by mbizpadm | Jul 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mix Pragmatism with Planning If you find yourself with a college degree, but you still don’t know what you want to do with your life, that’s okay. A lot of us have faced this very dilemma. As a new grad, you need a job, but it’s likely you are still in the...
by mbizpadm | Mar 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I saw a “career expert” with a book to sell on a national morning show talking about how to ask for a raise. She had four points. The first should be considered malpractice by anyone in the careers industry. She suggested telling your current employer that...
by mbizpadm | Mar 22, 2017 | Career Help, Cover Letters, Job Search, Uncategorized
It’s been over a year, but I thought I’d finish up the Job Search Best Practices series. Hopefully, you’ll feel better about writing a cover letter and sending it with applications after reading my advice below. Cover Letters Should you or shouldn’t...
by mbizpadm | Oct 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Can You Really Love Networking? Three professors from top ranking business schools including Harvard Business School wrote an article in May on the Harvard Business Review blog stating that we can learn to love networking because it is important to career advancement....
by mbizpadm | Mar 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
No Direction Equals Prolonged Undergraduate Education According to a Time magazine article entitled, “The Myth of the Four Year College Degree” in January 2013, fewer than 40% of students graduate in four years and nearly 60% graduate in six years. For students and...
by mbizpadm | Mar 24, 2015 | Job Interviews, Resume Writing, Uncategorized
You’ve graduated. Congrats!! The jubilation you and your parents feel on this day can quickly turn to frustration and disappointment as you are faced with a tough job market and a daunting unemployment rate. The unemployment rate for new graduates has averaged...
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