At least one undergraduate student pulls me aside at each of our events and asks me this question. Each one has a sad but eager look on their face, hoping to hear me say that they are not defeated and that they have a fighting chance.
If you are a 1st or 2nd year, RAISE YOUR [...]
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No CommentsNetworking and building relationships with people is one of the most essential things one needs to do to become successful. When you want to contact someone and meet up(newly met professional or old friend), you want to find a common interest to make the meeting pleasant and enjoyable for both. Maybe you both like golf. [...]
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Networking is tough, mainly because you are forced to cross through your comfort zone. Engaging and talking to strangers can be rather intimidating. However, the fear of reaching out is essentially based on illusions. In reality, there is really nothing that could be lost (assuming you don’t need to interact
with the person in the long [...]
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No CommentsNetworking, or building relationships rather, is one of the most important concepts in becoming successful. Nothing can be done on your own, and the stronger your connections are, the more resourceful you are, and ultimately, the “luckier” you become. Here we will share the core concepts of good networking.
Networking starts with the Self
In order [...]
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No CommentsI was reading Wendy Terwelp’s blog when I came across a post entitled Job Fairs: Matchmaking 101. Wendy puts it perfectly because in essence that is what recruitment is. Recruitment is the matching of a company with the perfect candidate.In her blog, Wendy writes that you must be prepared for a brief interview when [...]
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No CommentsJun has a theory that interviewers decide if they’ll want to hire you within the first two minutes of meeting you. This means that the very possibility of getting a job offer starts the moment you meet your interviewer. I want to share with you some tips on supercharging your interview from the very start [...]
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No CommentsJun has a theory that interviewers decide if they’ll want to hire you within the first two minutes of meeting you. This means that the very possibility of getting a job offer starts the moment you meet your interviewer. I want to share with you some tips on supercharging your interview from the very start [...]
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No CommentsEvery time I go to a networking event, speaker event, or business conference, I find the same guy lurking through the crowd like some parasitic life form looking to suck the business out of me. You know him as well. It is the guy that hands you his business card before he introduces [...]
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No CommentsLast week, I attended an entrepreneur web 2.0 conference called GABA – the German American Business Association. Everyone in the room was German, and to be honest, I stuck out like a soar thumb. In a way, my not being German worked to my advantage because people remember meeting someone who sticks out from the [...]
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No CommentsAs a child, my father always told me, “Dress how you want, as long as it gets you the girl.” He was right.
I used to go to school wearing flip flops with socks, Hawaiian t-shirts, and a big fro on my head. Needless to say, I was the last person on any girls’ mind. Although [...]
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