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• When Your Dream Hits a Brick Wall

  Have you ever pursued a goal to no end, only to eventually realize that it’s just not working out? This has happened to me and people I know, and I can tell you there’s nothing more frustrating. After all, we usually don’t achieve goals because A) we Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Discovering Your Passion, Goals, Plans, Hopes, Work Attachment(s): http://www.cwla.org/pubs/pubs/p0135.jpg

• Aren't Job Fairs a Waste of Time?

  I would love to hear from some people who have actually gotten a job as a result of attending a job fair. I don’t mean online, I mean the kind where you show up with a few dozen copies of your resume and are herded down lines of look-alike booths hosted Read More... Posted Friday, February 09, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 7 Comments Filed under: Business, Job Hunting, Goals, Plans, Hopes, Work Attachment(s): http://www.the-campus-voice.com/past_issues/2005/Oct011,%202005/job%20fair%20(2).jpg

• Gen Y Priorities: Contribute to Society or Get Rich?

  I make a habit of following generational trends, especially pertaining to my own generation ( Generation X ) and the generation that I work with most often ( Generation Y, or the Millennials ). But now, some contradictory information has me wondering Read More... Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Goals, Plans, Hopes, News and Politics

• Be in a New Self-Help Book for Twenty-Somethings

  Check out this survey from my friend Christine Hassler , author of Twenty Something, Twenty Everything – the first guide book written for young women that helps them answer the questions: Who am I, what do I want, and how do I get it? Christine is writing Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Life Balance, Daily Life, Goals, Plans, Hopes

• Time-Tested Ways to Inspire Others

  This week, my friend Lisa Haneberg at Management Craft had a great post on ways to inspire others. Here are some of the highlights: Take a stand. Share your perspective and be open. The most inspiring leaders have a strong vision for how things ought Read More... Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Management, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Goals, Plans, Hopes Attachment(s): http://www.efuse.com/Plan/leadership-lessons.jpg

• College Graduation = Real World? Not Exactly

  Thanks to CollegeRecruiter.com for pointing out an interesting aspect of MonsterTrak’s 2006 study of college graduates . Now while it comes as no surprise that modern college grads are moving back home in droves, it may be as shocking to you as it was Read More... Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Goals, Plans, Hopes, News and Politics, School Attachment(s): http://www.lapalm-moving.com/pics/alliedtruck.jpg

• Can the Zodiac Provide Career Direction?

  Here’s something fun for the holidays: instant career direction based on your zodiac sign! I have to admit that I’m one of those people who reads my horoscope whenever I get the chance, mostly because I find it interesting that my sign, Aries, is so close Read More... Posted Thursday, December 28, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Discovering Your Passion, Job Hunting, Goals, Plans, Hopes, Work Attachment(s): http://www.astrology-love-horoscope.com/pics/aries.jpg

• These Celebrities Can Teach Us Something About Work

  Last week, Yahoo! ran a piece about people in the public eye who made big professional strides and damaging missteps during 2006, and how we can learn from their experiences. Here are some of my thoughts on the subject, some of which were included in Read More... Posted Friday, December 22, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Business, Mentoring, People Skills, Professionalism, Goals, Plans, Hopes, News and Politics, Work

• Working at Home: Friend or Foe?

  Two and a half days a week, I work from home. I’ve had the opportunity to do this full time, but I haven’t. This baffles some people to no end. Wait, they say. You are actually choosing to dress up and go to an office instead of sitting in front of your Read More... Posted Monday, December 18, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments Filed under: Life Balance, Daily Life, Goals, Plans, Hopes, Work

• 5 Steps to a Painless Job Search

  I often get asked for a few key pointers related to job hunting and finding a career that really floats your boat. Naturally, this is a topic that has inspired hundreds of books and blogs, but here’s some quick advice in a nutshell: 1. Learn about thyself: Read More... Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Career Change, Business, Job Hunting, Goals, Plans, Hopes, Work Attachment(s): http://seeker.dice.com/assets/images/jump.jpg

• Your Career is a Journey

  I’ve recently had the privilege of speaking on a few panels on the topic of finding meaningful work. Our audiences were current college students, and I think events such as these really give undergraduates a good feel for the many different, and undoubtably Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Discovering Your Passion, Personal Development, Goals, Plans, Hopes, Work, School Attachment(s): http://www.oregonhighways.org/images/windy_road%20copy.jpg

• The Internship Is The New Entry-Level

  This week in the Chicago Tribune, Carolyn Bigda discusses the phenomena of the internship as a gateway to a full-time job. Now while this is not necessarily new, the cache of the internship has definitely increased in recent years. In fact, I was pretty Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:00 PM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Employment Trends, Job Hunting, Goals, Plans, Hopes, Work, School

• What Does Ambition Buy You?

  One of the first things I learned in Psych 101 was that temperament and personality are established by the age of three. And it’s true, traits like ambition are clearly visible in little kids. There’s the four year-old boy who won’t come to dinner until Read More... Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Daily Life, Goals, Plans, Hopes Attachment(s): http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2005/0511/ambition.jpg