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May 18, 2010 Job-Hunting Tips for New Graduates MYFOXNY.COM – It is graduation season, which means that pretty soon thousands of young people will be looking to enter the job market. In my interview with FOX 5, I… Read More
May 5, 2010 Greet Like a Ginsu: (Part Two) In my last post I talked about ensuring your physical space is clean and welcoming. It’s also important to be very clear with the people manning these areas about personal… Read More
Apr 29, 2010 Communicate Like a Pro: How to Wow by Jaqueline Wales Communication is everything. Did you know that 85% or more of reaching an accurate medical diagnosis comes from taking a good patient history alone? In business and… Read More
Apr 19, 2010 How to Resign From a Job Gracefully Recently published on AOL.com’s job portal by Barbara Safani. Even in a tough economy, some people decide to leave their jobs voluntarily. The employee may make that decision because he/she… Read More
Apr 17, 2010 Greet Like a Ginsu: (Part One) Did you know it took over 600 hours to think up, agree upon, and refine the first ten seconds of the original Ginsu infomercial? (“In Japan, the hand can be… Read More
Apr 5, 2010 Brand Yourself for Promotion By Chris Perry of CareerRocketer.com: Communicating your unique and differentiating value doesn’t stop once you get a job.  Personal branding is important for all professionals across industries whether they are… Read More
Mar 26, 2010 THE ART OF NEGOTIATION How to Get What You Want My new article on Maria Shriver’s The Women’s Conference: One way or another we’re always negotiating—whether it’s with our boss for a raise, with our partner for rotation on cleanup… Read More
Mar 24, 2010 The All-Important Informational Interview When I was thinking about switching professions, from teaching to publishing, I kept going on interviews and striking out, and I couldn’t figure it out. There had to be something… Read More
Mar 12, 2010 WHAT TO DO When a Friend Needs a Loan My new article on Maria Shriver’s The Women’s Conference: By Frances C. Jones “Brother can you spare a dime?” was the title of one of the best-known songs of the… Read More
Mar 11, 2010 Forget About Sex—Let’s Talk About Hair For those of you scratching your heads (Sorry, I’m in a punning kind of mood) at the title—and the topic—of this piece, here’s a newsflash: many, many people spend as… Read More

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