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“Integrators” Get Ahead: Skillfully blending your online personal image and professional life
December 04, 2012 by William Frierson
Social media can play a positive role in both enhancing your image personally and professionally. In the following post, learn some tips that can help you achieve this goal.You’ve surely heard the ominous and endless warnings about how reckless social media activity can jeopardize your job or throw a wrench into your career search. And, indeed, unflattering pictures from a late-night binge, profanity laced-tirades and off-color jokes can earn you a pink slip or rejection letter.
Yet more social media researchers and experts are beginning to emphasize the upside of a savvy and well-managed online image that complements your professional life, potentially strengthening your value as an employee and your marketability as a job candidate.
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“Integrators” Get Ahead: Skillfully blending your online personal image and professional life
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13 tips for E-mail Etiquette: It Still Counts in a Mobile Generation
by William FriersonHave you ever thought about email etiquette? It does exist and may benefit you, especially in the workplace; learn some tips in the following post.In today’s world, e-mails are often rapid fire communication with little thought behind them. Yet, they still make an impression – your e-mail approach is part of your personal brand. It affects your reputation when you are in the job market and continues to be noticed once you have secured a job. It’s important to remember e-mail etiquette and also that in certain instances, e-mail may not be the best method of communication.
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13 tips for E-mail Etiquette: It Still Counts in a Mobile Generation
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Study Reveals that African-American Males Most Likely to Lose Academic Scholarships
September 04, 2012 by William FriersonCollege student retention and low graduation rates are the most significant problems associated with state-provided financial aid. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has found that African-American males are the most likely to lose state lottery-funded scholarships with academic stipulations. Charles Menifield, a professor in the Truman School of Public Affairs at MU, found that more than 50 percent of African-American males lost state-funded scholarships over the course of a four-year academic career. Continue Reading
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70% of Employers of College Grads Have Formalized Diversity Hiring Programs
December 01, 2011 by Steven RothbergOrganizations with a formal diversity recruiting effort are better able to hire diverse candidates than those that have no defined effort, according to a new survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
More than 70 percent of the employers taking part in NACE’s 2011 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey reported that their organization has a formal effort to hire diverse candidates; these respondents averaged a higher percentage of new college graduate hires from all the targeted categories than their counterparts that do not have a formal diversity recruiting effort. (See Figure 1.) Continue Reading
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Diversity Career Fair
September 16, 2007 by tasorokina@emadvice.comDiversity Career Fairs are organized by CareerJournal.com (part of WSJ) in major US cities approximately once every quarter. The next fair will be held on Tuesday, October 23, in Washington D.C.. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel Old Town.
The Executive Diversity Career Fair provides a unique setting for job seekers from diverse backgrounds to meet with top companies.
Eligibility: Companies recruiting at the fair are strongly committed to seeking executive, managerial and professional women, disabled and minority candidates, including recent graduates from M.B.A. programs. However, all candidates are welcome.
Cost: The event is free to candidates, and all eligible attendees can register on-site at the event. Attendees should bring multiple copies of their resumes.
Environment: All interviews will be conducted in private suites with company representatives.
Career Assistance: Free seminars throughout the day will cover such topics as job-search success tips and career-advancement strategies. A free resume critique will also be available at the event. You can find more information at http://www.careerjournal.com/diversity/?cjcontent=mail
Tatiana Sorokina is the author of Legal Alien’s Guide. Building Career and Life in Chciago, IL. http://legalaliensguide.blogspot.com This is a comprehensive guide to various networking organizations, associations, groups and clubs that help you to find a job or start your own busienss.
