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“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain
What’s that sound you hear? Ah yes, the sound of the seconds [...]

“Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they’re in the game.” – Paul Rodriguez
Job Hunting. Are you in the game or watching from the sidelines? You need to be fully in the game and armed with the right tools if you expect to get a job, it’s tough out there. [...]

“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.” – Napoleon Hill
Okay, so what is today’s quote all about? Simply put, don’t be discouraged in your job hunt. Not every lead ends in a job offer, in fact, the vast majority don’t pan out. It’s kind of like Lotto, if you have [...]

“There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” – Anonymous
There are few of us who enter college knowing what we want to be when we grow up, and many of us change our major one or more times. So what does that mean about finding your first job out of school? [...]

“College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?” – David Wood
A little humor for this post, but seriously, you will need to find a job once you graduate [...]

“Running on – running on empty, Running on – running blind, Running on – running into the sun, But I’m running behind” – Jackson Browne
Running on empty? The list of possibilities for job search leads is endless, and if yours is running on empty it’s time to fill up. Your biggest problem should be that [...]

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss
Many of us grew up on Dr. Seuss (and if you didn’t, my condolences), and as wacky as those stories were, each and every one had  a point to make. So for [...]

“We’re going to have the best-educated American people in the world.” – Dan Quayle
Whether you’ve just started college or you graduated last year (or anywhere between the two), it’s never too early or too late to create or update your Job Marketing Toolkit.  Just about everything you’ve done can be leveraged in your search for [...]

Time flies. For those who are graduating this year, there is one more semester left before graduation and entering the workforce (unless you’ve opted for Grad School). Congratulations to those of you who planned ahead, participated in an Intern or Co-Op Program and already have a job lined up. Congratulations as well to those of [...]

Time to focus on College students and recent grads.  College students should be (those not graduating this year) should be thinking about summer intern jobs and College Seniors should be thinking about graduation (it is never too early) and what the job market might look like in May (hopefully better than now).  Lastly, there are [...]