Rebuild Your Network in Just 5 Minutes a Day

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Last week at the NRWA conference, I sat in on a presentation by Wendy Terwelp, author of Rock Your Network for Job Seekers: How to Rebuild Your Network Online and Off in Just 5 Minutes a Day, on strategies for rejuvenating your network.With just a little bit of time, patience, organization, and foll...

Kanye West, Beyonce, and Taylor Swift: A Tale of 3 Personal Brands

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Maybe you watched the VMA awards live on Sunday night to witness Kanye West publicly diss Taylor Swift on national television after she won the best female artist award and maybe you didn't.  But by now, you already know about it thanks to the beauty of  online news feeds, YouTube, Twitter, and Fa...

Job Seekers-Who’s Got Your Back?

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When I was a kid, I loved diving. I spent every summer at a neighborhood pool club and practiced diving for hours. My favorite and best dive was the jack-knife. In order to execute properly on a jack-knife, you need a lot of height off the board so you have time while in the air to touch your toes a...

Keeping Things in Perspective During a Job Search

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I published this post three years ago and it still has relevance today. If you are a job seeker, take a moment today to reflect on what you do have rather than focus on what you don't... During my tenure as a career coach, some of my most memorable and moving conversations have been with job seeker...

Job Seekers-What Could You Live Without?

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My teenage son has been allergic to milk products his entire life. His reaction is pretty intense...immediate vomiting, drop in blood pressure, turning white as a ghost...all from a thimble-full of milk or a bite of cheese.  He is part of an allergy research study group and every year he spends a d...

Labor Day Musings on My First Job

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I got my first job when I was ten. I was a dog walker, taking care of a miniature poodle each day after school. Because it is Labor Day, I was reflecting on all the jobs I have held,  but this job will always stand out as a special one. I think it is because this job had so many of the attributes o...

Job Search Tip-Show Up on the Virtual Playground

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I grew up in a huge apartment building in Queens, NY. There were many kids in the building and there was a playground on the grounds of the apartment building. The playground was a dilapidated mess...the swings were often broken, the slides were rusty, and the benches were full of splinters. But for...

Talking About Nothing is Part of a Job Search Campaign

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I know I've ranted about this before but I'm continuously amused by all the articles popping up about how social media is destroying real relationships. In my opinion, nothing could be further from the truth. The biggest pet peeve is that social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are flooded wit...