Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.
Group-Ease: The Scoop on Succeeding in Panel Interviews
The Scoop on Succeeding in Panel Interviews.
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4 Reasons Not to Panic About Graduating Jobless
It’s officially summer and the only thing making a recent graduate sweat more than the weather, is the anxiety graduates have around not being employed after they did their best “cat daddy“ across the graduation stage last month.
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Sponsor – Advocates in the Workplace & Why YOU Should Have One.
Who would have thought that you could learn a thing or two about career planning from Teairra Mari, Gucci Mane, and Soulja Boy? Their song “Sponsor” has some striking applications for the corporate world.
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6 Things Your Classes WON’T Tell You About Your Dream Job Quest
These days the “young money” mantra has penetrated the aspirations of young adults faster than the time it took for Charlie Sheen to ruin his career. We couldn’t completely fault students for this aspiration either, who wouldn’t want to attain vast riches at a young enough age to enjoy it with the zest of a Miami trip for college spring break.
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Profess Series: W. “Zak” Hoke
“Excellence — the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible.” – Anonymous
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Who’s Your Big 3? – Developing a Team of Professionals to Guide You to Career Success
By now, if you’ve been anywhere near ESPN’s Sports Center, you know all too well that “Big 3” has become the mantra and recipe to compete successfully in modern professional basketball.
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Who’s the Master? – 4 Things to Consider Before Pursuing an Advanced Degree
Much like the 80’s classic film, The Last Dragon, in which Bruce Lee Roy doubted his mastery of his craft without first finding the “master”, many students today seek an advanced degree as the unquestionable ticket to corporate or career success. Continued below…
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Mail in the Coffin – The 101 on Leaving and Sending Messages
Gone are the days where you could put on your shiny suit, walk up to a company of interest in your Slippery Earls, hand in your resume and expect to be contacted. Yep, those days are long gone, along with the shiny suits. Sorry, Diddy.
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11 Cool Internships to Kick Start 2011
So you’re fresh off of resolutions and promises, it’s the top of the year and your plans of becoming a beast in pursuing your career ambitions are well within reach. The wait is over, walk away from the Chris Brown Twitter Rants and let the Madden game rest, it’s time to get the jump on Summer 2011 internships.
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Success – The Gift That Keeps On Giving
On April 29th of this year, Urban Professor set out to lead a movement. A movement rooted in the belief that success does not discriminate; instead it sets the highest standards for those seeking it. It is exclusive to no age, gender, race, socioeconomic background or personal appearance. Continued below…
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Going Thru Changes
Changes. Pac talked about them in his song by the same title. Professors and supervisors talk about them on your school papers and reports. Shoot, your Mama and Auntie talk about them too, but theirs come with hot flashes. Don’t worry, we’re not talking about those changes…we don’t even want to think about those changes.
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Office Mates
You know all of those movies and TV shows where two co-workers fall in love and live happily ever after? They’re often penned, acted, and directed by people who’ve never actually worked in an office setting. They know as much about work romance as a sushi chef knows fatback.
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Keepin’ Tabs
The relationships we build determine much of what happens to us. Even at the drive-thru. Don’t believe it? Be verbally abusive to a cashier then go have your food tested in a lab. You’ll see how important relationships are then.
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School of Card Knocks
Okay, so now you have more business cards than you have Facebook friends, whatever to do, and how do you go about exchanging them smoothly. It’s time to broaden that network of yours, and trust us your twitter account is hardly the first place to look.
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Contact High
They’re at it again. All those business folks swagged up from the toe up at a corporate event, trying to get themselves or their businesses put on. Well, that’s what we call networking and, if done the right way, you too can reap the benefits of this very valuable skill.
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Work Out Plan
Just like putting in extra hours at the gym to get it right for summer, coming correct when you’re out kicking it with coworkers is a necessary feat in order to make this summer a successful one.
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Buy You A Drank
We’re sure the thought of drinking on somebody else’s dime makes you want to throw back the Ciroc and cranberries like you did on that one birthday you don’t really remember, but when you’re attending a corporate function, the last thing you want to do is be “that colleague” in the office.
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‘Do Right
We know you handle your business in the office, but your appearance should reflect that just as much as your work does.
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Rep Yo Good
When it comes to making an impression at an internship, it’s all about outlasting, out working, and out smarting the competition, competition in this case being the other fresh faced yet highly confident interns there with you and soon to follow. Think of it as as the minor leagues version of Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” show mixed with the corporate version of Diddy’s “Making the Band”.
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Bling It On
Despite the growing trend, it doesn’t mean all companies will appreciate your face looking like a walking jewelry store.
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