Life After College: Create Your Own Success
Like a lot of Generation Y women out there, I can be something of a “crazy” workaholic. In the months leading up to my graduation, I was taking 21 hours’ worth of classes, conducting...
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Looking for Love? Let Blogging Open the Door to Romance
A note from Nicole: To be quite frank with you, I almost didn’t accept the following guest post. I read the title and the first few paragraphs and thought the concept was hokey. I...
Nix Networking, Start Socializing
This weekend I attended and presented at PodCamp Pittsburgh, an “UnConfrence” for all things social media. I presented on a topic that is near to my heart- socializing your way to success. Although I...
Is Job Search 2.0 Worth it?
Guest Post by, Jenny McCoy They say it’s easier to get a job when you have a job, but I’m not so sure. I launched my job search 2.0 last week with this site:...
Stop Searching, Start Working: 2 Things You Should do while Unemployed
“Make your life one giant networking event.” ~Dan Schawbel I graduated college in May 2009 and it wasn’t until I let go of the idea that I needed to spend all day every day...
10 Guerrilla Job Search Tactics That Work
In my opinion, there are two things most job seekers do wrong: they are too general and they are too boring. I frequently write about the #1 problem of entry-level candidates: lack of focus....
3 Job Search Mistakes Most People are Making
I’ve received lots of great emails from college seniors and recent grads this week. These emails make me even more excited about the Job Search Boot Camp Guide coming out next month! Many of...
The Senior Series: Ready, Aim, Fire.
The college seniors I’ve talked to lately all have one common question/concern that goes something like this: This ridiculously Type A person I know at school said she has already applied to 37 jobs! ...
The Senior Series: Do I Need a Blog?
Yesterday I had a very interesting conversation with my sister, Ashley, who is a college senior graduating in May. My sister is part of Mizzou’s top-tier journalism school in a convergence program that combines several...
The Senior Series: On Cover Letters, Cliches and Mistakes
They are dreaded and mis-understood by most: cover letters. Do people actually read these things? How do you make yourself stand out? How do you position yourself correctly? What would a recruiter say? First...