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Give Away Your Network

It has often been said that your network is your net worth. It can be your greatest asset in developing a successful career, social life. But of more importance, you are in service to others. All too often, people define networking as a transactional relationship--when you connect other people together, you expect to be repaid in some form for it. In fact, the phrase, "you owe me one" is often heardIt’s discovering what you can do for someone else. In other words, networking is not about you and how others can help you. Instead, it’s about others and how you can help them.READ»

Kenan Samms

How Does GPA Stack Up in the Real World?

You might ask yourself, how important is my grade point average when searching for a job? In some aspects – it is not to be overlooked.  If the applicant has recently graduated, is seeking entrance into a top corporation, is ...READ»

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Why You Should Give Away Your Network

It has often been said that your network is your net worth. It can be your greatest asset in developing a successful career, social life, but more importantly, to be of service to others. All too often, people define networking, as a transactional relationship--when you connect other people together, you expect to be repaid in some form for it. In fact, the phrase, "you owe me one" is often heard.It’s discovering what you can do for someone else. In other words, networking is not about you and how others can help you. Instead, it’s about how you can help others.READ»

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Give Away Your Network

It has often been said that your network is your net worth. It can be your greatest asset in developing a successful career and social life. But what is more important, you are in service to others. All too often, people define networking, as a transactional relationship--when you connect other people together, you expect to be repaid in some form for it. In fact, the phrase, "you owe me one" is often heard.READ»

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The Worst Job-Interview Question

Being asked to name one of your biggest weaknesses during a job interview is the worst interview question from a job-seeker's perspective. It feels like an invitation to lie, because who is really going to reveal that kind of ...READ»

Where Will They Pay You the Most? (continued)

Last week I wrote about some data analysis I had done. I tried to identify instances in which the earnings for a particular occupation in a particular metropolitan area were significantly higher than would be expected from the ...READ»

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The Secret To A Successful Career: Being Tall and Attractive?

n an ideal world, people are hired and promoted because of their abilities, competence, attitudes and interpersonal skills--right? Maybe not.Despite how far we've come in the areas of recruiting, selecting and developing people in organizations, there's evidence that we still judge people based on what some would consider superficial criteria. In fact, there's lots of evidence to show that people have gained success in their careers because they are taller and more attractive. READ»

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Staying Happy in Difficult Times

Researchers have argued that our levels of happiness are at least 50% predetermined by our genes--which become a "set point" for our entire lives. Martin Seligman, author of Authentic Happiness, and Learned Optimism, who is a recognized expert on the subject of happiness, has challenged the set point theory.READ»

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How To Build Resilience in Turbulent Times

In the 2007 World Health Statistics Report, the World Health Organization identified depression as one of the most significant global public health problems. World wide events such as recession, the effects of climate change, and terrorism events and alerts have increased the general level of anxiety throughout the world. Employers and managers face, on a daily basis, bad news and its psychological impact on employees.Being resilient, having the capacity to endure difficult times and bounce back in a healthy state, is now critical to success in life and work.READ»

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Thank You Notes and Success

Interpersonal competence is one of the keys to career and life success I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Career.  If you want to become interpersonally competent, you need to do ...READ»

Where Will They Pay You the Most?

If you’ve read some of these blogs, you know that I’m always on the lookout for interesting new ways to use data to create occupational information. This week I’m gearing up to write a second edition of 250 Best-Paying Jobs ...READ»

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Fighting Back Against the Office Bully

You remember in grade school when the bully left you in the dust on the playground without a lunch? You’d like to think that now that you’re an adult, all of that drama was left on the playground. Unfortunately, that’s not ...READ»

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Overcome Writer's Block for Success

Dynamic communication is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become a dynamic communicator, you need ...READ»

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Extreme Job Hunters: Where Are They Now?

A few months ago I interviewed some job hunters who were using unusual tactics to get work, like renting a huge billboard for a month. I went back to them recently to see what kind of success their extreme efforts ...READ»

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Action Creates Success

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to be an outstanding performer you need to do three things.  1) ...READ»

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Twitter Your Way to Success

Positive personal impact is one of the keys to c areer and life success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to create positive personal impact you need to do ...READ»

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Success and Overcoming Fear

Self confidence is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become self confident you need to do three things.  ...READ»

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Friendships: The Next Big Business Strategy?

There is no question that the value in online friendships for both businesses and individuals alike is poised to grow and be used for purposes beyond what we can now imagine.READ»

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Generation Y Poised To Take Over The Workplace

Understanding Generation Y is important not just for employers. Older workers--that is, anyone over 30--need to know how to adapt to the values and demands of their newest colleagues. Before too long, they'll be the bosses.READ»

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The Top 10 List for Job Seekers

Who doesn't love a "Top 10" list? Especially when it comes from David Letterman. The list I want to focus on today, however, isn't very funny (but there is a fun payoff at the end of this post). Looking for a job today ...READ»

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Resolve Conflict Positively for Success

Interpersonal Competence is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become interpersonally competent you ...READ»

The Status of the Stimulus Plan

I was supposed to be a guest on the Today Show earlier this week to speak about job-hunting, specifically the effects on jobs of the stimulus package--the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. But I had to bow out because ...READ»

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Persuasive Communication and Career Success

Dynamic communication skills are one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become a dynamic communicator, ...READ»

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Interviewer Psychology: What If the Interviewer Isn't American?

Interviewees for positions at true MNCs' are now seeing more and more Interviewers who weren't born and raised on U.S. soil. If you think this doesn't matter, you're wrong. Quick Tip: Your Interviewer likely isn't bumping 50 Cent's "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" on the way to your interview this morning.READ»

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How The Mighty Have Fallen: The Decline of Corporate America

Why have the great corporations, both in North America and elsewhere, fallen into such disrepute, and failure? Some very well known and once invincible bastions of our capitalism system have either failed or are in trouble.READ»

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