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Ed. Note: The last time we heard from journalist, social media strategist, and MJD friend Alexis Grant, she was telling people how to turn their traveling dreams into reality without hurting their careers. Here’s another post of hers, this one about getting lucky, or rather, making your own luck while you’re searching for a job. [...]

Despite LinkedIn, Facebook and other new job hunting forums, at some point in the application process you’ll be asked for a resume or CV (Curriculum Vitae: a summary of your academic and professional history). A good resume can still help you get that all-important interview for an open position. There are many excellent Internet articles [...]

Twitter is like a window into the soul of America. It shows us faster and more accurately what is on our collective minds than any other medium currently in use. So it was only a matter of time, in a bad economy and a worse job market, that Twitter would be flooded with both job [...]

(MoneyWatch) The world is full of people trying to tweet, like and link their way to prosperity. Years from now, we’ll all look back at how much time everyone wasted trying to get ahead with social media and think, that was a real “fools rush in” moment. In case you don’t get the reference, it [...]

According to marketer Mark Schaefer, yes. He lists seven reasons why a blog will help you in your job search. Blogging while job-searching will: Show what you’re made of. In any interview, you normally have to try to convince people that you know what you know. Build a professional network. Engag[e] versus advertis[e]. [Serve as [...]

Facebook, The Timeline, and The Open Graph: Is  Facebook becoming what Brian Solis  calls, “The New EgoSystem?”  I happen to love the new timeline, and the open graph.  On the other hand, I’m a social media professional, and I know how to conduct myself on social networks.  I’m still flabbergasted by how many people do [...]

It is my pleasure to have Margo Rose with me today. Margo caught my attention over a year ago when I saw her omnipresence on numerous social media platforms. She is one of the most respected and well-connected individuals in the social media and human resource space today. She is a community leader, HR pro, [...]

Though the job search if often treated like a 9-to-5 position, it becomes more difficult to manage when you already have a full-time job. More often than not, job seekers face discrimination for being unemployed, which may lead to finding job openings while gainfully employed. Whatever your reasons may be for leaving, job searching in [...]

Looking for a job can be stressful. As job seekers triple check their resumes for typos and edit their cover letters, it seems like employers sit back and relax with all the power—especially in today’s job market. Although companies do have the power to hire or not, they should still show candidates respect throughout the [...]

What do you get when you cross world citizen with Gen Y student with budding entrepreneur? You get Caroline Pugh. Pugh, a sophomore business student and president of the Virginia Tech Entrepreneur Club (E-Club), sat down with me to talk about her involvement in the club and her work with Gen Y entrepreneurs. Pugh, who [...]