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College To Career Transition: How to Successfully Navigate The Job Market (Advanced Degrees)

Advanced Degrees I am almost 50-50 on this one. Not because I don’t think it’s important, but because sometimes the cost and time of acquiring it becomes an elephant debt in the room. For instance, I had recently called a … Continue reading

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College To Career Transition: How to Successfully Navigate The Job Market (Job Application)

Job Application Firstly, let me thank all those who emailed me about the internship post. Like I previously said, it is necessary for every student to at least engage in one or more internships before graduating college. Today, I will … Continue reading

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College to Career Transition: How To Proactively Secure Your Dream Job

Be Proactive:For you to achieve great success in the job market, you have to put in great work. Thus, here are things you should know and do in order to increase your chances of succeeding in the job market: a)      … Continue reading

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College To Career Transition: The Relevance of Past Work Experience to Your Job Search

Experience: Your experiences are the puzzle pieces which help determine how qualified you are for a certain position. They are the knowledge, practicality, know-how and skills you gain from previous jobs over a period of time.  Your experience helps a … Continue reading

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College to Career Transition: Using The Right Swag And Appeal Can Enhance Your Job Search

One way to successfully increase your chances of securing a job is to ensure that you appeal to your employer. Your appeal consists of your Brand Professionalism Persona Swag Brand: Of all that comprise of your appeal, in my opinion, … Continue reading

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College to Career Transition: Paper Resume Vs Video Resume?

USE BOTH! There has been rising controversy about the use of video resumes versus the paper resume. For sure, the importance of having an effective resume cannot be overemphasized. In the recent past, it’s been known that most ‘experts’ advice … Continue reading

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College to Career Transition: How to Successfully Navigate The Job Market (Internships)

This is the second part of my College-to-Career Transition Series, which sprang up from a presentation I gave at The City College of New York on February 24th, 2011. During the first part of the series, I explored the importance … Continue reading

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College to Career Transition: 45 Internship Resource Websites for Students

After writing my blog post on Internships as a pathway to successful navigation from College to Career, my business partner, Kevaughn Isaacs, asked me to include a database of Internship resources to help interested students find gainful internships online. So … Continue reading

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College to Career Transition: How to Successfully Navigate The Job Market Part 1

I recently was at the City College of New York to talk to students about how to successfully transition from College to Career. I thought that I had just given a simple presentation on what I thought they should already … Continue reading

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The MAN, Chike Ukaegbu

(pondering…) There are so many facets to the man Chike Ukaegbu. So many of them that even I, the closest being that embodies him, could not tell you about him in totality. So whenever I am asked to describe him, … Continue reading

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