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The Kids Are Back In School- What Now?

September 5, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

Summer is winding down.  There are just days left in my little town in Upstate before our school year begins.  For some, this may be a relief. Other parents are facing major milestones as their ...
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Do You Need Mentors?

September 2, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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…

August 11, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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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How Do Positions Really Get Filled?

August 10, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

I was talking with a Hiring Managers from one of the top Gaming companies in the country.  I'm not a gamer myself, but even I know of the games they have produced.  He was sharing his ...
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You Don’t Need to Confess You are Unemployed

August 3, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

When you are introducing yourself to someone new it is not necessary to include the phrase "I've been laid off" or something similar within the first few seconds of your elevator ...
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The Father of Two Story

June 28, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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…

June 27, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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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10 Systematic Steps to Networking Right

June 21, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

If you're ready to nurture existing relationships and build new relationships, you'll find systematic steps to networking right. Networking right means taking the right steps and having the right ...
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Everyone Loves A Parade

June 14, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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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95% of Employers Using LinkedIn

June 9, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

If you are serious about managing your career, you've got to be on LinkedIn.  A study released by Jobvite (posted on UpMo's blog) asked employers about their use of ...
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Who Are the “Right” People to Meet?

May 13, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

"I don't want to waste my time networking with a bunch of other unemployed people"  I can't tell you how often I have heard this.  I also hear "I don't have time to network, I am too busy with my ...
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You only need one

May 3, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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?

May 1, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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

April 10, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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

March 21, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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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Why Networking Works

March 11, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

You've been told to network your way to a new job, but do you know why networking works? ...
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Creating a Network from Scratch

March 10, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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

January 28, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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

January 10, 2009 by Hannah Morgan

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

November 13, 2008 by Hannah Morgan

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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Don’t forget about the back door

October 26, 2008 by Hannah Morgan

So you've seen a choice job and you want to apply.  Do it.  But don't forget about the back door.  What I mean by this is, find out who you know who works there. Yes, that ...
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Introducing… you

October 22, 2008 by Hannah Morgan

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

October 20, 2008 by Hannah Morgan

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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How do companies fill their job openings

October 19, 2008 by Hannah Morgan

In Blessing White's 2008 "Sources of Hire" report, they summarize the following: Key findings for 2007 include Internal Transfers and Promotions constitute 30.0% of all the positions a company ...
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