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Category: Author: Gina Deveney

Michele Gonzale with her two kids
October 4, 2016 Gina Deveney

Career Journeys – Michele Gonzalez

Careers don’t always follow a straight path. In fact, more often than not there are detours, timeouts and reboots. That reality is the inspiration behind our Career Journeys series, spotlighting people who have taken unique and inspiring journeys in the

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Lance Baird giving a thumbs up
September 27, 2016 Gina Deveney

Career Journeys – Lance Baird

Careers don’t always follow a straight path. In fact, more often than not there are detours, timeouts and reboots. That reality is the inspiration behind our Career Journeys series, spotlighting people who have taken unique and inspiring journeys in the

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Cheryl with her family at a Philadelphia Phillies game
September 20, 2016 Gina Deveney

Career Journeys – Cheryl Thompson

Careers don’t always follow a straight path. In fact, more often than not there are detours, timeouts and reboots. For the next few weeks, our Career Journeys series will be spotlighting people who have taken unique and inspiring journeys in

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An Olympic athlete competing
August 4, 2016 Gina Deveney

3 Career Lessons from Olympians

Friday evening marks the start of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio. Despite controversy over pollution, poor organization and the threat of the Zika virus, here’s hoping that the excitement of competition will overshadow the less than ideal lead-up

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Adam LaRoche talking to a kid while walking into a building
March 22, 2016 Gina Deveney

You Don’t Have to Give Up $13 Million to Understand Adam LaRoche’s Decision

Last week, veteran first-baseman-turned-designated hitter Adam LaRoche retired from the Chicago White Sox, citing a disagreement over his son’s time in the clubhouse. In walking away from the team, he also walks away from the $13 million he was to

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Man staring at paper looking concerned
February 24, 2016 Gina Deveney

Yelp Employee Demonstrates How Not to Negotiate a Raise

Last week a 25-year-old employee on Yelp/Eat24’s customer support team posted an open letter to her CEO about her struggles to survive on her entry level salary. In it, she describes subsisting on a 10-pound bag of rice and the

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Person in a group interview setting
October 14, 2014 Gina Deveney

Should You Fake It Til You Make It?

I’ve written before about Humans of New York. It’s a blog that’s all about capturing the human condition – and since jobs and careers are a central part of most people’s lives, they come up pretty frequently. Today a career-related

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Ray Rice
September 9, 2014 Gina Deveney

Any Employer Would Fire Ray Rice – Probably Sooner, Too

So-called “regular” people get fired every day. It’s rarely front page news, unless it’s on a large scale. But when a star athlete gets the ax, that’s another story – especially when it involves controversy, scandal and illegal behavior. When the

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June 17, 2014 Gina Deveney

83% of Job Seekers Have This in Common [Infographic]

Apparently, when it comes to the online job search, two – or three! – devices are better than one. A recent Nexxt survey found that 83% of job seekers use a smartphone or tablet to search for jobs. Most still

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A group of people standing next to each other with their arms around each other
May 21, 2014 Gina Deveney

Why Connections Matter and How to Get More of Them

There’s an interesting post on the Humans of New York blog this week that pinpoints one of the biggest challenges job seekers face: networking. The subject seems to be a struggling job seeker himself, lamenting that: “It’s hard to be

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