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Who You Know Still Plays a Large Role in Hiring Decisions
Recently the following comment was left on this blog: About.com just added 3 new sites to their Top 10 Employment sites list: http://www.linkedin.com http://www.realmatch.com http://www.indeed.com Onl...
Bravo TV’s FLIPPING OUT Jeff Lewis Rants About Entitlement
My younger daughter showed me a brief segment of episode “Tapped Out” of season 2 of Bravo TV’s series FLIPPING OUT (www.bravotv.com). She wanted me to hear Jeff Lewis – the “obsessive-comp...
Another Facebook No-No – Sending a Friend Request to a Job Interviewer
The July 29th Wall Street Journal article by Sarah E. Needleman entitled “Thx for the IView! I Wud (heart) to Work 4U!!;) Young Job Candidates Find Too-Casual Tone of Textspeak Turns Off Hiring Man...
Yet Another Facebook Profile Photo Warning – Take This Advice Seriously!
Yesterday Peter Shankman’s www.helpareporter.com email alert had this query: Doing market research for an article: What, if anything, are kinds/young adults taught in grade school/high school and/or...
Starbucks Asia Pacific President Stresses Passion and Building Personal Relationships
John Culver, president of Starbucks Asia Pacific, could be a spokesperson for my FLIPPING BURGERS AND BEYOND philosophy: The July 21st article by Tor Ching L in The Wall Street Journal was titled “C...
Internships, Jobs and Careers: There Is No Such Thing as an Unimportant Job
Today my younger daughter and I had lunch at a nice restaurant in West LA where we have eaten before and had excellent service. But, today, with the restaurant half empty (a summer Friday in Los Ange...
Internships, Jobs and Careers: Tell the Truth – It Can Save a Great Deal of Time
In an internship/job situation, telling the truth often makes things go much easier. And here’s the example of this that I want to share with you: read more »...
Internships, Jobs and Careers: Do You Have a 30-Second “Elevator” Pitch?
Imagine you’re in an elevator with a well-dressed person in his/her 40s. The person asks you: “What do you do?” And you reply …. When you're looking for internships, jobs and careers, opport...
For Internships, Jobs and Careers: Network by Joining Groups on Facebook
I’ve talked about Facebook in several posts – mostly what NOT to do to protect your professional image. Yet there are many things you CAN do on Facebook to help your networking efforts. rea...
Finding an Internship or a Job: Using Twitter Revisited
On Monday (I forgot to post on Communati) I posted about using http://Twitter.com to research internship possibilities and described the Twitter client application Summize. Such is the speed of the ...
Internships: Using Twitter to Research Internship Possibilities
Internships to follow a passion or to check out possible career paths are a big part of the FLIPPING BURGERS philosophy. I’ve always advised researching possibilities by brainstorming with friends,...
Creating Workplace Opportunities: Going for the Gold
Creating your own opportunities for internships and jobs is a topic about which I frequently blog. And the following story is a great example of creating your own opportunity. read more&nb...
When Asking Questions in the Workplace Is the Right Thing to Do
Asking appropriate questions in the workplace is something that comes naturally to some people and to many others it is difficult to do. If you are in the second group, one reason may be that you’r...