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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 →

Why I love (and what we can learn) from Bitter is The New Black

I just finished reading Jen Lancaster’s first book, Bitter is The New Black, today.  I’m not sure WHY it took me so long to start reading this masterpiece, but the good news is that it didn’t take me more than a few days to finish it.  I very rarely read books that are not business related, so this [...]

May 6, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Have you been burned by social media? Get featured in a national women’s magazine!

Hey Girls, Featured “Career Girl” and amazing freelance writer Jessica Girdwain is looking to talk to people who have been burned because of something they posted on a social networking site like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or even a blog. She needs to talk to people for an article she is working on for a national [...]

April 13, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

In Fear of Being Laid off?

“I’m sorry but we’re going to have to let you go.” Unfortunately this is a sentence more and more people fear these days. Many employees at both senior and junior levels have had the misfortune of experiencing a layoff, including a few people I know. For my friend Nichole, who was a Catering Sales Manager [...]

December 6, 2008 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →