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Quick Tips on Choosing Affordable Health Insurance

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Today’s guest post is by Nina Bernice. Perhaps the most important decision we make as a consumer is which health insurance to buy to protect our bodies and wallets from accidents and emergencies. And as time consuming and frustrating as the process seems sometimes, it is a necessary event to consider. More than half of [...]

July 25, 2011 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Common Challenges for College Grads

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Hi Ms. Career Girl Readers!  The following article by Carol Montrose is right on.  If you’re having a really tough job search, this article will help you face some realities in order to put yourself on a new course.  If you’re still in college, this article is super relevant- I hope college sophomores and juniors [...]

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

How to Interview Your Prospective Employer

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By, Patricia Brehm I recently sat down with a friend of mine who is a recent college grad looking for a job. We’ve talked about different job search strategies, networking, and life in general when either one of us is spazzing out. Suddenly I had an epiphany via a friend in human resources who stated, [...]

June 6, 2011 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The 3 Types of People that Should be in Your Network

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By, Norma Tassy In order to get questions answered, learn about resources, get to the next level, or secure a new position, one thing is essential: a solid network. Take a moment- whether you are in a position that you enjoy or are managing a transition- to evaluate your network. Your network consists of people [...]

February 28, 2011 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

10 Tips for Avoiding Office Politics

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Every workplace has the shroud of office politics. There will inevitably one or two people who love to jockey for position, love to spread rumors, and want to get ahead by spreading their version of the truth. Office politics have been the cause of stress, firing, and transfers since the idea of offices were first [...]

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

8 Tips for Advancing Any Career

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Everyone wants to live up to his or her potential in life. For some people, this means that they want to have a big family or contribute to charities. For others, it means advancing as far as possible in their career. Career advancement can be a stressful and difficult process. It is hard to understand [...]

November 3, 2010 9 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 →

Should I Connect with Someone I Interviewed with on LinkedIn?

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My answers to your career questions continue.  Keep sending your career questions my way! I went into full fledged job hunting mode last summer, which resulted in 3 interviews – but sadly none of them turned into offers. Now, a number of names from these companies are showing up as “people you may know” on [...]

October 11, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How Should I Prepare for a College Career Fair?

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Thanks for all of your responses to my tweet/facebook message! I received a lot of great questions and will be answering each of them in detail.  Keep on submitting your career questions to me at nicole@mscareergirl.com.  Here’s today’s! We have career fair here at my college next week and I was wondering what your thoughts [...]

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

Why Saying “Yes!” Is the #1 Factor in Job Promotion

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Today’s post is by Kristin Glenn of allofusrevolution.com. She took the Vuitton wallet out of her Miu Miu purse and handed me the company credit card. “Here, drive Louis to the groomers to have his hair done today. It’s summer, so he’s getting the ‘Miami’ poodle cut,” my boss instructed. She was a successful, young-looking [...]

September 22, 2010 15 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →