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Daniel Mullaney’s MBA Project Search offers B-school grads a glimpse into the freelance and consulting worlds outside the confines of their school’s career services office.

Content: Article | Author: Lauren Everitt | Sources: FORTUNE, Poets & Quants | Subjects: Career, MBA Related

The chemistry, or lack of it, between you and your immediate boss could make or break you in a new job. Here’s how to tell if the fit is right.

Content: Career Information | Author: Anne Fisher | Source: FORTUNE | Subject: Interviewing

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Glassdoor sifted through tens of thousands of interview reviews to find the 50 most common questions. This article lists them and offers advice and tips on how to prepare for and answer them.

Content: Career Information | Author: Jacquelyn Smith | Source: Forbes | Subject: Interviewing

At some point, people have enough money to have financial security, live a comfortable, adventuresome lifestyle, and fulfill most of their aspirations in life. It is a mark of emotional and spiritual maturity to be able to say, “I have enough.” Past a certain point, it is not healthy to want more; actually, it is a kind of sickness.

Content: Quotation | Authors: John Mackey, Rajendra Sisodia | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Ambition, Career, Motivation

Personal Brand Planning for Life is not a typical book on branding. It takes you well beyond the definition of branding and marketing yourself. This book will walk you through the process of accessing your own aptitude to understand what your strengths and desires really are. It shows you how to take this understanding and develop a brand from it. Many books on branding stop … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Robert M. Donnelly, Todd Rhoad | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Whether you’re in an interview or rewriting your resume, here are some suggestions for managing your professional image in a job search. They’re organized by the reasons you may not have been working, but the advice can be catered to different situations.

Content: Career Information | Author: Priscilla Claman | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Interviewing

Finding a job is tough enough as it is without having to go through harrowing interviews. Here’s everything you need to know about nailing your interview so you can get through it stress-free.

Content: Career Information | Author: Whitson Gordon | Source: LifeHacker | Subject: Interviewing

Carol Bartz is widely-known in Silicon Valley for two things: being a high-profile executive at some of the best-known technology companies, and being a pull-no-punches speaker who says whatever is on her mind. Both traits were in evidence at a recent talk on Wharton’s San Francisco campus during which she discussed how bad bosses can be as instructive as good ones, how important it is … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Leadership

It’s a situation pretty much everyone finds themselves in at some point during their careers: sending your resume out to scores of recruiters and/or hiring agents…and not hearing anything back. Before you consider giving up on your ideal job, here are three powerful tweaks you can execute that will immediately increase the amount of attention your resume receives.

Content: Career Information | Author: Anish Majumdar | Source: LifeHacker | Subject: Resumes

Why do companies post open jobs only after a hire has been identified, or skip posting altogether? The practice is legal and ubiquitous, but frustrating for job-seekers, who don’t realize they’re applying for phantom positions.

Content: Career Information | Authors: Lauren Weber, Leslie Kwoh | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Job Search

Many a good idea has been sabotaged by a co-worker who, during a presentation, cuts right in to say, “That’s a good idea but…” Readers of this article will learn what tactics they can use to effectively disarm and discourage such a saboteur and allow their ideas to be heard fully and ultimately win acceptance.

Content: Article | Author: Lorne Whitehead | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

As the executive coaching industry has grown, so have concerns that some don’t have the credentials or experience needed to truly help their clients. Here are a few things to consider before hiring one.

Content: Article | Author: Katherine Reynolds Lewis | Source: FORTUNE | Subject: Career

A new book about the wit and wisdom of Harvard Business School Professor Howard Stevenson, written by longtime friend Eric C. Sinoway, examines life’s “inflection points” and how to use them to best advantage.

Content: Article | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

You got the job interview. You prepared by studying the company and thinking about your interview answers. Now what? What separates candidates who get job offers from everyone else? It turns out that interviews are not merely about answering the interviewer’s questions. Interviewing is a skill that can be systematically improved. Here are three of the toughest interview questions. You’ll see what most people say … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Author: Ramit Sethi | Source: LifeHacker | Subject: Interviewing

You can rise quite high in an organization by your own personal ability and by doing things better than other people. But as a CEO, you can’t do it all yourself. When you’re running a company with a presence in 170 different countries, you just can’t be there all the time. So it’s the most important part of your job to build the right team. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Achievement, Career, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Management

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For decades we’ve been told to “follow your passion” to “find the career meant for you.” “Do what you love and the money will follow.” Such clichés have become a staple of commencement speeches, such as Steve Jobs’ famed 2005 address at Stanford in which he said: “There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

But what if the evidence showed that this advice will … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Matthew E. May | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Professor Baba Shiv discusses how you can coax risk-averse managers to innovate and introduces the “X Framework.”

Content: Article | Author: Baba Shiv | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Career, Change Management, Innovation, Organizational Behavior

You’ve just landed a job interview for a position you really want. Congratulations! Now, you know you only get one chance to impress, but how exactly do you do that? Given all of the conflicting advice out there and the changing rules of getting a job, it’s no wonder that job seekers are confused about how to best prepare for and perform in an interview. … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Author: Amy Gallo | Source: LifeHacker | Subject: Interviewing