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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 →

A Guide to Schmoozing

Many twentysomethings’ biggest career fear and biggest career barrier is schmoozing. Yes, you have to schmooze. If you’ve been following our Go Getter Girl’s Guide series, you read last week’s post about creating your own luck. How can you create your own luck if you aren’t meeting new people, planting seeds, making connections, demonstrating your [...]

December 22, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Embrace “White Space” as a Young Professional

By, Nicole Crimaldi Last night my girlfriend Millie and I were shopping at Water Tower Place in Chicago. Millie had several things on her shopping list, so spending long amounts of time in each store pondering and chatting with sales associates wasn’t a priority. We went into the Coach store where Millie intended on purchasing [...]

November 5, 2009 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

If You Like it or Not, You Are in Sales.

By, Nicole Crimaldi While researching for this post, I came across a great article called “10 Characteristics of Successful Salespeople.” Reading the article proved my theory that the qualities of a successful salesperson apply to almost any professional role. “But Nicole, I’m a CPA! I hate sales. I would never ever go into sales!” In [...]

July 16, 2009 0 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 →

Networking Events 101

My Twitter friend Cd, aka @thatwoman_soho, invited me to attend a really cool networking event at The Aon Center’s Mid-America Club last week.  I was mostly excited to go just for the opportunity to meet Cd in person as I really respect her work and had talked to her online and on the phone but had not [...]

May 7, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Why an entry level sales job is a great way to kickoff your career

Most recent grads are absolutely petrified of sales jobs that require cold calling. Others feel they are “too smart” or that they just spent way too much money on their college degree to sit on the phone and cold call all day. While these points are valid, consider the following reasons to consider giving that [...]

November 10, 2008 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →