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By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell In this job market, there are two types of candidates to hiring managers: Must-haves and Nice-to-haves. The question is: Which one are you? This video shares my recent conversation with a “nice-to-have” job seeker who’s been unemployed for quite some time…
By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell Last week over at ABC News, career journalist, Michelle Goodman wrote an article highlighting a job seeker who recently made a $12,000 career mistake. I’ve heard several similar stories lately. There are 2 career truths in the new economy impacting us directly. You may not want to believe them, but sooner or later, you’ll see [...]
By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell Getting ahead professionally means knowing how to gain the respect and admiration of co-workers and management. Easier said than done. Why? Because nobody teaches us how to strategically develop our reputation as a “top-notch, team-player with real promotion potential” – at least not until now! Listen to CAREEREALISM founder and nationally syndicated career expert, J.T. [...]
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Andria Corso In order to have a productive career discussion with your manager, it is important for you to prepare and think through some key items ahead of time. You want to be in full control of your career path and the best way to do that is to approach your manager with confidence and conviction around [...]
By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell I cringe when I see the attention Stephen Slater is getting for his in-your-face exit from Jet Blue. It used to be that any publicity was good publicity. However, in a time where long memories get longer (thank social media and the permanence of everything posted on-line), I can tell you most traditional employers won’t [...]
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I recently joined forces with Monster.com’s social networking division to write a weekly Q&A column called, “Ask the Career Expert,” for their on-line community, Excelle (a professional resource for career-minded young women).
‘JT & Dale Talk Jobs’ is the largest nationally syndicated career advice column in the country and can be found at JTandDale.com.
What’s a C-Twip? c-twip (see-twip) noun 1. Career advice rendered from the social media platform of Twitter.
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Jessica Holbrook Hernandez This week we’re exploring strategies and best practices for writing cover letters. So take out your cover letter, dust it off, and let’s go.
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Ben Eubanks Your legs wobble as you wipe a stream of sweat from your eyes. The fatigue is getting to you, and you’re almost ready to fall over before you ever reach the car. No, you didn’t complete a marathon, but you did just finish an interview. I might be exaggerating a bit, but for many of [...]
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