The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
We avoid it, duck it and justify why it isn’t the right time for it because it is hard! Scheduling a feedback session is like your annual mammogram: you know you need to do it and getting it over with...
View ArticleSmall Business Success Story: TerraCycle Recycling & Upcycling
George Bernard Shaw said, “Youth is wasted on the young.” If you met Tom Szaky you might disagree. At fourteen, Tom was making a five-figure salary as a web designer. By age twenty, Tom dropped out of...
View ArticleFind Work Like An Expert
“Become expert at something,” is often posited by career counselors as one way to find work. An early adopter of LinkedIn, Jeff Zelaya has done just that, riding the network’s wave ever since. Three...
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Infographic: 10 Entrepreneurs Under Thirty
The youngest entrepreneurs in the business world prove time and again that experience doesn’t always equal big success, and these 10 entrepreneurs under thirty prove the rule. They’ve accomplished in...
View ArticleASU College Student Lights Up the Night with Skateboard Accessory
Greg Rudolph is a college senior and honors student at Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business and the Barrett Honors College. He is also a 20 something that happened upon a business...
View ArticleSocial Entrepreneur Awash in Business
Ask a social entrepreneur which came first—the mission or the product—and the conversation may begin to feel like a chicken-and-the-egg question. For Dave Simnick, the 25-year-old CEO of SoapBox Soaps,...
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Twitter Basics for Job Search
In 2006, Twitter took the world by storm and is now one of the most visited sites on the web with over 500 million users. People love Twitter for many reasons, but few know that it can be a very...
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Young Grad Tweets Her Way to SEO Job
Emma Still, age 23, is anything but still. Since graduating from college two years ago, she has lived on both coasts, obtained two full-time jobs using social media and had a blog go viral among SEO...
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College Grad’s Tweets Land Internship and Job
Caroline Radaj published a family newspaper as a child with an engagement rate that bloggers of today (like me) would drool over. Her audience—Mom, Dad and Grandparents—were solidly loyal readers....
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Why Simply Hired is the Best Aggregator Job Board
Ask any job seeker what they do to find jobs and nearly all will tell you they use the online job boards. CareerBuilder and Monster were the two biggies until a decade ago when Indeed and Simply Hired...
View ArticleTwitter – The New Flirting Tool to Find Work
You see them at a party, on the street and even on the web. You wonder if they’re nice and if the two of you would get along well together. Sounds a lot like dating, doesn’t it? In a way it is, only in...
View ArticleFarrier School Adopts 21st Century Marketing to Succeed
One of the oldest professions in the world has kicked up a lot of new business by going cyber. Ty Kester is the owner/operator of the Oklahoma State Horseshoeing School, a company started by his...
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Get Your Resume Noticed!
Please welcome guest blogger Deidre Pannazzo. Deidre is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and Executive Director at Inspired Resumes. You’re sitting at your computer, looking over your...
View ArticleThe Power of Two: Your Resume + LinkedIn
Deidre is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and Executive Director at Inspired Resumes. A well-written resume aligned properly with your career goals will enhance your chances of getting...
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VIDEO: eCommerce Success Story – John Lawson of 3rd Power Outlet
John Lawson, CEO of 3rd Power Outlet, is one of the most successful eCommerce professionals ever with over $25 million in sales on eBay and Amazon. This immensely likeable man will tell you that...
View ArticleResume 101: How-To for New Grads
Congratulations – you’ve graduated (or you’re about to)! The world is your oyster, or so your well-meaning relatives tell you. The key to grabbing this oyster is securing a good first job … and you...
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Public Relations Pro Shares Success Tips to Find Work
Julie Du Brow’s public relations business of 12 years was dipping by 2010 as the recession picked up steam. Faced with fewer long term, and smaller, clients she was concerned, getting worn out,...
View ArticleResume Advice for Job Seekers Over 50
They’re out there – armed with freshly-minted MBAs and other advanced degrees, up on all the latest social media, with fancy smartphones and tablets, willing to work for very little – and they’re...
View ArticleMillennial New Years Resolutions to Help Further Your Career
My New Years Eve was decidedly non-Millennial. I didn’t get dressed up and go out with friends to a black tie shindig or a cozy house party. Instead, I watched TV in my New England childhood home,...
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Young Grad Tweets Her Way to SEO Job
Emma Still, age 23, is anything but still. Since graduating from college two years ago, she has lived on both coasts, obtained two full-time jobs using social media and had a blog go viral among SEO...
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