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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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