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How Do We Get Students to Care About Networking?
A professor at Owen asked “how do we get students to care more about networking?” He was probably even asking how to encourage them to DO IT — grow their network, nurture relationships. My response started off with “you know the complaint about most professors is they don’t seem to care about career stuff. They teach their discipline, but don’t even talk about job search, career management, networking, or any of that stuff. How many professors actually network...  JibberJobber Blog -
36 min 45 sec ago
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Yet another happy company: Pret A Manger
Samantha Wood interviews Pret A Manger’s Head of Communications, Jay Chapman, and she is more than happy to divulge some of their secrets of success. I especially love the opening: She tells me she’d love to have a scary sounding formula to impress people with, but in her mind it’s all pretty simple stuff: “If you treat your employees well and involve them in the decisions that will affect them, they’re much more likely to be engaged in carrying out the effects of those decisions.” There’s... The Chief Happiness Officer -
54 min 48 sec ago
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The Truth Shall Set You FREE Corporate America!
The days of holding criticism back are banished. Forget about it! Now, with the click of a mouse, you know the ins and outs of any company. As the user, YOU are given the ability to fully examine any company based on what’s viewable online. This could be a few corporate blogs (with spokespeople), a YouTube video, the corporate homepage, a few news articles and now through rating systems. It was only a matter of time before complete transparency overshadowed corporate spin and “cover-ups.” Now... Personal Branding Blog -
1 hour 8 min ago
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5 Little Words that Make a Big Difference in a New Job
Starting a new job can be an exciting and equally anxious process. You’ve survived the job search, dominated the interview process, and are ready to begin. How can you make the most of the first day on a new job? Here are five little words to keep in mind. 1. Meet.Everyone. Make it your goal to learn as many names as possible, and don’t be shy about meeting new people. The first few days on a job is your best time to meet new people, because you have the excuse of not knowing anyone. Much... Movin' On Up -
1 hour 37 min ago
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Are You Prepared For Your Job Interview?
There is no disputing the fact that the job interview is the most important step in winning a job. That is not to say you shouldn’t concentrate and work on your resume and other aspects of the job game, because a good resume will get you noticed, but it is your behavior during an interview that will get you the job. Being prepared, by researching the company to rehearsing your answers, is essential in presenting yourself well in a job interview. Whether this is your first job search or whether... Employment Digest -
1 hour 41 min ago
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Women Business Leaders Take Center Stage in Campaigns
by Erin Abrams (New York City) Lately, several high profile women business leaders have reemerged onto the political scene, bringing their charismatic personalities and knowledge of the economy to the campaign trail. Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard, has become a familiar face on Sunday morning political talk shows as a surrogate for John McCain’s presidential campaign. Though she was asked to step down by the Board of HP in 2005 after amid concerns about the controversial merger... The Glass Hammer -
2 hours 36 min ago
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Job Interviews: You don’t have to be Perfect
During interview season, many of us frugal people magically become spendaholics. Nevertheless, we maintain we are still rational because the end goal of a higher-paying job can justify virtually any purchase. In college, my friend spent $10 for high-quality resume paper. I myself managed to shell out $25 for a leather folder since it had an emblem of Stanford. And it appears the scale increases as you gain experience. Career adviser Penelope Trunk admits to spending more than $1,000 to hire a... Mind Your Decisions -
4 hours 50 min ago
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Will the Baby Boomers Walk Away?
The graying of America’s workforce is an oft-reported megatrend that is yet to shake up the workplace or economy. Will 2008 be the year that mass numbers of Baby Boomers dust off their golf clubs? There’s a lot of speculation about the repercussions of this shift. In theory a lot of good jobs will become available as younger workers try to fill the gaps left behind by retiring boomers. From what I have seen, however, boomers don’t always shut down their careers at 62. According... My Global Career -
6 hours 36 min ago
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Me and my mom on CNN.com: “Help, I’m turning into my mother!”
People often ask me how I got started as a professional speaker. Meet my mom… People often ask me how I got started as a professional speaker. It’s not a very common career choice, especially for a young professional. The reality is that I learned about careers in motivational speaking at a very early age. My mom, Jane Pollak, listened to speakers like Zig Ziglar, Julie White and Roger Dawson in the car while driving me, my brother and my sister to our various activities. She was in... Lindsey Pollak -
7 hours 36 min ago
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At Connection Cafe: Bring Your Staff Into Your Community
Here’s my latest blogpost over at the Connection Cafe… Yesterday, Lacey wrote about how to engage folks who are interested in volunteering for organizations. It’s a great segue into another area that I find lacking in most nonprofit websites: staff and organizational employees. What do they both have in common? Your volunteers and paid staff are part of a diverse community within your organization. However, it’s this diversity in community that is often neglected. Frequently,... Bailey WorkPlay -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 19:34
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Job Interview Questions - What Was the Worst Part About Your Last Job and Why Are You Leaving There?
Job interview questions are notoriously deceptive in most cases. What you may think to be an innocent question that is probing for some deeper insight into your career could actually be a hidden trap for testing your nerve. The question “What was the worst part about your last job and why are you leaving there?” is indeed one of these trapping trick questions . The real reason you’re asked this is to see how well you hold your calm…how well you speak of others behind their... Employment Digest -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 17:29
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VIDEO - How to UnGoogle Yourself
Yesterday I wrote a post about how to monitor your online identity using Google Alerts. After I wrote it, I remembered a pilot for a video show I produced earlier this year. It was called “How To UnGoogle Yourself” and I thought I would post it here. Let me know what you think of it? I Live Online - How to “UnGoogle” yourself from Jim Stroud on Vimeo. The Job Search Strategist -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 13:00
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In the Liner Notes
The new Gabe Dixon Band album hit store shelves yesterday. I just snagged it on iTunes.It's awesome for every reason that music is awesome. And that's a great reason to buy it. But here's another: CoolPeopleCare (and me) got a mention in the liner notes.No, Gabe. Thank YOU.And, here's a pretty sweet video of the first single: Sam Davidson -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 12:07
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How To Run a No-Cost, Company-Wide Contest
We try hard to create awesome company-wide contests and events. For example, our June contest, the JobDig Summer Olympics, chronicled here as the Best Sales Contest Ever, was such an event…well-planned, executed, and a ton of fun. It was enormously successful, as measured by almost any metric. At the other end of the contest spectrum is another ‘event’ we recently had here. It was simply a “Dress Like a State Fair Go-er” Day. (The State Fair is this week here... What Would Dad Say -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 11:27
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Recession and Outsource proofing your next job
I wrote extensively in Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters about how to determine if your job could be outsourced. I did so from a position of a headhunter and my experience. This article based on recent studies by well known academics and researchers at Princeton and Harvard underscores my experience. It is well worth taking 5 minutes to read it right now. There's nothing worse than job hunting unless of course it's job hunting again in 6 months. This article should help you decide if a job is... Guerrila Job Hunting -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 10:19
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An Interview From Hell with the Famous TuckerMax
Recently, I interviewed TuckerMax and it was hell! I actually learned a lot from Mr. Tucker and you will too if you read this interview. He’s not about products or services, but about being his transparent self. The result is that he is a bestselling author, movie producer, blogger, and business owner. Not too many people can get away with what he’s done, so kudos to him. Throughout the interview, I was trying to figure out what role branding played a role in his life and it doesn’t... Personal Branding Blog -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 09:50
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TV for Job Hunters
Over at Cheezhead, Vanessa Dennis writes about the new Chicago-based Job Search Television Network (JSTN). The multimedia job search network is looking to expand its daily two-hour broadcast powered by Comcast into a 24-hour job ops channel. Currently JSTN offers companies the opportunity to create a video that features a company profile and a three-minute segment on an actual employee of the company talking about things like how they got hired, what gets dished up in the cafeteria,... Water Cooler Wisdom -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 09:47
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Finding job satisfaction
I think it’s pretty safe to say that in the fight against adulthood I’m not winning. What would be even truer to say is that it’s becoming ever more of a willing surrender. You see, I finally seem to have found a career that suits me: I’ve become a freelance copywriter. This does seem to mostly entail writing about dull business software that I don’t really understand - so dull that I can often sense my brain obstinately crossing its arms and sitting in mute defiance... Employment Digest -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:16
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Christmas (er, Holiday) Cards
I’m worse at sending holiday cards than I am at sending thank you cards! But this year is going to be different. I’m going to do it this year. Here’s my plan of attack: Export all my contacts who I have an address for from JibberJobber, and determine if they are holiday card recipients or not (I should have been tagging my contacts, but I haven’t been diligent in that). Do a mail merge from the file I get out into a word document, IF I’m going to print labels... JibberJobber Blog -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:00
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Ask-A-Recruiter: In Crisis Mode, You Still Need Career Planning
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart I just got laid off so I’ve been applying to as many jobs as I see posted or hear about, but none of them seem quite right. Can I afford to wait for the right opportunity? If waiting implies doing nothing until the exact dream job arises, then, no, you cannot afford to wait. But even when you are laid off and in need of another job quickly, applying to everything in sight isn’t a good strategy either. You might think that stepping... The Glass Hammer -
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 06:00
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