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• Management Consulting and Finance: Still Desirable for College Grads?

  My friend and 30/20 Vision radio show co-host Lindsey Pollak and I had the opportunity to contribute to Marci Alboher’s New York Times career coach roundtable on management consulting and investment banking as careers for soon-to-be college grads. Here Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Business, Personal Development, Work, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Go Home with Some of the World’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs

  Have you ever wondered how super-successful business owners with millions of customers get started? Surprisingly, many don’t spend years toiling in Fortune 500 brand powerhouses, some had no money or no connections going in, and some weren’t even trained Read More... Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Work

• Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It

  Can you imagine a workplace with no pointless meetings, no boss hovering over your shoulder, and no punishment for arriving at 9:05AM? Two online friends of mine, Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson , have just released a new book based on their popular Results-Only Read More... Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Creativity & Innovation, Employment Trends, Business, HR Issues, Life Balance, Productivity, Work

• Holiday Etiquette at the Office

  Every year, I get asked by one media outlet or another how to handle the office holiday party. This year, I decided to share the advice I and others provided to the Wall Street Journal last weekend: “We spend so much time communicating on Blackberries Read More... Posted Sunday, December 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Business, Office Politics, Professionalism, News and Politics, Work

• If You Don’t Mean It, Don’t Offer

  Have you noticed that if you send an e-mail to a Web site address labeled “Info” (for example, info@company.com ), you will never, ever hear back from a real person? It seems that this “Info” address is akin to a black hole, and it’s particularly upsetting Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Business, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Work

• The "American Dream" Shouldn't Be Everyone's Dream

  It seems like every other business book I pick up lately is written by a successful entrepreneur who either A) experienced a ridiculous amount of trial and tribulation to pursue his dream – such as living homeless for a year – or B) shunned a traditional Read More... Posted Friday, June 01, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Business, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Without This Business Skill, You're Dead

  My colleague Steve Rubel participated in a teleconference for PR professionals hosted by the Public Relations Society of America . During the session, the moderator, Peter Himler , asked him what three essential sites or tools that professionals should Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Creativity & Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Business, Work

• The Psychology of Business Travel

  I’m always lamenting the annoyances of business travel. Whole days wasted on airplanes. Having to feel your way around strange airports and cities. Unavoidable expenses that the company finds an excuse not to pay for. Except when I think about it, some Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Business, Life Balance, Daily Life, Work

• 5 Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid

  I am always instructing people to be fastidious about written communications at work – including casual e-mails. This means choosing your words carefully and proofreading any and all documents before you send them out into the world. In this era of virtual Read More... Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Communication, Business, Handy Resources, Work

• Don't Let Your Ego Get the Best of You

  When you’ve reached a certain level in your career, or have been in the same field for a long time, it’s easy to become overconfident and think that you know exactly the way things should be done. This, however, is a dangerous place to be. Not only will Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Business, Work

• Your Boss Has Needs Too

  Thanks to Seth Godin and ExecPundit for sharing this insightful piece titled “Note from Boss to Employees.” Some of the highlights: I am sometimes under enormous pressure from upper management; pressure that you seldom see. Anything that you can do to Read More... Posted Monday, March 05, 2007 12:49 PM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Business, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, People Skills, Daily Life, Work

• How Well Do You Really Interview?

  I see it happen all the time. Smart, ambitious and personable twenty-somethings put together powerful resumes, and get invited on half a dozen interviews. But then, at the in-person meetings themselves, something goes wrong. Either they’re unprepared Read More... Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Business, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, Personal Development, Work

• Has Mobile Technology Turned Us Rude?

  Dave Lorenzo at Career Intensity talks about a scene he recently witnessed at his office. A group of clients visited company headquarters for a day, but during the scheduled meetings parties on both sides spent much of the time typing on their Blackberries. Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Business, Daily Life, Work

• Tips for Submitting Expense Reports

  Expense reports are a reality of employment in Corporate America that most people tend not to think too much about. You spend money on behalf of your company and HR pays you back ASAP, right? However, once you go to actually submit your first expense Read More... Posted Friday, February 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Compensation, Business, HR Issues, Professionalism, Daily Life, Work Attachment(s): http://doctorcushing.com/db4/00363/doctorcushing.com/_uimages/calculator.jpg

• Napping at Work: A Moot Point?

  This week, the human resources field is abuzz with the news that napping at work can help prevent heart disease. The catalyst? A study just published in the Archives of Internal Medicine , which is being covered in thousands of news outlets, including Read More... Posted Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Business, Daily Life, News and Politics, Work Attachment(s): http://im.rediff.com/getahead/2005/jan/24nap.jpg