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Why You Should Conduct an Informational Interview Right Now
I’ve found that most students who actually conduct informational interviews receive the following benefits: They learn about particular industries, companies, and possible job opportunities and leads...
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My Favorite Informational Interview Questions
If you’re exploring careers and interested in learning more about a particular job or career field, then the following list of questions I believe are the best questions to ask during an informational...
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To Seize or Not to Seize Every Networking Opportunity
Earlier this year, I went to an all day workshop primarily for career advisers where the planners did a great job in allowing enough time for those of us attending to meet one another and have time to...
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Earlier the Better: Planning Ahead for Job Search Success
If you’re in college and looking for a job or internship, hopefully you’re fully prepared for the job or internship search by having already learned as much as you can about not only the basic, but...
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Twitter from a Novice Perspective
Are you a statistic? According to some reports, 73% of Twitter accounts remain inactive. This means to me that many people know that Twitter can be a helpful tool, but may not utilize it. I have been...
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Volunteer to Find a Job?
I just read this article, How To Turn Volunteering Into A Job, on US News’ career section of their website. The gist of the article is basically a couple of things: more Americans are volunteering...
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The Benefits of Attending A Professional Conference
Several months ago, Joe made a great post about how joining a professional association can help you with your career endeavors. I wanted to add my two cents on this topic as well. I remember being an...
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It’s Not Who You Know But Who Knows You
One of my favorite questions to ask whenever I talk about networking, be it in my career exploration classes or to individual students, is something like: “Have you heard of the saying ‘It’s all about...
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The Importance of Relationship Building
The importance of relationship building is well documented, especially in the business world. This may be review to those whose livelihoods (and their ability to earn an income) depend on their...
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Eight Career Planning Tips for the Not-So-Recent College Graduate
In a “perfect” world, you start the career exploration and planning process while you are still in school, getting a degree that will eventually lead to a job. But what if that’s not where you are at?...
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Unexpected Outcome from an Informational Interview
One of the “big” assignments in my career planning and exploration course is for students to conduct an informational interview and then do a writeup based on their experience. Informational...
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Will Recruiters Soon Be Mayors of Foursquare?
Foursquare, the increasingly popular location based social networking site, was recently named one of TIME’s 50 worst inventions. Your reaction to this probably comes close to one of the following:...
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Smartphones and Social Media: LinkedIn
This post continues to detail how the world of social media and your “career toolbox” have merged together on the smartphone. In a previous post, I spoke at length about Twitter and how I use my...
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Time To Branch Out: New Web Service that Joins Facebook and LinkedIn
Most people I know use Facebook to keep up with their friends and family, while forging and maintaining professional relationships on LinkedIn. Most of us are aware how we use Facebook to share...
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The Latest on Personal Branding, Managing Your Online Image and Social Media...
I’ve previously written about personal branding and the importance of cultivating and maintaining a professional online image. Just as social media tools have become permanent fixtures in many lives,...
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