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March 31, 2014 Gina Deveney

Working Parents: Gwyneth Paltrow Envies You

Image by Andrew Halpern [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons If there were an Oscar for Most Delusional and Out of Touch Comments in a Television Interview, it would go to Gwyneth Paltrow. In a recent interview with E! discussing her

March 28, 2014 John Scott

What to Remember for Your Next Interview

If you’ve gotten to the interview stage of the hiring process, you’ve won half the battle getting your foot in the door. Congratulations! Now it’s time to focus your attention to some seemingly simple actions that can mean all the

Man gasping holding a sign saying "Affordable Care Act?"

March 26, 2014 Joe Weinlick

Millennials Don’t Need Health Insurance; They’re Invisible!

So, the President didn’t say “Millennials are invisible” on Between Two Ferns. The word was “invincible,” and it explains why it’s an uphill battle to get large numbers of young adults to sign up for healthcare insurance. The recent Nexxt

Words reading: I spent more time on this bracket

March 19, 2014 Julie Shenkman

6 Ways To Beat The Odds Of Job Search Madness

As I prepare my March Madness bracket (like I do each year) I usually take the route of submitting as many brackets into the pool as I can, thinking that I’ll have a better chance of winning. But given that

March 18, 2014 Gina Deveney

Why You’re Not Hearing Back from Employers

Is anyone out there? One of the biggest frustrations for job seekers is sending out applications and never hearing back. It’s as if the human element is missing from today’s job search process. In the article below, Mark Anderson, Nexxt’s

Person holding the resume of someone they are interviewing

March 14, 2014 John Scott

4 Steps to Listing Promotions on Your Resume

If you are one of the many loyal employees who have held multiple positions while working for the same company for years, you may be wondering how to illustrate this on your resume. It is quite common to make mistakes

March 7, 2014 Julie Shenkman

After the Happily Ever After: Rapunzel Gets a Job and More

Once upon a time, us kids read fairy tales and many of us imagined what it would be like to be kings, knights, or princesses, but we never really thought about it from the other side—what if a princess or

March 5, 2014 Joe Weinlick

The Only Reason to Check Your Phone in an Interview

I was at dinner with friends the other night, and realized that as soon as we sat down, everyone took out their smartphones. We hadn’t even looked at the menu, and everyone was intent on checking in on Facebook or

March 4, 2014 Julie Shenkman

The Best Way to Have the Interviewer Get Your Name Right

If you watched the Oscars on Sunday night you may have noticed that Tony Award Winner, Idina Menzel sang the Oscar winning song “Let it Go” from the movie “Frozen” and it was awesome. But when Idina Menzel was introduced,

March 3, 2014 Julie Shenkman

How Winning an Oscar is Like Being Told You Just Got a Raise and a Promotion

This past year at Nexxt we’ve been talking a lot about confidence and the Nexxt Moment—that moment where you land your dream job or get that raise and you celebrate that win. It’s a great feeling to know you’re doing