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06/18/2011

It’s hard to stay upbeat when you’ve been pounding the pavement for months on end. Here are a few tips on how to stay in the game.

06/18/2011

Whether you’ve had a long or short career, you’re proud of at least one project, one deliverable, or one great collaboration with others on the job, right? Hiring managers want to know about that peak moment. They want to know about it because it represents everything that is best about your work — ...

06/18/2011

Black-and-white thinking offers only two options. Either something is possible or it isn’t. Either you get it 100 percent right, or you have failed. But in reality, this is a multi-chromatic world. While some things really are either/or, most things have numerous shades of the rainbow between black ...

06/18/2011

Everyone makes mistakes—but some of those mistakes are more avoidable than others. When it comes to your job, even just one mistake could result in major consequences for your career.

Impress your employer by avoiding the following mistakes:

06/18/2011

Blogging can be a huge boost to your job search – it helps with online visibility, writing skills and positioning oneself as a thought leader in a specific field. There are certainly best practices to implement in a job search blogging strategy – but what should job seekers avoid doing? Here are sev...

06/18/2011

Relax -- a cheat sheet is not really cheating. It's a checklist to make sure you stay focused before, during and after the interview. Creating a cheat sheet will help you feel more prepared and confident. You shouldn't memorize what's on the sheet or check it off during the interview. You should use...

06/18/2011

You've just been rejected by the company of your dreams for an internship (or job). You were qualified, had a great interview, and great recommendations; you thought you did everything right. You're feeling frustrated, upset, maybe even a little angry. How do you recover?

05/27/2011

Re-energize your job hunt in 8 steps http://tinyurl.com/5tnoa74

The truth is hunting for a job can be tiring, demoralizing, and frustrating. Here are eight tips to use to [r]energize your job hunt.

05/27/2011

Networking etiquette for your career http://tinyurl.com/3punzzy

In order to conduct a proactive and effective career search, it is critical to practice good networking etiquette. Merriam-Webster defines etiquette as the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life. While that is a mouthful, t