by Barbara Safani | Aug 12, 2009 | career management, networking
Last month I had an absolutely delightful networking meeting with someone I met through a professional association. What made the meeting so memorable was that the person I was networking with did everything right. She followed every rule of networking including:...
by Barbara Safani | Aug 10, 2009 | career management
For close to 20 years I kept a journal. I started writing entries when I was in college and wrote an entry almost every day. A few years ago, during an apartment renovation, the journals were lost and I’ve been mourning their loss ever since. My journals...
by Barbara Safani | Aug 5, 2009 | career management, on-line identity
By now you have probably heard the story about Trina Thompson, the Monroe College graduate who is suing the school for the $70,000 she paid in tuition because she hasn’t found employment since she received her bachelor’s degree in April. Much of the buzz...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 27, 2009 | career management, networking
This past weekend I attended my high school reunion. It was great to see old friends, but one of the things that struck me was how many people I never got to know in high school. For many, the high school years are often tough ones, defined by insecurities and...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 23, 2009 | career management, career research, resume
I was recently approached for an interview with Kristen Bellstrom, a journalist for Smart Money Magazine for an article on the resume writing/career coaching industry. I had surmised going into this that Smart Money would make a concerted effort to show readers how...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 20, 2009 | career management
There is a lot of buzz among career and human resources professionals about Gen Y (people born between the early 1980s and early 1990s). Companies are very interested in learning more about what it takes to recruit and retain the Gen Y’s and it will become...