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When Should You Stop Dream Hunting and Start Job Hunting?

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Last week my friend Sam asked my roommate Katie and I an interesting question: at what point do you give up pursuing your dream career and start pursuing a job instead? Sam graduated from a great college this May and has always wanted to be a reporter. Like most 2010 grads, she has had a [...]

August 22, 2010 10 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Why I Think You Should Meet Your CEO

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It’s not as creepy as it sounds and a warrant was not put out on me. I moved to New York because I wanted to be in magazines. Not just any old magazine, but teen magazines. After spending a few months going through HR totem poles I realized I needed a different approach.   So I [...]

June 29, 2010 7 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Is Penelope Trunk Feeding Gen Y “Career Crack”?

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Sorry, Penelope.  I’m back. My fellow career blogger friend  Nick Corcodilos pointed out a blog post written by Penelope Trunk that I couldn’t help but question and discuss here on Ms. Career Girl.  In the post, titled “Why Job Hoppers Make the Best Employees,” Penelope argues the following five points to be true: Job hoppers [...]

May 5, 2010 31 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Chat with Katharine Brooks, Author of “You Majored in What?!”

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Today I had the chance to chat with the author of one of my favorite career books for college students and graduating seniors. Katharine Brooks is the author of “You Majored in What?!” and the Director of Liberal Arts Career Services at The University of Texas at Austin. If you haven’t picked up this book [...]

May 4, 2010 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Monday Must-Reads: Get What You Want

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Why Networking is a Waste of Time for Some Grads.  Yep, it’s true.  Some recent grads are wasting their time. Interview with Kerry Hannon, nationally acclaimed personal finance contributing editor and retirement correspondent for U.S. News & World Report and author of WHAT’S NEXT? Follow Your Passion and Find Your Dream Job (comes out April [...]

April 26, 2010 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Stop Searching, Start Working: 2 Things You Should do while Unemployed

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“Make your life one giant networking event.” ~Dan Schawbel I graduated college in May 2009 and it wasn’t until I let go of the idea that I needed to spend all day every day looking for work and well, start working, that I began getting job leads. It’s the NUMBER ONE rule of the job [...]

April 19, 2010 12 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What’s Your 10 Year Vision?

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Sometimes you just have to take a few minutes to to stop and check out where you are, where you’re going and where you want to be. In honor of the beautiful weather on Wednesday, two of my best friends and I enjoyed an impromptu gathering at Chicago’s finest Mexican and margarita establishment (for those of you [...]

April 16, 2010 16 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Free Samples Theory: Why Volunteering Could Get You Hired

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As the program coordinator of NeighborScapes’s Civic Leadership Corps for low-income youth from 14 to 24 years old, and as an AmeriCorps VISTA about to complete her year-long term, I’ve been talking- and hearing- a lot about volunteering lately. The arguments for volunteering are many and well-known- it makes you feel good, it’s needed, it’s [...]

April 13, 2010 15 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Senior Series: Wrestling With Discouragement

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There are a lot of articles floating around arguing that Gen-Y is emotionally resilient. Despite the worst job market of our lifetimes, we are optimistic and upbeat about our economic futures. Some college seniors are looking forward to “funemployment” this summer. Others have found the perfect excuse to extend their college experience for a few [...]

March 25, 2010 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

3 Job Search Mistakes Most People are Making

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I’ve received lots of great emails from college seniors and recent grads this week.  These emails make me even more excited about the Job Search Boot Camp Guide coming out next month!  Many of you are making 3 serious job search mistakes.  We need to clear these up if you want to get a job. [...]

March 24, 2010 24 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →