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The Art Of Delegating And Two-Way Accountability - Forbes

This is the fifth in a suite of five articles exploring the art of delegating. This one focuses on the two-way nature of accountability. The person doing the delegating has to make the accountability and consequences clear and the delegee has to accept the accountability and consequences.

The art of delegating has four components: direction, resources, bounded authority and accountability.

People say they want to be accountable. Most don’t mean it. What they do mean is that they want to make their own choices without having anyone second guess them. They’d like positive reinforcement and consequences almost no matter what they do and especially if they do well. They don’t want negative consequences ever.

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93% of employers want to see soft skills on your resume—here are 8 of the most in-demand ones - CNBC

When applying for a job, there are many ways to optimize your resume. You can check the listing to see where the employer's priorities lie in terms of experience, and make sure to highlight what's most important to them, for example. You can include any major achievements like exceeding sales goals. And you can include a link to your LinkedIn profile.

One group of skills career experts say is crucial to include is your soft skills. An overwhelming majority â 93% of employers â say "soft skills play a critical role in their decision about whom they want to hire," Ian Siegel, co-founder and CEO of ZipRecruiter, said in the company's recent report The Job Market Outlook for Grads.

Soft skills include a wide array of abilities. "I would say, in general, communication is very high on that list right now considering how people are working in very different situations, hybrid situations," says Kristin Kelley, chief marketing officer at CareerBuilder, as an example.

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Pemex is the world’s most indebted oil company - The Economist

It is rare for the CEO of a company to admit to being anxious. But when, on October 9th, Octavio Romero, head of Pemex, Mexico’s national oil company, appeared before lawmakers, he came close to doing so. Mr Romero confirmed the substance of a letter leaked in September, in which Pemex informed Mexico’s treasury that it was unable to pay over $500m owed to three suppliers, one of which has started a dispute-resolution process. “We are busy, rather than worried,” Mr Romero claimed, not entirely convincingly.

Pemex has been the world’s most indebted oil company for several years. Its debt is over $100bn, equivalent to 8% of Mexico’s GDP. While Pemex’s exploration and production arm is profitable, the company is facing losses elsewhere, particularly from its refining operations. In July Fitch, a credit-rating firm, downgraded Pemex. The company’s debt is a risk to the country, too. Moody’s, another ratings agency, mentioned it as a factor in its decision in 2022 to downgrade Mexico’s rating. The recent affair over the $500m means Pemex will need more financial support from the government. For how much longer can the oil giant rely on bail-outs to stay afloat?

Some of Pemex’s problems have a long history. In the 1970s after Cantarell, one of the world’s largest oil fields, was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, Pemex was the motor of the Mexican economy. But governments viewed it as a cash cow “and milked it to death”, says Jorge Castañeda Morales, an analyst.

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The cost of applying to college: 'Bare minimum,' expect $1,200 on application fees, says expert - CNBC

With competition at an all-time high and admissions practices increasingly unclear, it's not an easy time for college applicants.

As colleges are being forced to rethink their policies in the wake of theSupreme Court'sruling against affirmative action, more schools are also choosing to endlegacy preferences, adding uncertainty to the process.

"There's a true perception that the process is getting more and more unpredictable," said Eric Greenberg, president of Greenberg Educational Group, a New York-based consulting firm.

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