5 Lessons on Getting Hired from Election Night
Hoping to inspire confidence at your next interview? Look no further than the election results. If two presidential candidates could convince millions of Americans to go out of their way to vote for...
View ArticleGetting a Law Job with Average Grades...and other Questions
Have questions about how to navigate the world of legal networking, interviewing and job searching? So did more than 1200 law students, who tuned in to the lively and informative webcast "Ask the...
View ArticleHow to Try Out a New Career
If only settling on a career path were as easy as shopping for clothes: you go into a few places, try on a bunch of items, and make a commitment to the pieces that fit your style and needs. The option...
View ArticleNormal Gets You Nowhere: Kelly Cutrone's Interview Tips
So you've made it this far: you have been selected for a job interview in a competitive industry, with little room for error. You've done your research about the company, pressed your interview suit,...
View ArticleWho Wants to Work for the Winklevoss Twins?
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the identical twins from Harvard who famously sued their former classmate Mark Zuckerberg for $140 million and received $65 million in their settlement with the Facebook...
View ArticleHome for the Holidays? 4 Ways NOT Working Can Boost Your Career
Dreading the idleness of the holidays? Fear not. A little time away from your desk and even-gasp-your wireless access can be good for career and even your job search. Here's how to enjoy the time off...
View ArticleBite Off More Than You Can Chew: A Lesson from Krispy Kreme
If you haven't seen this video yet, your day is about to be made. Jia Jiang, who writes a blog called "100 Days of Rejection Therapy," had a simple mission: make an outlandish request at Krispy Kreme,...
View ArticleWhy Wall Street Women Hate Quotas for Women
For the past several months, controversy has been brewing across the Atlantic about the possibility of the European Commission imposing gender quotas upon company boards. In fact, it's possible that...
View ArticleFake It 'Til You Make It?
You know the job description--you've seen it a million times. An entry level position with a 5-year experience requirement. Or an internship citing "MUST HAVE" working knowledge of 3 kinds of software....
View Article5 Biggest Hiring and Firing Stories of 2012
The past year was a tumultuous one in C-suites across the country. Several scandals and billions of dollars in losses meant that many CEOs were shown the door. But there were also some bright spots at...
View ArticleVault's Top 10 Blogs of 2012
From The Monitor Group and Dewey & LeBoeuf bankrupcies to a simple act of ingenuity at Krispy Kreme donuts, 2012 has been a big year in career news. Revisit some of your favorite stories and advice...
View ArticleJob Hunting? Don't Make These 4 Party Mistakes
Ah, holiday parties. Harmless gatherings of merry-making. Or are they actually fields full of of conversational landmines? Social stuff can always be tough when you don't really want to talk about your...
View ArticleMean Mentors: Why Jerks are Good for Your Job Search
Ever see Kitchen Nightmares? The notoriously difficult chef Gordon Ramsay waltzes into failing restaurants, samples the food and atmosphere, then succinctly and arrogantly tells the owner everything...
View ArticleDigital Strategy: A Growing Career Field?
Once upon a time, technology used to be a distinct subset of a company's business dealings-something that was seen as necessary on some level (all those workers need desktop PC's), but definitely...
View ArticleOverqualified is Not Out of Luck
How Overqualified Attorneys Can Market Themselves Competitively by Diane Rifkin, Rifkin Consulting We didn't fall over the fiscal cliff, but our economy is still not on solid ground. As the economy...
View Article5 Tune Ups for 2013
Trying to take charge of your career? Look again-you may have missed a spot. It's easy to be on guard at the office, but chances are you're messing up your work trajectory in your down time, or getting...
View ArticleHitting the Career Snooze Button? 5 Reasons to Get Up
Call it the Britney Spears affect. The newly "Ex" judge of the X-Factor is a few years older than the bulk of her generation, but theĀ M.O. is the same: not really trying until she finds something she...
View ArticleCareer Path Profiles: Software Engineer at GE Healthcare
Ever wonder how people find their career paths? We certainly do. Finding a job fit for your education, talents, and interests can be tough, but it's definitely possible. Today we're talking to Rodolfo...
View ArticleImpossible Is Nothing: Final Words of Career Advice from Aleksey Vayner
Sad news has been making the internet rounds this week: Aleksey Vayner, of Youtube, Gawker, and Ivygate fame apparently died last week at the age of 29. Don't recognize the name? Vayner, who later...
View ArticleFuture-proof Your Career
If you want to future-proof your career, it helps to know two things: what skills businesses are likely to need in the coming years; and how HR professionals are anticipating meeting those needs....
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