Workplace Diversity Issues

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Workplace diversity issues play a growing role in the recruiting and retainment of employees at companies around America. As a recruiter, I dealt with workplace diversity issues every single day. When I worked with candidates who were women or minority professionals (African American, Hispanic, gay), they would wisely ask me a lot of questions about ...

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Crazy Day For A New Internist & The Lessons Learned (Interview)

Dr. Jeff Garland internal medicine physician

Doctors have stressful days at work when new on the job – just like the rest of us. But imagine if life and death are at stake like they are for internists and primary care physicians! Today’s guest is an internist who shares a great, 3-minute story about some craziness that went down during his ...

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Writing Careers: Interview with Writer-Author Brad Herzog

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Children’s Book Author & Freelance Writer Shares His Story Writer Brad Herzog has had the #2 book on Amazon.com, won $60,000 on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”, been interviewed by Matt Lauer and Oprah Winfrey, gets paid every summer to drive around the country in an RV and blog about it, written countless sports ...

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How To Interview With Confidence – A Real Life Example

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Job interviewing is tough! Last week’s post on the importance of portraying an image of confidence when interviewing inspired a friend of mine in his 20s to give me a call for some advice. I’m sharing our conversation here with the hopes that his real life scenario can help you. After all, interviewing is one ...

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Holistic Health Practitioner | Alternative Healthcare Careers (Interview)

Holistic health practitioner Sarah Vosen

Holistic health and alternative healthcare are rapidly growing areas for healthcare careers. TODAY’S GUEST Sarah Vosen: Holistic Health Practitioner at Tao Healing Arts Center Grad School: Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College – Master’s of Science in Asian Medicine in Berkeley, CA Grad School: Pacific College of Oriental Medicine – Massage Therapy Training in San Diego, ...

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Job Interviewing is Like American Idol: Confidence Is Key

American Idol winner Lee DeWyze

Developing confidence and portraying an image of confidence prove to be key factors to success. America is a week away from crowning the next American Idol, but as of right now the wind is at the back of Chicagoan Lee DeWyze. Why? Because aside from the fact that he’s a talented singer and appears to ...

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Make Your Own Luck

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Mick Jagger credits luck for the longevity of his successful career with the Rolling Stones. That’s right. Last night on CNN’s Larry King Live, arguably the biggest rock star ever credited luck for a career in which his band has sold over 200 million albums and from 1989-2002 earned an estimated $1.5 billion! Mick Jagger ...

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Career As An Interior Designer Mixes Creative and Business (Interview)

Interior designer Rachel Winokur

Interior design career information from today’s video with eco-friendly interior design pro Rachel Winokur will leave you inspired by the possibilities of this professional path. Rachel says a career as an interior designer uniquely blends art, technical and business elements, allowing the path to be fun for so many different types of people. SHORT VERSION ...

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Should Unpaid Internships Be Illegal?

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photo credit: Tim Pearce, Los Gatos Internships are a fantastic way to explore different career paths, gain work experience and get key networking opportunities. In fact, internships help to experience many of the 15 career development topics that will follow you through life. Unfortunately, it’s common for companies to not pay their interns.

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20 Songs About Careers Out There

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Since today is a Monday, I thought I would start the week with something light. As a music fanatic, I was thinking about what we can learn about careers and different career paths from pop songs. I don’t know that you’ll learn enough about any particular career path from a song to determine whether it’s ...

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