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  How to Use Dating Rules for Career Success

  Written on January 25, 2012 by Kristen Rafajko

  Lets face it, anyone that has been on a first date surely knows that it borders the line of being interviewed for a job. Much like being on a date, an Interviews goal is to find out more about the … Continue reading →

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  Category: Category: Business, Category: Career, Category: How To, Category: Trade Skills, Expert Articles, Uncategorized
  Tags: book recommendations, career tips, job interview, professional development, relationships, resume

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  Hold yourself Accountable for your Success.

  Written on January 19, 2012 by Kristen Rafajko

    This weeks news of the Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, hitting rocks and submerging into the water off the coast of Tuscany was shocking in itself, but when news of the captain leaving the ship as its murky fate … Continue reading →

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  Tags: book recommendations, career tips, communication, healthy living, motivation, professional development, relationships

• Focus People!

  Written on December 16, 2011 by Beth Cabrera

  When is the last time you spent an hour focused on doing just one thing? I’m talking not a single interruption. Doesn’t happen often, does it? In her new book, The Art of Concentration, Harriet Griffey discusses the attention crisis that we are facing. We are so hyperstimulated by technological input, constantly checking emails, phone messages or twitter, that we are unable to focus or to relax. Continue reading →

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• Friday Recommended Reads - November 18

  Written on November 18, 2011 by Sarah Ward

  What a Classroom Will Look Like in 10 Years - Open Source. Let’s take a trip to the future in a Delorean and see what the college classroom of the future will look like. Predictions include paperless classrooms in an effort to save money and the environment and classes catered towards subjects that students are actually passionate about. Continue reading →

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  Category: Category: Career, Category: Financial Aid, Category: Online College
  Tags: book recommendations, career tips, college scholarships

• Friday’s Recommended Reads - November 4

  Written on November 4, 2011 by Sarah Ward

  Pollsters to Recent Grads: Stop Lowballing Yourselves! — CBS News. Turns out today’s college grads don’t know their worth. In a recent poll, college students thought they were worth $38,000/year — a whopping $10,000 less than what the market is willing to pay them. Continue reading →

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  Category: Category: Career
  Tags: book recommendations, Colleges and Universities, facebook, halloween, motivation, social media

• Friday’s Recommended Reads - October 21

  Written on October 21, 2011 by Sarah Ward

  Here are this week’s top college and career recommended reads to make you more successful and employable. First up: Literally, Get Out of Your House - Career Sherpa. Despite today’s digital age, not everything can be done on the internet. To succeed in your job search or career building efforts, you actually have to leave your house. Career Sherpa shares a typical day-in-the-life. Continue reading →

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  Category: Category: Career, Category: Education
  Tags: book recommendations, career tips, networking, roommates, social media

• Book Review: Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want

  Written on October 17, 2011 by Sarah Ward

  A few months ago, I was working up the nerve to ask for an Employee Review (in other words, a raise) and my Life/Business Coach Lisa J. Peck suggested I get a book on negotiation designed specifically for women. One … Continue reading →

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  Category: Category: Career, Category: Tools
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• Friday’s Recommended Reads - October 14

  Written on October 14, 2011 by Sarah Ward

  We’re starting something new at My Colleges and Careers! Every Friday, we will share the best college and career recommended reads to make you more successful and employable. What are College Degrees Really Worth - This article by Fast Company talks about how people who graduate in hard sciences like engineering will be paid far more than those who graduate in social sciences like teaching or social work. Continue reading →

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  Category: Category: Career, On Campus
  Tags: book recommendations, business, career tips, college degree, college graduate, halloween, resume, technology

• Navarro Tells: Mirror Body Language You Admire

  Written on September 29, 2011 by Sarah Ward

  Recently we spoke body language expert, former FBI agent, and author Joe Navarro to learn how to become more aware of our body language and use it to our advantage in a college and career atmosphere. For anyone who wants to have a thriving and successful career, read on! Here is part 2 in a three-part miniseries on body language, highlighting how to mirror and adopt body language you admire. Continue reading →

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  Category: Expert Articles, On Campus
  Tags: body language, book recommendations, career tips, communication

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  Colleges that Offer Harry Potter Classes

  Written on July 16, 2011 by Sarah Ward

  The final Harry Potter movie came out this weekend and if this end of an era leaves you feeling like life has lost its savor, don’t panic! To keep up with Pottermania, colleges like Yale, Purdue, and Georgetown offer Harry Potter classes. If Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as required reading sounds like your kind of homework, read on. Continue reading →

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  Tags: blended learning, book recommendations, celebrities, Colleges and Universities