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Nice Girls Finish Last In The Workplace

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I used to be very naive (and still am) in my thinking. I admit up until the last couple of years, I used to think everyone had a heart and wanted to look out for those around them. Crazy and naive, I know. I’ve matured and realized that is far from the case. It’s a [...]

September 13, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Email a Professor Today

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I’m made the 5 hour trek back to my Alma mater, Miami University, Thursday after work to lead a few Entrepreneurial Marketing classes taught by my favorite college professor.  This professor, Mark Lacker, has impacted the way I think. I’m not sure exactly how we reconnected.  I know I wrote him an email at some [...]

September 13, 2010 11 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

3 Misconceptions about Personal Branding for the Everyday Professional

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By, Nicole Martin As social networking grows in both our personal and professional lives, the subject of personal branding is becoming increasingly important.  But even for those who social networking is not a priority, it is still important to understand personal branding.  Below are three common misconceptions about personal branding and why debunking these myths [...]

September 7, 2010 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Network Everywhere You Go!

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By, Ashley Bodi Every day millions of people around the world limit their networking efforts to online social networks.  Go against the crowd!  With all the online social networks we have at our fingertips, don’t underestimate the power of networking with others around you wherever you go. Network when you go out to eat, when [...]

September 6, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Finding Your Career Path

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I’m a firm believer that you don’t just need to have one career. I graduated from college thinking that I wanted to be Editor in Chief of a teen magazine. Three years after I worked in the magazine world I decided to give marketing a go. Then I decided that I wanted to go back [...]

July 15, 2010 18 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Personal Business Cards for Personal Branding

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A few weeks ago I was invited to a fund raising event for a non-profit arts organization.  This was the perfect networking opportunity especially since I have been thinking about returning to the non-profit arts world.  As I was doing my hair and makeup I did a quick run-through in my head of the essential [...]

June 28, 2010 17 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 →

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 →

Social Media 101 is coming to Chicagoland!

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You may have noticed that Matt Cheuvront of lifewithoutpants.com and I hang out a lot online.  It all started over a meeting about this very website.  Since then, our friendship has grown and so has our list of co-projects. Today we are announcing our first official project- Social Media 101.  We will be hosting social [...]

March 16, 2010 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Annoucing Ms. Career Girl’s Job Search Boot Camp!

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You may have noticed that I have something exciting cooking. I’m writing a pretty cool job search guide for college seniors and recent graduates.  It all started because of your emails and tweets. Many of you share the same fears.  Many of you make the same mistakes when it comes to executing your job search.  These [...]

March 9, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →