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Why You Should Have a Mentor

Dawn Rosenberg McKay

The mentor-protégé relationship. It's a concept that originated in Homer's Odyssey. It was even discussed in an episode of Seinfeld. According to many experts, everyone should partake in it. That is anyone who hopes to have a successful career.

How To Negotiate Salary

John Steven Niznik

Here are some quick tips to help you negotiate the highest salary for your experience.

The Hardest Interview Question

Paym Bergson

Your excellent resume and cover letter were able to get you an interview. You've gone over all your skills and summaries in your mind; you've read and tried all those psychological questions that may come up. You have researched the company, and are prepared with some pertinent questions that will show the prospective employer you did do the research. You feel confident. But can you answer the toughest interview question?

Mastering the Case Interview

Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.

If you're a business-school student -- at the undergraduate or MBA level -- chances are you already know something about how to handle a very specialized kind of job interview-- the case interview. Many business-school courses revolve around case analysis, and many business students have become pros at picking business cases apart. Still, the thought of doing so within a tight time-frame (usually 15-20 minutes) in the already highly pressured situation of a job interview can be daunting -- if not downright terrifying.

What to Expect in Group Interviews

Julia Penny

Group interviews involve getting together with other job candidates to meet with one or more interviewers. Usually it involves a number of interviewers - potential managers or supervisors, human resources, even future co-workers and a group of candidates all together in one room.

How To Ruin Your Career In Ten Easy Steps

Scott Reeves

If you find yourself cleaning out your desk and starting a new job every nine months to a year, the problem is you--not your boss or colleagues.

Flex your networking skills

Dave Sanford

Networking is essentially relationship building. It's something most of us do in our personal lives – we ask for and give referrals to dentists, hair stylists, and electricians with ease. When it comes to our professional lives, however, we often let our networking skills, and our networks, lapse. Why? Because networking is a lot like exercise – we know it's good for us, we just have so many excuses not to do it.

References that Help You Seal the Deal

If you are like most people in the midst of a job search, you probably haven’t given your references much thought. But references can have a significant impact on the final hiring decision. You need to be ready at a moment’s notice to provide potential employers with at least three solid references.

Battling Ageism, Money Troubles in a Job Search

Perri Capell

With a range of PR skills and a low target salary minimum, a PR manager, 52, didn't expect too much difficulty in her job search -- until it turned into a three-year ordeal.

How To Write A Thank You Letter After An Interview - A Simple Formula for Uniqueness

Judi Perkins

Sending a thank you letter is as important as interview preparation. But they're tough to write, so people either tell themselves that not sending one doesn't matter, or they procrastinate until it's too late and almost pointless anyway. But anyone who tells themselves that foregoing a fundamental rule of etiquette doesn't matter, not only taints themselves in the mind of the interviewer, but misses two additional opportunities to sell.

Presentation Tips for Public Speaking

Douglas Parker

Blow your audience away on your next presentation.

Top 7 Tips to Get a Job Promotion

Shari Hearn

Do you dream of a job promotion, yet somehow it never comes? Perhaps it's because you're dreaming too much and not taking initiative. If you want to get promoted, you've got to take action. Here are 7 action steps to help turn your dream promotion into a reality.

Tips for Entrepreneurs

Scott A. Jones

Tips for inspiration and idea generation.

10 Sticky Job Interview Situations and How to Handle Them

Katharine Hansen, Ph.D., and Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.

Job interviewing can be an unnerving experience, but if you know how to handle some of the stickiest situations encountered in interviewing, you can be that much more confident. Here are 10 of the stickiest.

10 Best Ways to Save Money in 2009

Captain Frugal

The year 2008 has been financially difficult and from the looks of it, the situation is likely to get worse, as the global economic meltdown continues unabated. But, just as every dark cloud comes with a silver lining, this financial crisis has opened our eyes to the large sums of money which can be saved simply by careful planning. In times of prosperity, a large sum of money gets spent or wasted unnoticed, but in times of financial crisis, it is important to identify and curb our wasteful expenditures. Here are some innovative methods to save money, especially suited to help you face the financial crisis of the upcoming year 2009.

Power of a Cover Letter

Dwain Celistan

A cover note is a helpful tool to share the strengths of your resume. More importantly, executives expect a cover note with a resume. In a recent survey of executives done by USA Today, 84% of executives polled expected to have a cover note accompany the resume.

How to Network

wikiHow users

You've probably heard the phrase "It's not what you know, it's who you know." In today's interconnected society, that rings true more than ever. Your talents, abilities, and experience will never take you anywhere if nobody knows you exist. In order to get what you want out of life, you need to be resourceful. Your fellow human beings are a vast resource.

How to Network: For Introverts

Rob May

I have a problem. I’m an introvert. I’m not shy. I’m not afraid of being in public. But I am horrible at chit-chat and gossip. If I spend an evening at a social function with people I don’t know or don’t like, I get home and feel like I’ve spent all day at the ocean. It’s that fighting-the-waves and drained-by-the-sun kind of tired. I would rather spend four hours with my head stapled to the carpet. I would be more comfortable that way...

The Importance of Networking

Wafa R. Musitief

It has been said that the best jobs come from word of mouth. But that's not stopping the thousands of Americans logging on to websites like careerbuilder.com and monster.com, searching for jobs and posting their resumes. The chance of getting a call back is very slim, especially since the average human resources office today is overloaded with hundreds of resumes from other interested candidates. But with no other apparent resources to find work, many are willing to take their chances. Some even invest in fancy resume paper. Yet how much simpler would it be if you had a friend at the company who could recommend you for the position? An inside source who could lead you to the key hiring powers? A shortcut like that could save you valuable time and money in your job hunt.

The 1st Annual Asian MBA (AMBA) Conference & Career Expo is a Great Success

Christian Pielow

On Saturday 11th September 2009, the Javits Center in New York, played host to the 1st Annual Asian MBA (AMBA) Leadership Conference & Career Expo.