From: Career News
According to a recent QuickPoll identifying relocation trends...
* Four percent of women candidates are very
willing to relocate for the right job *
Forty-six percent of MBA candidates are very willing to relocate
* Nineteen percent of diverse candidates are
very willing to relocate When requesting that employees transfer
for positions or offering candidates jobs in distant locations, be
sure to provide guidelines that will help each candidate determine
whether moving is the best choice for him/her. This will ensure
that your company gains the most positive and best employee for a
position! Encourage potential relocaters to: 1)
Discuss the opportunity with spouse and family. Ensure that all
family mem...
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Career Advice: What do you Know Now that you Wish you had Known when you chose your Career Path?
html> 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 ...
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
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
learn...
Don't Let The Insanity Get You Down
Surrounded by the craziness of human nature, leadership is
tough. There are prompts and prods and attempts to
incite - all pulling your attention away from what matters
most. Every minute, every interaction, every day you get
to choose to take *it* on or not. As leaders, we could be
sarcastic, snippy, or positioned to win . . . . the
heck with that, I'm going zen. Join me.
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