Guest Post: Social Net Works!

I believe in social networking! As a career consultant I use social media tools to help job seekers by sharing blog posts and relevant news.  What I’ve found over the past several years is that I’ve built real friendships with interesting people all over the country and all over the world. This has enriched my [...]

Don’t Become a Wallflower…Use Your Sonar!

Have you ever been to a networking meeting and felt completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of people that are attending and thinking – how I am going to meet the people I NEED to network with? I have been traveling down to NYC the last couple of months and have been attending the NY [...]

Finding Your Passion

This weekend, I was given the opportunity to attend my first HR Conference, HRevolution. HRevolution allows members of the HR community to come together and discuss issues surrounding business today. Although I was a bit nervous, I was excited for this conference, as it was the first conference I attended that was closely aligned with [...]

My HRevolution Adventure!

How to Land a Job After Graduation: Part IV

How to Land a Job After Graduation: Part I How to Land a Job After Graduation: Part II How to Land a Job After Graduation: Part III How to Land a Job After Graduation: Part V How to Land a Job After Graduation: Part VI

The Importance of Career Nights

Recently, I volunteered to speak with local students at SUNY Geneseo about how I came to where I am now as a small business owner. To my surprise, many of the students were very curious and enthusiastic about their future job search and the processes involved. What really caught my attention was that there was [...]

What I Wish I Knew about the Real World Before I Started Working

What do I wish I knew about the Real World before I started working? As a Brazen Careerist member, I thought I would contribute to the JobSTART101 blog series, where they asked members this same question to answer in their own post. So here are my thoughts… In my college business program, I learned a [...]

8 Steps to Jump-Start Your Personal Brand

One of my favorite quotes about personal branding conveys a strong message in simple words: “Your brand is what people say about you when you leave the room.” –Jeff Bezos, creator of Amazon.com You should always keep this quote in mind when networking, because it will have a lasting positive effect on the creation of [...]

Job Seekers: The Phone is Back – 5 Phone Etiquette Tips

Today there are so many ways to communicate with one another:  texting, social media tools, IM etc. Rarely do we have to use a phone to have a verbal conversation….Where I am getting with all this is that folks are forgetting how to leverage the phone for success during the interview process. For many years, [...]

A GenY Perspective on BlogHer ’10

Three months ago at my graduation from college, I would not have believed someone if they told me that I would be attending a women’s blogging conference! Before then, the term “blogging” was not in my vocabulary.  I never thought I would blog to have a voice and influence others. After three months in my [...]