Some useful bits of career tips for people just starting out, fresh college grads and others.
These tips are also meant for people in their 20s, when many, including this wr...
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1. It will take time, so start early
Get things motion in the final year- initial resume, summer internships, interview practice, practicing writing good cover letters (at least it will be good...
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How to Survive the Life After College
Don't go outside the college. It is a jungle out there.
- Rodney Dangerfield in 'Back to school'
Part 1: What to do w...
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They say the first 90 days at any new job are like an extended interview. You promised them stuff. They saw stuff in you. Time to prove them right.
In the first week:
- Don...
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How to move from 'newbie' to 'old hand' with as less pain as possible. Everyone does it. Everyone has been doing it, getting used to the first job, ever since people started working, i...
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Some people do a side project to supplement their income. Others, especially many in the creative fields, do side projects to satisfy their passions.
Part 1: The value of small projects
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We often sabotage our career (and life) with our fears ('I can't do that', 'They are looking at me!') , our extreme disorganization (running late, not finding the right stuff at th...
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Part 1: Surviving the Employment
1. The best advice one heard about dealing with unemployment was that, for the unemployed, finding a job is their full-time job. Amen to that. Whenever yo...
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Uncertainty is the only certainty. That is the unsung song of life.
Layoffs, furloughs (temporary layoffs) or career breaks should be taken as matter of fact as you take a new job offer o...
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But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
- Ernest Hemingway
Our happiness at work usually declines at the mid-career mark, when we are halfway down the ...