Talking About Millennial Employment On CNBC
I went back on CNBC for my third appearance this afternoon on “Power Lunch” with Tyler Mathisen, the co-anchor. This segment was based on the recent research study I worked on with Beyond.com called the “Multi-generational Job Search“. It was our second year fielding the study and this time is was far more interesting an extensive […]
Why Zappos Is Becoming The Best Company For Gen Y
There’s always been a lot of buzz about Zappos, the billion dollar retail company run by Tony Hsieh and owned by Amazon. While their products aren’t the cheapest, they’ve won the hearts and minds of their customers over by developing an impressive customer service operation. They’ve also built a company culture that is world renowned […]
How Career Centers Should Support Millennial Careers
I recently blogged about how students should be more proactive about their careers and bypass their career centers if they can’t get support. Career centers have never received much attention from students, administrators or even companies. They have been perceived as an office that helps students create standard resumes. A few decades ago, their role was […]
Students Can’t Rely On Career Centers To Get Jobs
Gone are the days that students can rely on their college career centers to prepare them for the real world — now it’s on them. Students have to be accountable for their careers and seek out events, alumni and opportunities on their own. In a new study by my company and Internmatch.com, we found that […]
My Experiences At CNBC Doing A Millennial Segment
I received an email this morning from Uptin Saiidi, a millennial producer for “Power Lunch” on CNBC. I had been on CNBC before on their “Street Signs” program doing a piece about millennial retention. Today’s segment was on how unprepared millennials are for the working world. Also joining me for the segment was Kelley Holland, who […]
The Top 10 Workplace Trends for 2014
I gave you my top trends for 2013 and now it’s time to look ahead to 2014. The economy is showing no signs of getting better and now with Obamacare next year, there are going to be some major changes. 2014 will be a slow period, where a lot of major workplace issues will surface and executives […]
Top 5 Job Search Tips For Millennials
I was recently asked by ZDNET about my top tips for millennial job seekers. Here are my top five: 1. While you’re job searching, do freelance projects so that you can be actively developing your skills and building case studies of your work that you can use to prove your worth to employers. 2. Instead […]
Buy Your Copy of Promote Yourself Today!
I hope you’re doing well and thank you so much for subscribing to my blog and supporting both my company and my career. I appreciate you taking the time to read my work on careers, workplace trends and personal branding. Today, I’m proud to announce that my second book, Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career […]
Promote Yourself Excerpt – Chapter 10: Start Your Own Business While on the Job
Chapter 10: Start Your Own Business While on the Job Becoming an intrapreneur isn’t something people typically fall into. If you want it to happen, you’re going to have to get out there and make it happen. And to do that, you’ll need a plan. Item number one on your list is to master your […]
Book Trailer: Why Millennials Matter
Everything you’ve heard about the millennial generation is wrong. Millennials are the largest, most diverse, most educated generation in American history. Instead of getting frustrated with them, support them as they make positive change in our world. This trailer for my new book “Promote Yourself” will explain why. Promote Yourself is a book for millennials […]
WEBCAST: The Promote Yourself Book Launch With Dan Schawbel
To celebrate the release of my new book, Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success, I’ve teamed up with Ernst & Young LLP to hold a global webcast of our New York City launch event. As a loyal subscriber to the Personal Branding Blog, I wanted to personally invite you to this webcast event. […]
Gen Y Rockstar Series: Katherine Larner
Emotional Intelligence Is the Key to Millennials’ Success Emotional Intelligence (EQ) has been crucial to my success as a millennial in business. EQ is the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others. It’s an asset that I didn’t even name at first as it’s not as quantitative a skill as math or science, […]
Gen Y Rockstar Series: William Connolly
This is the fourth post in a series spotlighting top Gen Y’s who are rocking the corporate world. Funny Business: Building Soft Skills Through Comedy “Take chances, make mistakes, get messy.” Do you know where that nugget of wisdom comes from? If you guessed Miss Frizzle of The Magic School Bus, Generation-Y’s de facto substitute […]
Gen Y Rockstar Series: Sonie Guseh
This is the third post in a series spotlighting top Gen Y’s who are rocking the corporate world. Veering off the path As an extreme planner, it was pretty weird for me to decide not to continue with the goal I’d been working toward for so many years — in fact, it was downright out […]
Gen Y Rockstar Series: Laura Petti
This is the second post in a series spotlighting top Gen Y’s who are rocking the corporate world. Career Risks Pay Off In my personal opinion, in order to get ahead in your career, you first need to get your head in the game. Now, I’m not talking about worrying and agonizing over which move […]