Many career sites cater primarily to experienced professionals. Obviously, if you are a member of Generation-Y you rarely meet the years of experience required for many of the positions you may seek. However, if you are never given the opportunity to demonstrate and hone your skills—how can you gain this experience? It is the ultimate catch-22.
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Do you need a time out?
Image by Fabiana Zonca via Flickr When I was a kid I had a lot of energy (a trait I still possess today). I didn’t always harness this energy in a constructive manner and when I didn’t do so—I could expect to receive a “time out.” Time out to me was like receiving a death…
The Importance of Character
I had a bad case of writer’s block this weekend. I wanted to write something great and profound, but was unable to do so because at the moment I had the attention span of a child. So I decided to do some spring cleaning and came across this gem of a speech I had written…
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
I just finished watching a segment on AIG and how they had the audacity to take $165 million dollars in bailout money to “reward” their top executives for a job well done. I’m sure you can detect a hint of sarcasm and are probably thinking that I am going to bash AIG (rightly so)—however, in…
How to Speak your Peace
“I’m sick of my boss treating me this way.” We have all uttered in frustration the aforementioned sentence. However, how many of us actually confront the person that we feel is mistreating us? Not many people do because they do not know how to approach the situation. I recently wrote a post called Speak now…