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3 Ways to Manage Your Personal Brand

Have you taken the time to craft a personal brand that accurately represents you, your goals, and your accomplishments, or are you letting Google create one for you? Yes, you have a personal brand, even if you have never put time into crafting it. It is what people think of you and the work you do, regardless…

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How to Stay Motivated When Looking for Your First Graduate Job

First of all…congratulations on graduating! You’ve worked hard and you’ve earned your degree…what an achievement. Now begins a whole new chapter of your life, and first thing on the list is: Get a job. It can be a daunting and scary time, and for most people it doesn’t come easy. Getting your first job can…

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Are We the Job Hopping Generation?

Job hopping was not so popular back in the day, with multiple jobs in a short amount of time seen as a negative thing from a hiring managers perspective. If you are going to leave the job you had, won’t you just end up leaving the new job you secure? Now, it seems that job hopping…

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How Should You Handle Gaps on Your Resume?

A gap in employment is one of the things that many job seekers stress about and fear. When an employer sees an unexplained gap on your resume, he or she may think that you have something to hide or struggle to hold down a job. Therefore, in order to gain the trust of an employer, it is…

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Are Internships and Work Experience Necessary?

In the past, it wasn’t quite as common for someone to have a degree as it is today and therefore you were almost guaranteed a job as a college grad. However, the number of people who go on to study at University has risen a lot over the years and studies have shown that starting in…