About J.T. O’Donnell and Greg Barrette
There’s a small team behind the scenes at CAREEREALISM. Here’s everything you need to know about J.T. O’Donnell and Greg Barrette.
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There’s a small team behind the scenes at CAREEREALISM. Here’s everything you need to know about J.T. O’Donnell and Greg Barrette.
CAREEREALISM.com Founder, J.T. O’Donnell explains why your name could be the reason you’re not a CEO. Learn how a name impacts your career.
By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell 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). My first question was asked by a job seeker who felt she needed ‘spice up’ her resume. Read here if you want to [...]
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 [...]
By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell One of the best parts of my job is writing a weekly advice column with Dale Dauten. Our column goes out each week to millions of hard-working Americans, many of whom write to us. It’s a very interesting job because we get to see what’s really happening in the workplace. As you can imagine, the [...]
By CAREEREALISM.com Founder, J.T. O’Donnell I read a post by Seth Godin recently that discussed the power of a gift. Something struck me immediately: People who struggle to find professional satisfaction (a.k.a. a job they are happy with) are often guilty of doing favors instead of giving gifts. If you’ve ever said the following, then you are guilty too:
By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell Recently, we recorded a webinar where I outlined the 6 things every job seeker must master to get hired in 2010. In it, participants learned:
In this job market, internship and entry-level job candidates are searching for months, and sometimes more than a year, to land the positions they seek. They claim to be “doing all the right things,” but what are the “right things” these days? What is really going to secure these coveted junior-level positions and get your career off to a good [...]
‘J.T. & 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’m about to purchase a home 100 miles away from where I presently work. Should I tell my current boss that I plan on moving as soon as I find a job in my [...]
Dear Experts, I often feel as though many of the questions I ask during an interview are boring and expected. How can I spice up my questions for a future employer, so that I can present myself in a more interesting and enthusiastic way, while still getting those ever-important (and sometimes boring) questions answered, and use those answers to help [...]