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When it comes to your career, social media can be a major asset – or a major hindrance. If leveraged correctly, you can use your LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook profiles to highlight your assets as a job candidate.
Readtime: 4 Minutes Continue ReadingCover letters are the best way to introduce yourself to a potential employer. For most job openings they are a necessity – and a great way to get the hiring manager to review your resume.
Readtime: 2 Minutes Continue ReadingIn November, Trident’s Career Advising & Development Center presented their third webinar on LinkedIn. My goal was to make this session a little different by giving Trident students an opportunity to interact much more closely so they could get updates and suggestions on their LinkedIn profiles in real time.
Readtime: 3 Minutes Continue ReadingThis is a companion post to the recent Career Advising & Development Center webinar, "LinkedIn or Left Out: What Does Your LinkedIn Profile Do For You? (Part 2)". Actively update your profile: Your LinkedIn profile is at its most powerful when it contains current information. Let your network know what you’re currently working on.
Readtime: 4 Minutes Continue ReadingYou’re interviewing for a job and the hiring manager asks you this rather strange question, "If you were an animal, which animal would you be?" How should you respond? This type of question, while it can offer insight into you as the candidate if you're prepared enough to articulate the relationship intelligently, is often more about gaining insight into how you think and handle "outside the box" situations.
Readtime: 4 Minutes Continue ReadingWhat is our true potential? Do we know where life is going to take us? While it’s hard to see the future, we’ll never know what our future holds if we don’t take that first step. The first step takes courage.
Readtime: 4 Minutes Continue ReadingWhat do a lot of Americans think of when they imagine Memorial Day? We think about an additional day off from work, and spending time getting ready for the summer. Or they think about taking time with friends and family to go to the lake for a picnic, but Memorial Day is not about picnics, barbeques, and ball games.
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