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Kenan Samms
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How Will You Spend Your 3 Percent Raise?

The dog days of summer are upon us - west coast skies are smoky and the east coast is humid and stormy. The economy is tanking, but if you stretch the concept of good news, employers are coming to the rescue with talk of small pay ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Gen Y's Retention Deficit Syndrome

We recognize the signs. A young employee shows up late at work or for meetings, misses assignments or takes sick days when they're on top of their game. As a boss your first instinct is to rattle their cage. But what will that ...READ»

Kenan Samms

What to Give a 2008 College Grad

Worried about what to give a college graduate who has everything but a job? Have you considered pummeling them with career guides? Just a hunch, but I think they would prefer your money. Still, I generally take the passive ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Pink's Whole New Approach to Career Guides

Daniel Pink's The Adventures of Johnny Bunko - The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need is anything but a simple comic book, even if it closely resembles one. Aimed primarily at recent (and impending) college grads, Bunko is a ...READ»

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Will You Flip For Peter Sheahan?

When was the last time you learned something useful from someone a couple of decades younger than you? Overcoming age bias is all in a day's work for Peter Sheahan, a consultant and author of a book about Generation Y. ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Is Social Networking a Career Safety Net?

There are endless reasons to build a strong network of professional contacts. But perhaps none is more compelling in 2008 than the goal of establishing a career safety net. In a recession jobs are last to get hit, yet are the ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Updating Your Way to Higher Status

Do you ever get the feeling that you're writing graffiti in cyberspace? I get this disconnected feeling when I post a status update on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. There's certainly an art to writing a one sentence blurb ...READ»

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