville

We are quickly approaching the best time of the year to visit Nashville: fall. What they say about the Deep South is true. We have two seasons: hot and cold....