Steering your own career, getting a new job — or what I like to call “driving your own career bus” is more important today than ever. Everyone needs to maintain responsibility for his or her own success, and that includes…

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What tools aren’t you using to make sure you take advantage of all the opportunities to connect and share your expertise online? Sometimes, social networks that may seem to be more about fun than professional networking may be exactly the…

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Take a look at this photo…It’s a sculpture from the de Young art museum in San Francisco. You can’t really tell, but these apples and pears are huge…You couldn’t even jump over them — there’s no real perspective here.

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If you’re thinking of looking for a job in the new year, there are a lot of things for you to consider. How you present your information is sometimes half the battle.

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Best advice for baby boomers who want to change careers? As one of Quintessential Careers Career Masterminds, I contributed responses to this and other questions they asked as part of their anniversary celebration.

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When you are looking for a job, it is easy to fall into the trap of applying and waiting to hear from an employer to see if you won a chance to interview. It’s not going to get you the…

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One thing I really enjoy is attending conferences targeted to HR and recruiting professionals. I don’t pretend to fall into either category, however, as a job search and social media coach, clearly there is a lot of overlap between our…

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Last week, I joined CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield on the air to share some tips with job seekers. Read on for an in-depth explanation about how to change directions if things aren’t going well.

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In Simply Hired’s February Jobs Report, there were some silver linings for job seekers. Read on for the details!

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LinkedIn invited me to their press conference today (via live stream) and I’m happy to share information about several new features for LinkedIn users!

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