7 Tips For College Students Looking To Start Their Own Businesses

Hallie Rich, Founder and President of Rich Vitamins LLC

Post-graduate life can be exciting but also a little scary:  how do you make your mark, can you really follow your dreams?  Here are 7 tips for those embarking on their careers after college

1. Love it because you’re going to have to breathe it! If you’re not excited and passionate about what your idea is, you can’t expect others to be either.  Starting your own business really does mean that you are on the job 24/7 and it gets hard to maintain the focus and passion needed if you don’t really believe in what you’re doing. Continue Reading

The Scariest Job Seeker Mistakes To Avoid

What mistakes are you afraid to make in your job search?  See if any of them are included in the following post.

Halloween is the perfect memory-jogger for all things scary. But during the job search, job seekers are too busy being concerned with their own circumstance to be fearful of ghosts, werewolves, goblins, and ghouls. While it’s easy as a job seeker to succumb to the fears of the hunt, it’s important not to let the search

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7 Mistakes Every Freshman Makes

Freshman year is one of the best times in college. Everything is so new and exciting, and, best of all, you don’t have Mom or Dad breathing down your neck, telling you to clean your room or get home before curfew. But with this new freedom comes lots of bad decisions and regrettable mistakes. Part of it is learning the ropes of college and the other part is mostly bad judgment. The good news is these things happen to just about every first-year college student. Here are seven mistakes every freshman makes: Continue Reading

Project Management No-Nos That Apply To Your Job, Too

Cathy Eng, Certified Advanced Resume Writer

Though I’m not a project manager, I often pick up issues of PM Network to see what kind of career advice it has. I often find that the career advice it gives is widely transferable to many fields beyond project management. The February 2012 issue of PM Network boasts an article titled “10 Mistakes That Could Get You Fired,” which I found to be both enlightening and applicable to almost all industries.

So many professionals are guilty of these missteps that it bears spreading the good information that the article provides. I picked out five of the 10 mistakes featured in the article (some were indeed more focused project management) that could apply to any professional. Here is a summary of those mistakes outlined and how they may apply to you: Continue Reading

Worst Interview Mistakes

In a labor market where a single open position can receive resumes from dozens, even hundreds of hopeful applicants, just getting to the interview stage is an accomplishment for many job seekers. But once one lands the elusive interview, what are the sure-fire ways to make the wrong impression?

Most Harmful Common Mistakes

Hiring managers say the following are the mistakes most detrimental to your interview performance: Continue Reading