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June 2, 2014 Julie Shenkman

Great Character Makes You a Great Candidate

I watch 60 Minutes every week and this week they did a story about a high school football coach named Frank Hall from Chardon, Ohio. Frank is just an ordinary guy with extraordinary character. In February of 2012, a student

May 27, 2014 Julie Shenkman

QUIZ: What’s Your Workplace Personality?

Note: This quiz is no longer active Are You A Workaholic? Take Our Quiz to Find Out! We all know that different kinds of people make up a workplace and each of us have different personality types that allow us

May 19, 2014 Julie Shenkman

Top 10 US Cities to Find a Job & Make a Hire – Q1 2014

We all hear that big cities like New York have the most jobs and job seekers but when you do the math that’s just not the case. Here are the real best places to find a job and get hired

May 15, 2014 Julie Shenkman

How Not to Follow Up

You probably already know that you should send a follow-up. And you’ve probably heard that persistence pays off. But where’s the line between staying on the radar—and becoming a pest? Here’s a job seeker who crosses the line by a

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May 7, 2014 Julie Shenkman

How to Become a Networking Expert

Networking seems like a daunting chore to most, me included. I admit reaching out to people especially when not searching for a job can be awkward. What do you say to them? Do they want to hear from me? First

April 24, 2014 Julie Shenkman

7 Things You Should Know As You Enter The Workforce

With college seniors heading down the homestretch, I can’t help but think of the best graduation present I received when I finished school. While some people I know got cars and others a simple bouquet of flowers—my parents were somewhere

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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 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

February 27, 2014 Julie Shenkman

Career Advice from Nexxt’s CEO

Nexxt’s CEO, Rich Milgram was recently interviewed and shared his Rich Milgram, Founder and CEO of Nexxt thoughts on why job seekers shouldn’t search for jobs, but instead think about their careers. Milgram talked about the mistakes he sees candidates

January 6, 2014 Julie Shenkman

One Place You Shouldn’t Post Your Resume

Let’s all be positive as we take 2014 by the horns and make those resolutions to improve ourselves and further our careers. One of the things we often see on the blog and on our Facebook page (shameless plug) are

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