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June 18, 2013
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Conventional wisdom has it that older workers who delay retirement block younger workers from moving up the career ladder, causing those...
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June 18, 2013
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Here’s a scary statistic for younger career professionals, especially college graduates embarking on their first serious job search: According to...
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June 4, 2013
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — The job market for fresh college graduates may be strengthening, with 50 percent of U.S. employers say they plan to look among them to hire, according to CareerBuilder...
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May 28, 2013
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Should today’s college graduates be on the seven-year plan?
By that we mean looking seven years ahead so they can plan a career and estimate a salary —...
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May 28, 2013
I love them dearly, but some of my friends are really, profoundly stupid.
A few weeks ago, a few friends and I took our buddy Chris, an art school graduate, out for a last hurrah before he made the biggest mistake of his life. No, he wasn’t...
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May 22, 2013
I have a confession to make.
I am a deep-south girl, which among other things, means I did a lot of pageants growing up.
Honestly, it’s nothing like you see on TV. “Toddlers & Tiaras” really gives the whole pageant system a bad...
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May 22, 2013
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Decision-makers at U.S. companies are big on education, enthusiasm, experience and personality when it comes to hiring after...
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May 21, 2013
I am going to confess to something a bit less than flattering about myself: I’m not very good at job interviews. I am not the most...
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May 20, 2013
When the job market stinks, many college students take refuge in graduate school, figuring the time and money spent getting a master’s degree will boost their career prospects. But with the interest rate on student loans doubling to 6.8 percent...
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May 20, 2013
I feel like every time I write a blog post I have a new job. It’s not entirely true, but almost. It’s mostly because I keep...









