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Do You Need Mentors?

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I realize every day how much I don't know and still have to learn.  Does that make me a life-long-learner of life?  Yes. There are those that learn by attending colleges and acquire degrees.  I prefer ...
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Never Stop Doing This…

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It is tough to make time to network, whether you are employed or unemployed.  The engineers typically think "what a waste of time", the marketing/sales folks think, ...
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The Father of Two Story

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Success stories are always worth sharing.  They provide inspiration.  This one is about a friend of a friend. Once upon a time, there was a father of two who was downsized from his ...
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It takes a village…

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Job searching requires the assistance from others.  If it were easy to find a job on your own, you would probably have one by now. On Secrets of the Job Hunt, there was a post listing 5 key shifts ...
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Everyone Loves A Parade

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What does this have to do with career management...nothing, yet. My town loves parades.  We have at least 3 a year: Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and 9/11.  There are ...
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You only need one

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In a networking group of job seekers this week, someone said "you only need one job offer"... Doesn't hearing that make it sound so simple?  So manageable. So do-able.  ...
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Job Postings- Truth or Fiction?

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Writing job descriptions and job postings is not an exact science.  There are training courses, research and studies that define necessary steps and elements of writing an effective job description. ...
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Tracking Your Networking Contacts

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Because networking is so nebulous and difficult to see how it directly translates into a job, I hear a lot of reluctance.  Maybe if you track our networking contacts and activities, you'll see the ...
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Another Happy Ending

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When it rains, it pours.  I heard from another former job seeker who recently acquired a job.  (Thanks for letting me know!) This talented and entrepreneurial writer found her way ...
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Creating a Network from Scratch

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Here's the thing, you have been networking all along, you just didn't call it that.  Take the focus off of job search and you'll feel better about "networking". The Harvard Business Review (don't I ...
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Networking = Rule Breaking

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As I was preparing to talk about the value of building a network to a group of teenagers, I began looking at the concept through their eyes. In school they have learned to follow rules, stay within ...
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Networking needs New Name

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Networking is a strange thing...I wish we could give it different names when we do it for different reasons.  I will contact Websters Dictionary and ask them to work on that.  Until that ...
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The College Experience

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Last summer I was having a conversation with a life long friend.  Story was telling me about how much work it was taking her daughter around to look at colleges.  I asked her if she ...
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Introducing… you

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When asked, "what do you do" or in job search "what are you looking for" or in an interview "tell me about yourself", it is not only prudent, it is critical to know what ...
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Networking in 3 easy steps

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I am going to simplify networking for all the non-believers out there.  We do it all the time, but don't really consider it networking. According to Webster's, the definition of ...
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