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More Bang for Your Buck: Start-up or MBA?
Both a start-up and an MBA will offer you a business education. You’ll be exposed to all facets of participating in, and in some cases running, an organization. Due to the time constraints, it’s difficult to do both at the same time.
That said, does the business knowledge you receive either from an MBA or a start-up supercede each other? Here are the essential pros and cons: 
Posted in Career Advice, career plan, career transition, college graduate, higher education, start-up
Tagged college students, MBA, recentgrads, start-up
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Your College Experience IS Real World Experience
Young job-seekers are tumbling out of college with little to no work experience… and a resume that looks more like a static mini-autobiography than a dynamic story.
With the job market saturated with talent and eager workers, how can a young graduate stand out from the pack?
Posted in youtern
Tagged college, college students, gen y, graduation, young professionals
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Bachelors Degrees: Gen Y’s New High School Diploma?
Imagine a time when having a bachelor’s degree absolutely guaranteed you’d land a job after graduation. A bachelor’s degree used to mean much more than it does today, and the higher supply has led to some unfortunate employment prospects.
Bill Baker, President of Dallas-based recruiting firm Schul Baker Partners, said master’s degrees are what bachelor’s degrees used to be. However, even though their value might have changed, an undergraduate degree is still a necessity in today’s work economy.
So what does that mean for Generation Y?
Posted in college, college graduate, Gen Y
Tagged bachelors degree, college, gen y, Millennials, Real World
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The Social Media Job Search: Careers Will Never Be The Same
Once upon a time, job searches centered on resumes, cover letters and cold calls.
Oh, how times have changed.
While it is not quite time to retire the traditional resume yet, today’s job seekers may be better off trolling social media sites for job leads. Rather than spending time polishing their objective statements, they should perfect their online profiles…
Posted in Career Advice, job search, social media, young professional
Tagged job search, job search advice, social media
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A Domain in Your Name: Personal Websites as Career Catalyst
Whether you want a satisfactory job in a mega corporation or want to improve your prospect of getting your dream job, having a personal website can be the best way to get noticed!
Here are some ways a personal website will enable your career goals…
Posted in Career Advice, Personal Brand, social media, young professional
Tagged career advice, job search, personal branding, social media, website
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The 5 Worst Pieces of Career Advice Given to Students
Running an executive search firm, we come in contact with many recent college graduates. We also coach recent grads who have had trouble finding a job after college graduation.
When we begin working with these students, we have to break some of the bad habits that career counselors have bestowed upon them over the years. While one would assume that career center heads really know their stuff, much of the information given to recent grads searching for jobs is inaccurate… and sometimes harmful.
Here are 5 of those pieces of bad advice that career centers give to students…
Posted in Career Advice, Career Center, college, Gen Y
Tagged bad career advice, Career Centers, college students
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