How to Build Your Online Reputation

Building your professional reputation online is vital to your job search in today's online world. Job seekers need to pay particular attention to how they interact online, and the information available about them via search.   Remember, any activity online, from Facebook to Twitter to Linkedin, to personal blogs and high school reunion sites, provides a potential employer a view into your professional behavior," commented JillXan Donnelly of The Career Exposure Network.

Tips for building your online reputation include:
 

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Is Work Stressing You Out?

Are you Stressed at Work? Are you overwhelmed with your workload? Employees Share their coping strategies and ways to find some down time in a busy day.

Take a break with a coffee break with a colleague – seek out co-workers who are a positive influence.

Leave work on time – at least 3 days a week – Sure long hours are sometimes expected, but not everyday…

Take a Lunch break and get out of the office. Try to eat with a colleague, mentor, or business contact at least 1 time per week.  Just think of that – 50 contacts per year.

Have an organized office.
Take 10-15 mindutes at the end of the day to make your to-do list for tomorrow.

Block out an hour of uninterrupted work time everyday. No emails, no interruptions from co-workers. Time to work on that plan, report, memo or speadsheet. Maximize  your productivity.



For additional career and employment information as well as job and candidate search strategies, visit CareerWomen.com, DiversitySearch.com, MBACareers.com, and CareerExposure.com.


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Internships benefit both sides of the business equation…

Internships benefit both sides of the business equation, stressed JillXan Donnelly of The Career Exposure Network. "Employers have the opportunity to evaluate potential new hires and determine if the candidate is a good fit for the organization," Donnelly said. "At the same time, interns can use the experience to make great contacts, challenge their thinking outside of the classroom and evaluate a company."

Strategies for Managing Stress at Work

Is work stressing you out? You aren't alone.  According to a CareerWomen.com survey, more than 80 percent of working women are stressed out as a result of work related issues. Women that responded to the poll revealed that most of their stress was a result of ineffective co-workers, too many unproductive meetings, and difficult client or office situations.

"Stress has a debilitating effect on productivity," said JillXan Donnelly, president of CareerWomen.com. "With reduced staffs, higher expectations, and slim margins, we are finding increased burnout and a decrease in job satisfaction. As a result, stress-coping strategies are a requirement for every working woman who wants to make a meaningful contribution to her company."

Women from across the U.S. responded with their tips on dealing with workplace stress.

• De-clutter your office: An unorganized office can make you feel more stressed.
• Seize the weekend: Use your downtime to recharge, exercise, and connect with family and friends.
• More water, less caffeine: Keeping hydrated improves your sense of well-being and helps you to relax.
• Get more sleep: Being well-rested helps with coping. Try to get the recommended 7-8 hours of sleep per night.
• Talk about your stress: Find a friend that can lend supportive, advice, or just a sympathetic ear. Sometimes just knowing someone understands is helpful.
  

For additional career and employment information as well as job and candidate search strategies, visit CareerWomen.com, DiversitySearch.com, MBACareers.com, and CareerExposure.com.


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Start planning for your Summer 2011 Internship Now

Even though summer 2010 is coming to an ending,  it's never to early to start planning for next year!

MBA 1st year students : It's never to early to plan for your Summer Internship.
Start looking fall semester to line up that important summer 2011 internship.  Some companies seek commitments from interns months in advance.
In fact, MBACareers.com is featuring an Internship Opportunity with Nestles Purina PetCare - and they are seeking to line up commitments by Decemeber 2010. To see the job opportunity, click here:
http://mbacareers.com/displayEmployerJob.do?action=Display&job_id=78975


For additional career and employment information as well view & apply to jobs with some of the best employers,  visit MBACareers.com

Internship Advice from recent Interns

 
"Definitely do it! In today's job market, it's not enough to just have a degree. Most employers are looking for people with a degree and relevant experience."
(MBA male respondent)
 
"Do it. Starting pay is generally higher after graduation because of the applicable work experience."
(MBA male respondent)
 
"I would highly recommend interning with a government agency. The flexibility and learning potential is so great and the benefits are well worth the experience. They are applicable to both the public and private sector."
(MBA female respondent)
 
"It was an invaluable experience. I was offered a job, but I declined the offer. The company I interned with had a very strong reputation in the industry and, on paper, it seemed like a "dream job," but I learned that I didn't like the corporate culture. I went with a smaller company and I like it much better. I did get some good experience and good references out of the internship." (MBA female respondent)
 

For additional career and employment information as well as job and candidate search strategies, visit MBACareers.com.

--- Source:  MBACareers.com  /  The Career Exposure Network™

Top Internship Benefits….

    * Earn salary to offset educational expenses
    * Opportunity to earn academic credit
    * Participate in meaningful work assignments relative to their academic area
    * Opportunities to apply business school concepts to work assignments
    * Exposure to public service careers
    * Develop a network of professional contacts for future opportunities


 --Source: U.S. Department of Labor, MBA Internship Program

Career Advice: What do you Know Now that you Wish you had Known when you chose your Career Path?

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What do you know now that you wish you had known when you chose your career/profession?  
We ask the viewers of The Career Exposure Network to let us know and our QuickPoll respondents gave some great career advice.
Here's what they said:

•    Formal business acumen is important

•    Have excellent financial management skills, as your backbone. Critical thinking is essential. Also, get your MBA.

•    Learn to lead, and observe and absorb the professional skill that aren't taught in college.

•    Develop a network of professionals in all fields. Recognize the skills you have are transferable.

•    Education is very important. Society seems to be very informal these day and the anything goes attitude is pervasive in the college culture, but strong business skills are a must for achieving future success.

•    Learn that you aren't selling out if you work hard and act/dress/conduct yourself professionally.

•    I was naive and thought that once I chose a career that was it. My advice--be flexible, look out for opportunity, even change leading to new work. Change is a constant in the workplace. You have to constantly be broadening your horizons. If you want to succeed, you have to look for opportunities; they won't just fall in you lap.

•    Importance of Strong communication skills -- I know how to speak with a purpose. I have learned the importance of formulating my thoughts before letting them go, even in a hurried moment, I take the time to think about my comments and what they could imply if spoken in the wrong tone.

•    Smaller office environments enable greater learning potential on the job. You tend to do more than just your designated assignment, which quickly builds you a diverse and strong skill set for future endeavors.


For additional career and employment information as well as job and candidate search strategies, visit CareerWomen.com, DiversitySearch.com, MBACareers.com, and CareerExposure.com.




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Networking Tips for Career Advancement…

Establish networks with professionals in your current or desired fields.
Search for and attend association events, cocktail receptions and critical seminars that will attract the people you should know.

Be prepared to talk with new people. 
Draft a few questions and statements that will help get the conversation going. Ask what inspired your new contact to join his/her company or what experience he/she brings to the job. Share your positive experiences, what you've learned and your intended career path. Get his/her contact information!!

Look for mutual opportunities.
Perhaps your new contact could benefit from your friend's business. Offer to make an introduction. Maybe your new contact knows someone working at your dream company. Ask if he/she would consider sharing your information with that person. Look for reasons to maintain contact and share resources. Be reliable! Don't promise something that you can't deliver.

Keep in touch!
Follow up every few months just to say hello, see how business is going, set a coffee date...anything that will keep you top of mind. Nearly all networked affiliates share job leads, business leads or tips that can help you achieve your goals.


For additional career and employment information as well as job and candidate search strategies, visit CareerWomen.com, DiversitySearch.com, MBACareers.com, and CareerExposure.com.




--- Source: The Career Exposure Network™

Employers Advice to Job Candidates

We asked our Employers/ Recruiters;  What's the most important advice you would give a Job candidate to gain the edge above the competition and get that interview?

“Make sure you are qualified for the job.
Come prepared, be professional and tell me how you can help our company achieve our objectives.
Don't come with your list of demands and what you think the job should be.”


Source:   CareerWomen.com / The Career Exposure Network™

Career Exposure Reveals Five Memorable Interview Questions

What can you do in the interview to stand out and get the offer. Here are a few quesitons that focus on five critical areas: goal setting, awareness of protocol, desire to learn, commitment to excellence and recognition of wisdom.

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How to Stand Out In a Job Interview – 5 Tips from CareerWomen.com

To get that coveted offer, the interview must be considered one of the most important steps in the hiring process to create a relationship with a potential employer. With the right preparation, qualified candidates can gain the advantage.  JillXan Donnelly, president of CareerWomen.com advises, “Practice, practice, practice. Many questions, such as those inquiring about your experience and qualifications, should be expected. By creating the right storyline to anticipated questions, your delivery will sound natural and confident. Remember, if you are qualified, the interview is where you can win or lose the game.”

To get the job, CareerWomen.com offers these five interviewing tips:

1. Be the qualified candidate
Know why you are qualified for the position by matching your experience to the specific requirements of the job ahead of the interview. By offering examples that match your qualifications to the exact position, the interview will be a breeze for you.

2. Prepare by doing your homework
Do your homework on the company as well as the position. Get up to date on the company’s current business issues so you can address any questions about direction and opportunity. Develop a list of questions prior to the interview to demonstrate your interest and curiosity about the company.

3. Speak with confidence
This is not the time to by shy and timid. Be confident about your professional accomplishments and talk about your results. Talk about yourself through your previous employer’s words to give your claims needed validation. If you have some work samples you are proud of that are related to the position, why not show them off?

4. Act like a professional
This may seem like common sense, but you’ll be surprised how many people forget this completely. Common courtesies will take you a long way at setting the right professional impression. For example, dress appropriately for the position, be sure to turn off the cell phone and most importantly, be on time!

5. Be a good communicator
Listen and be appropriately enthusiastic. Listen to the questions before you answer. If you interrupt, it could send a warning flag that you are not interested. Lean forward, listen carefully and be sure to make direct eye contact.

Additional resources to enhance professional development and advance women’s careers can be found at CareerWomen.com including career development tools, career and employment news, professional associations and employment opportunities across the US with some of the best women-friendly companies.

Career Advice from MBAs

At MBACareers.com we asked our viewers: What do you know now that you wish you had known when you chose your career/profession? Here's some Real life advice from MBAs!

• Formal business acumen is important
• Go back to graduate school earlier
• Have excellent financial management skills, as your backbone. Critical thinking is essential.
• I married an MBA colleague, we both had high-powered jobs, but when he had the opportunity to move overseas and run a division, I gave up my job. It was the only decision at the time, but now we are separating and he's on the fast track, and I'm starting at mid-level again.. Somehow if you are a woman, you must remember to look out for yourself--even if you are in love, smart, and have a great job.
• Learn to lead, and observe and absorb the professional skill that aren't taught in college.
• To diversify my skills and keep updated on new technology trends.
• Adapt to trends, new markets and opportunities - understand and embrace the fact that change is a constant.
  
• How much I would have to travel and that it is Required
• Develop a network of professionals in all fields. Recognize the skills you have are transferable.

Source: MBACareers.com

Find Job Opportunities through Networking –

Job Search Strategies from The Career Exposure Network

Looking for connections to help your job search? Networking opportunities can be found in a variety of places. You never know which tip, connection or venue might lead to your next career opportunity. Be sure to consider these potential sources and utilize your connections.

• Colleagues in you chosen profession
• Career fairs and job expos
• On-line job listings. (Be sure to utilize niche sites.)
• Professional associations
• Family members and friends
• Faculty, advisors and classmates at your College/University
  
• Alumni network at your University
  
• College/Alumni Career Centers
• Private and public placement agencies
• Professional trade journals and newsletters
• Job postings at local organizations and companies
• Friends and their family members and friends of friends

Source:  The Career Exposure Network™

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Career Advancement Tip: Find a Mentor or Two

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A recent CareerWomen.com poll found that 62% of women have a formal or informal mentor in the workplace. Of these mentors, 64% were male and 36% were female. The support these mentors provide is very different. Male mentors help women by providing general business training, leadership opportunities, coaching feedback and advice on networking and career advancement. Women mentors help other women by providing informal fellowship, guidance within the corporation, motivation, encouragement, and strategies for career success, work/life balance, job sharing, maternity leave and counteracting gender bias.. Therefore it might be to your advantage to have two mentors -- as they say, one form Mars the other from Venus!

Find a mentor who will give you effect advice, feedback, guidance, networking and leadership opportunities, highlight your qualifications to others, provide you with visibility within the organization, and help you develop to your fullest potential.
Someone who can help you moves up within or outside of your company, and who can ultimately guide you to meet your own professional goals.

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Happy Holidays!

December 24, 2009 by Career News  
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Have a Happy Holiday Season - from Everyone at The Career Exposure Network™

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Career Strategy Checklist – New Year Career Tips

December 22, 2009 by Career News  
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As the year draws to an end, now is the time to plan for coming years' career goals. In addition to creating holiday shopping lists, take the time to create your own career strategy checklist to make the new year a career-defining year.

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Networking during the Holiday Season

December 11, 2009 by Career News  
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During the Holidays, its a good time to renew acquaintances, see former colleagues and friends, and expand your social network.  If you are looking for new opportunities or know of open positions, let this be part of the conversation.  Let former co-workers, colleagues and mentors tactfully know you're job hunting and ask them to connect you with prospective employers. If your organization has an open position, or you know of other job leads, be sure to mention the potential opportunity.

 And don't forget to follow-up!  Did you meet someone at a recent professional association get together?  Send them an email to thank them for the chat and ask them to let you know of relevant job openings. Better still, ask them to introduce you to people in their network that may have a job lead or could open doors at prospective employers.

Expand your social network and you expand your employment potential! 


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Holiday Party Protocol—The Best Gift – A Sincere Thanks

December 10, 2009 by Career News  
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One of the big tips for this year's holiday party is the Thank You.  What employees should do is prepare a quick thank you thought to share with important company staffers -- your boss, your staff, the people who make your job easier.  For example, a quick handshake with the boss could include, "Thanks for your leadership this year."  Or, "Thank you -- I really appreciate your commitment to the company."  Be sincere, be quick, and look the person in the eye when you deliver your message of Thanks.  They will really appreciate the gesture and will remember it!

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Words of Wisdom for a Successful Career — Viewers Share Their Career Advice

November 23, 2009 by Career News  
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What do you know now that you wish you had known when you chose your career/profession?
Viewers of The Career Exposure Network™ share their advice:

• Formal business acumen is important
• Have excellent financial management skills, as your backbone. Critical thinking is essential. Also, get your MBA.
• Learn to lead, and observe and absorb the professional skill that aren't taught in college.
• Develop a network of professionals in all fields. Recognize the skills you have are transferable.
• Education is very important. Society seems to be very informal these day and the anything goes attitude is pervasive in the college culture, but strong business skills are a must for achieving future success.
• Learn that you aren't selling out if you work hard and act/dress/conduct yourself professionally.
• I was naive and thought that once I chose a career that was it. My advice--be flexible, look out for opportunity, even change leading to new work. Change is a constant in the workplace. You have to constantly be broadening your horizons. If you want to succeed, you have to look for opportunities; they won't just fall in you lap.
• Importance of Strong communication skills -- I know how to speak with a purpose. I have learned the importance of formulating my thoughts before letting them go, even in a hurried moment, I take the time to think about my comments and what they could imply if spoken in the wrong tone.
• Smaller office environments enable greater learning potential on the job. You tend to do more than just your designated assignment, which quickly builds you a diverse and strong skill set for future endeavors.

For additional job, career and employment information visit CareerWomen.com, DiversitySearch.com, MBACareers.com, and CareerExposure.com. Search for a job, post your resume, career news and more...

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