The Senior Series

Reader Question: I Want to Relocate, What Should I do?

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Last week I received a great question from Ms. Career Girl reader Jill and decided to turn it into a blog post as many of us have been in similar situations. Jill is a very recent college grad who was quick to get it “all figured out” before getting her diploma.  Now that she’s there, [...]

September 15, 2011 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

11 Ways to Build Your Network After College

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Today’s post is by, Angela Armstrong You’re fresh out of college and looking for a job.  You’ve tried the  job boards, your school career counselor, etc. but nothing has worked.  So what’s next?  Networking is the key to career success and a great way to lead to your next job.  But you are not interested [...]

February 6, 2011 12 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Learn What Others Do to Find Your Ideal Career

Two weeks ago my sister Jay (a high school senior) and her boyfriend visited me downtown to look at DePaul University.  Afterwards, we sat outside at one of my favorite Lincoln Park spots and talked about college and careers.  My sister and I are nine years apart.  While I’ve already graduated college and gone through [...]

October 26, 2010 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Is Job Search 2.0 Worth it?

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Guest Post by, Jenny McCoy They say it’s easier to get a job when you have a job, but I’m not so sure. I launched my job search 2.0 last week with this site: SocialJenny.com. Go ahead, check it out. My reasons for creating this site were: I interviewed with a big NYC ad agency [...]

May 10, 2010 10 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 →

Busting Myths About Networking

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By, Anne Brown & Thom Singer, co-authors of Some Assembly Required: A Networking Guide for Graduates www.SomeAssemblyRequiredBooks.com Networking is not a simple game of connect-the-dots between whom you know and whom others know. Using a friend’s name without their consent can jeopardize both relationships. You may think that once you have established a close relationship [...]

May 5, 2010 2 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 →

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 →

10 Guerrilla Job Search Tactics That Work

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In my opinion, there are two things job seekers do wrong: they are too general and they are too boring. I frequently write about the #1 problem of entry-level candidates: lack of focus. If you want to get hired today, you have to be a perfect fit. It’s OK to adjust your marketing materials (resume/CV) [...]

March 30, 2010 15 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →
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