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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What’s Wrong with My LinkedIn Request to Employers?

‘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 am I doing wrong? Everyone tells me to network in order to meet new contacts. I hear constantly from fellow job seekers that they’re having a lot of luck with LinkedIn. So, I reached out to more than a dozen people I thought would make good contacts, and got totally rejected. Not a single one responded to me. Here’s what I’ve been writing:

“Dear X: I’d like to connect with you and send you my resume so I could get feedback on what’s wrong with it. I’ve been searching for a job for 12 months with no luck. Will you help me?”

— Luisa Read more

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10 Bad Habits that Can Harm Your Career

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Karen Siwak

When I have a pause in my day, I slump. Literally. I lean forward in my chair, rest my chin in my hand, and ponder what I’m reading and writing about. It’s a posture that feels right to me. It requires no thought or effort. It’s the pose I used for my online picture. You might even call it my comfort zone. As it turns out though, my slump is not working for me, and has actually been doing me some harm. Read more

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Stupid Mistakes New Grads Make (How Not to Suck at Work)

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Emily Bennington

I sucked at work and you can too!

As a young professional, I made some pretty stupid mistakes. From little things like rolling in with no make-up and wet hair to big things like viewing my colleagues as competition (yuk), I had a lot to learn. Read more

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10 Things Recruiters Won’t Tell You (But I Will!)

By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell

Recruiters have one job: Find the right person for the position. Their performance is evaluated on how efficiently and effectively they match top talent to job requirements. Ironically, in the current economy, recruiters are finding their jobs harder than ever. I’m serious. There’s too much talent for them to weed through. What used to be ‘finding a needle in a haystack’ has now become ‘finding a needle in ten haystacks.’

As a result, Read more

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Your LinkedIn Profile Picture Maybe Killing Your Job Prospects

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Joshua Waldman

I don’t really consider myself an HR person. I’m more of a social media strategist who loves helping job seekers. However, I do occasionally attend HR related training. Yesterday was one such occasion and inevitably, I had a shock. Read more

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Watch Twitter 101 Here…

By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell

This past May, I was asked to present my thoughts on Twitter as a career tool as part of the “Living in a Digital World” series at the University of New Hampshire. If you are still one of those folks that says, “I just don’t get the Twitter thing,” then you may find the recorded session helpful.

Twitter 101 – Part I

Twitter 101 – Part II

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Always Be Retaining Customers

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Deborah Shane

We have come to the last step in our sales journey. We have covered prospecting, qualifying, analyzing, negotiation, closing, and now retention.

People will remember how you made them feel! Read more

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Am I Money #3 – New Grad, New Industry…Now What?

By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell

Sondra is a recent grad who has determined she wants to get into the advertising industry. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have the degree or previous experience to back it up. Listen as I explain how she can work to find one of the ‘hidden entry-level jobs’ in her chosen field. Read more

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6 Online Resources for Every HR Practitioner

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Jessica Miller-Merrell

Human Resources practitioners who are working in the trenches need access to information, advice, and data immediately outside of HR associations like SHRM and ASTD. Thankfully, there are HR bloggers, communities, and websites providing HR pros with real time information and resources. Here are a handful of resources, in fact six resources I recommend HR professionals add to their RSS readers or bookmark. Read more

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