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Just Say No

A few weeks ago I asked how you take control of your career. One of the best ways to stay in the driver’s seat of your life is to learn to say no to some of the many requests for help we all receive on a regular basis. I’m not talking about saying no to [...]

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Three Things to Do Before a Career Fair

With the start of classes comes the start of on-campus recruiting on many campuses, including career fairs. Career fairs are usually not high on the list of students’ favorite activities and many career “experts” say career fairs are quickly losing their value. However, if your campus has a robust on-campus recruiting program, chances are the [...]

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Career Development 101: How to Figure Out What to do With Your Life

This post is for anyone struggling to find a job or figure out what to do with their lives, but mostly for any of our high school readers or soon to be college students. By understanding how career development works now, it will be much easier for you to take advantages of opportunities in college [...]

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The Worst Things That Have Ever Happened to You

You’ve heard the phrase, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” right? Well, what doesn’t kill you also makes for good interview material. Some of the trickiest interview questions are those that ask you to recall a negative experience or talk about your weaknesses. Questions like: Tell me about a time when you failed. What [...]

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BrazenCareerist Wants to Know: What Does It Mean to Be in the Driver’s Seat of Your Career?

This Wednesday, BrazenCareerist is hosting a nation-wide meetup called “Meetup Everywhere: Crowdsource Your Career”. Across the country, people will gather to discuss what it means to take control of their career and life. These meetups will be filmed and Brazen will compile the conversations into one awesome video montage of what is sure to be an amazing collection of ideas. Pretty cool, [...]

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All In the Intro

One of the most common questions I get from students who are preparing for career fairs or on-campus employer presentations is about interacting with employers. Many ask,”How do I approach this employer?” or “What am I going to say to this person?” Managing initial face-to-face introductions is a skill you’ll use in any situation where [...]

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Student Startup Story: An Interview with Brett Kopf

Last month I wrote a post about college students starting their own businesses. I was hoping that post would result in our readers sharing stories of their own successes and challenges as entrepreneurs. They did and they didn’t disappoint. Brett Kopf is one of them. After graduating from Michigan State University, Brett started remind101 with [...]

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Summer Internship Check-in: Five Things to Do Now

Summer is flying by and if you are currently working at an internship it is likely you have recently reached or are about to reach the half way point. It might be tempting to cruise along through the rest of August without giving it much thought, but there are some things you can do before [...]

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Tips for Giving and Receiving Feedback

Last week a colleague paid me an unsolicited, surprising, and helpful compliment. It caught me completely off guard, which got me thinking about giving and receiving feedback. Feedback is one of the most useful resources for building your brand. In order to talk about what value you bring to a given situation you have to [...]

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Self-Promote Without Sounding Obnoxious

You can work hard and achieve great things, but you won’t get very far if no one knows what you’ve done and what you’re capable of doing in the future. Part of building a personal brand is communicating that brand and its value to the people around you and to people who can benefit from [...]

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    Dan Schawbel, the founder of the Student Branding Blog, is a world renowned personal branding expert, the international bestselling author of Me 2.0, as well as the publisher of the Personal Branding Blog.


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