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Tip #1: Globally Savvy or Internationally Challenged?

by admin January 28, 2009

This past year, YSN decided to get a closer look at college students around the globe to better understand the next generation workforce young people launching their careers. In case you haven’t heard, over the next 10 years more than one billion young people will enter the workforce. They may be your kids, your staff, [...]

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Tip #2: Your Industry, Your Playground

by admin January 20, 2009

Early in my career, after I’d helped my first few hundred people discover new career paths, businesses and organizations to launch into, I found myself wondering why different industries fascinated me so much. It didn’t matter whether the topic was entertainment, finance, apparel, aerospace, publishing, technology, food service, fitness or stranger stuff like neutraceuticals, biofuels [...]

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Tip #3: Google Yourself

by admin January 14, 2009

Let’s face it, we’ve all done things we’d prefer to keep private — from embarrassing 6th grade photos of your “awkward stage”, to that crazy weekend that really should NOT be documented, but instead go to the grave with you and your best friend. The Internet offers many amazing opportunities, but the reality is, it [...]

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Tip #4: Get Your Priorities Straight

by admin January 6, 2009

“Get your priorities straight!” is typically a comment or barb that comes hurling towards you in the heat/fog of bad judgment; but at YSN we rarely hear it talked about as a tool to empower you, make you happierxand of course, make you more successful. If you really think about it, having a clear sense [...]

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Tip #5: Goals. Got Any?

by admin December 30, 2008

Before you head out to your New Year’s party or start popping the champagne, make sure you take a little time to contemplate what you hope to accomplish in 2009.  Sure, this year hasn’t ended quite as well as any of us had planned, but it doesn’t mean that we can’t give ourselves every possible [...]

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