Mila Semeshkina's blog
Online education and self-development
Spring Audit: What to Toss Out, Develop, and Sow in Your Career and Personal Life
Mentorship for Women: How to Find a Mentor and Become One for Others
How to conduct a performance review if you have never done one before. Part 2
When I had to conduct my first-ever performance review as an employer, I tried my best to delegate this task. I did not understand how to evaluate my staff or...
How to conduct a performance review if you have never done one before. Part 1
A performance review evaluates employees, allowing you to assess their professional skills, motivation, and relationships within the team. Despite extremely controversial attitudes to this practice worldwide, it is something I...
How do you get investments in 2022? A detailed guide for startups from a CEO with two businesses
Getting massive funding for your idea in 2022 seems unrealistic. Investors do not want to risk investing, business clubs have stopped accepting applications, and companies are going bankrupt one by...
Role models: own success through someone else’s example
As someone who has devoted my life to education, I love reading and adore popular science and history books. Consequently, one of my favourite historical fables goes that, as a...
SOS. How can networking help you find a job?
In our everyday lives, we are constantly networking without realising it. So, when new acquaintances, friendships or friendly relationships arise, many businesspeople, including myself, immediately wonder: how do I make...
Job hopping: how do HR managers and employers feel about it, and is it actually as bad as it seems?
Today, I want to share my views on job hopping – the constant (or relatively frequent) job changes that some HR managers and jobseekers are so afraid of happening. Regular...