(A warm thanks to Laura DeCarlo from Career Directors International (CDI) for this excellent information!) * 10 Highly Profitable 2-Year Degree Jobs According to the Payscale.com article, 10 Highly Profitable 2-Year Degree Jobs, by Michelle Goodman, the following careers can be most easily entered by clients seeking career change with only a 2-year degree: 1…. Read more »
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THIS LLAMA NEEDS A JOB Meet Sweetpea. Sweetpea is 5 years old and was born to a life of luxury. Day in, day out, Sweetpea grazes in the pasture, drinks fresh water from a constantly filled water supply, and eats as much sweet feed, rolled oats and cracked corn as her heart desires. Sweetpea has… Read more »
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How many times this week has the phrase, “this economy stinks” come from your mouth? How many times this week have you thought, “in this economy, I’ll never get a new job”, or “I better hold onto my job, even though I hate it, and just be grateful I have one!”. After you think… Read more »
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I’ve had this post tabled in my “draft” box for a while because it just wasn’t finished. Then today I read Penelope Trunk’s blog, “4 Frequent questions about Gen Y answered” and my brain kicked in. I am wondering if Gen Y is getting a bad rap. For a couple of… Read more »
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LinkedIn is my favorite networking tool. It is the largest professional networking site with 300 million users. It helps open doors and uncover opportunities on a broad spectrum while building contacts and relationships. I am constantly asking clients, “Have you joined LinkedIn yet?” or “Have you beefed up that LinkedIn profile yet?” or “If… Read more »
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It is very important to keep the information on your resume as relevant as possible. Remember, the hiring person is only going to take around 15 seconds to scan your resume, so yours has to be “quick and dirty”. In other words, keep your information current and pertinent to the job you want. If the… Read more »
Read MoreI recently commented on the ‘What Would Dad Say’ (jobdig) website where GL Hoffman wrote the interesting post, “Someone should Say it, so it might as well be me”. The post was about Megan Joy from American Idol. GL wonders if she was booted off because of her singing, or because of her arm tattoos…. Read more »
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I joined Twitter in January. I joined because I was feeling pressure to do so from clients, colleagues and well… Anderson Cooper. Every night when watching “AC 360”, the fabulous Mr. Cooper would say, “Follow Me on Twitter!”. I thought, “Why does Andy (my nickname for the handsome-Ms.Vanderbuilt’s-son) want the world to follow him on… Read more »
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Here’s to coffee!
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Does where you fall in your birth order determine your career?
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