// 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? What if it’s been a few (or more) years since you were in school? Maybe you...
// 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 ability to sell goods or services. As a salesperson, your chances of being able to sell something increase if you maintain a...
// 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 who you know’ when it comes to getting a job or finding out about job opportunities?” Most, if...
// 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 undergrad student and finally figuring out my major – psychology. And as soon as I picked...
// 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 over the past year, and more people are doing so to network. Interesting stuff. I was actually surprised...
// 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 using Twitter for about 2 years now and I admit that when I first started using...
// 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 also the more advanced, job search strategies. I shared in a previous post that the best time...
// 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 talk. In fact, there was a “networking lunch” for even more opportunities to meet and...
// 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 interview. In fact, this is the list of possible informational interviewing questions that I recommend to my students. Nineteen questions...
