Career Centers Need to Fight Back

By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell

It doesn’t take much looking around online to see colleges and their career centers are taking some heat right now. Recently, marketing guru and thought-leader, Seth Godin, wrote this intense blog post about the ‘coming melt-down of higher education.’

Not to mention, there are some sobering job search statistics students (and their tuition-paying parents) are only now coming to realize. Read more

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How 100,000 Careerealists Can Help a Children’s Charity

By CAREEREALISM.com Founder, J.T. O’Donnell

For the last 2 years, I’ve been volunteering for a children’s charity.  As the mother of two young children, I feel a strong connection to what they do.

Recently, I was headed out to a fundraising event when, quite innocently, my 6 year-old asked me,

“Mom, why don’t the sick kids just wish to get better?” Read more

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LinkedIn Recommedations on Your Resume – Last Week’s Twitter Career Advice Recap

To read each question and see exactly what our career experts had to say on Twitter, follow the links below:

T.A.P. Q#477 – Should I Use LinkedIn Recommendations on My Resume?
T.A.P. Q#478 – Best Place to Find a Virtual Internship?
T.A.P. Q#479 – Do Hiring Managers Understand Anxiety?

In case you don’t know, T.A.P. stands for Twitter Advice Project. It’s a unique process we’ve created here at CAREEREALISM that allows our experts to answer our reader’s questions using Twitter.

Got a career question you’d like answered? Send it to twitter@careerealism.com and our career experts will respond via Twitter.

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Should I Offer to Work for Free?

‘JT & Dale Talk Jobs’ is the largest nationally syndicated career advice column in the country and can be found at JTandDale.com.

Dear J.T. & Dale: There’s a job opening at a local hospital for a health information tech, which is the job I am currently studying for. Is it OK to offer my volunteer services for a job? I’d do it to get the position and get some experience in the field. However, I spoke to someone who told me that volunteering does not count as “experience.” What do you say? — Shaista Read more

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Are Unpaid Internships a SCAM?

‘JT & Dale Talk Jobs’ is the largest nationally syndicated career advice column in the country and can be found at JTandDale.com.

Dear J.T. & Dale: What do you think about the concept of unpaid internships? It has always been a pet peeve of mine. It’s a two-sided problem, where as long as students accept unpaid internships, companies can get away with offering them. The way companies get around this being illegal is that they say the compensation is school credit. I say BAH! Am I being unreasonable? — Marissa Read more

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Ace the Career Fair

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Emily Bennington

With so many potential employers in one spot, you definitely want to make a good impression, right? So when thinking about your approach to an upcoming career fair, it may help to start by putting yourself in the shoes of the campus recruiter. In other words… Read more

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3 Ways Unpaid Internships Pay

By CAREEREALISM Brand Development Manager, Greg Barrette

Like many college students, I didn’t understand how vital internships are until late in my academic career. I had that natural student mindset that, “everything would be okay” and, “I’ll land a job somehow after graduation.” If I hadn’t attended a professional development workshop supported by my fraternity’s alumni association, I would have learned the hard way I’m not entitled to anything. Read more

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4 Ways to Be the ONLY One in Your Field Getting Work

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Colin Daymude

Here it is – short and sweet. Most of you wouldn’t think you could apply these same techniques to your job description. Well, I’m here to say you are probably wrong and just need some creative adjustments in your thinking and awareness. Read more

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Should I Take a Boring Internship?

‘JT & Dale Talk Jobs’ is the largest nationally syndicated career advice column in the country and can be found at JTandDale.com.

Dear J.T. & Dale: I applied for a few spring internships and only heard back from one. The interview went well, and I feel I’ll get the position. Unfortunately, this internship is the least interesting of the three I applied for. Even though I don’t think I’ll enjoy myself, should I take it? — Ryan Read more

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20 Virtual Internships Up For Grabs

By J.T. O’Donnell

This past summer, we held our first ‘virtual’ internship. (In fact, it was highlighted in this Wall Street Journal article.) In exchange for free career coaching and course credit, students from D.C. to India, ages 18 to 50, came together to learn the power of Twitter, social media, and virtual teamwork. The program exceeded our expectations to the point that we have decided to offer it again. Which means, if you, or someone you know could benefit from a professional internship right now, keep reading!

Here’s how it works…

You apply by September 30th, 2009 by completing this application process: Fall 2009 Twinternship Application

You complete the program for 8 weeks and learn exactly how to use Twitter and other social media tools for business AND career development.

In exchange for helping us with our branding efforts, we’ll provide you with full access to CAREEREALISM University – our private career coaching resource that is helping hundreds of job seekers learn the ‘new rules’ to finding work they enjoy.

AND, as mentioned above, it is possible to earn college credit for this course as well. Students simply need to provide their university’s requirements for internship credit and we will complete the necessary paperwork (NOTE: It is the student’s job to gather this information and tell us when/what we need to do.).

Why should you do this program?

Regardless of the the use of social media tools like Twitter is here to stay. In fact, NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITIES are opening up daily as companies recognize the need to have staff manage  their online presence. (Just ask several of our summer interns who have since landed jobs in social media thanks to what they learned with us!)

Got questions?

Most of them can be answered in this Program Summary Sheet as well as our Twinternship FAQ Sheet.

What are you waiting for? Apply now and you could be part of one of the coolest internship programs being offered this fall – all from the comforts of home. No professional gear or commute to work required, you’ll grab your computer and go!

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