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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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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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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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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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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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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