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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 →

Creating a Positive Emotional Association with Your Professional Brand

By, Dawn Yerger It’s hard not to notice that branding has become a hot topic in today’s business world, and with good reason. Human beings tend to assess whether or not we like or dislike something within two to three seconds, which makes it a very short window of time allotted for someone or something [...]

July 1, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

If you want to be a professional, please write back.

Today I’m writing about a personal pet peeve of mine:  those who do not respond to emails.  I’m sure this happens at all age and career levels, but lately I’ve noticed a trend among my twentysomething-aged peers: apparently they don’t feel the need to respond to emails in a timely manner, or in some cases- EVER! So please explain [...]

May 11, 2009 6 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl, Karen Burns

Author and serial entrepreneur GL Hoffman introduced me to Karen Burns this week, author of “The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real-Life Career Advice You Can Actually Use.” Karen has an awesome blog packed with great career advice so naturally I had to share her story, blog and book with you! What’s your career story/background? Simply this: [...]

April 1, 2009 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

FREE Career Webinar!

College juniors, seniors and recent graduates, I highly recommend you sign up for this free career webinar on Tuesday April 2 put on by Anne Brown, author of the book Grad to Great. I met Anne at a Ladies Who Launch event in January and she is a very impressive person with tons of cool [...]

March 31, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Jump Start Your Career by Becoming a Leader and Decision Maker

Want to kick butt in the career world? Then get comfortable making good and timely decisions. Leaders are known for being decisive and admitting their mistakes if they make the wrong decision. Fear of making a decision makes you come across as a bad leader. My motivation for writing this post comes from my own [...]

December 8, 2008 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Take Advantage of Your Benefits!

I’ve noticed that a lot of my female co-workers and friends avoid taking advantage of their employer’s benefits simply because they are overwhelmed or don’t understand them.  As I was gathering up several receipts to submit for my $200 Flex Spending Account reimbursement (yay!) the other day, a female co-worker commented that she doesn’t “get [...]

November 11, 2008 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →