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Facebook Study: It’s a Small(er) World After All

By: By Mike Isaac | Wired.com | November 23rd, 2011 | no comments

The concept of a tightly knit, interconnected world — one where an individual’s connection with another is within six degrees of separation — has been around for nearly half a century. Social psychologist Stanley Milgram published his findings in 1967, and has been a standby of sociology and pop culture alike ever since.

It comes as little surprise, then, that the rise of social networks over the past decade has brought us even closer together.… Continue Reading

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Featured: IMBA Students with Job Updates

By: Holly Pfeifer | November 21st, 2011 | no comments

Congratulations!!

Have you found a job in 2011 and want to be included in the IMBA or any Fox graduate specific job update?

Let the CSPD office know online!

Or come in to the CSPD office to fill out the form and get your picture taken.

Interested in learning more about what the CSPD office has to offer and how to land yourself a career after graduation?… Continue Reading

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MBA Class Peers – A Potential Resource for MBA students

By: Holly Pfeifer | November 18th, 2011 | no comments

MBA Class Peers – A Potential Resource for MBA studentsAugust 30, 2011 by Dr. Rodney G. Alsup

From the blog MyeEMBA

MBA students often overlook their MBA classmates as potential resources for helping them develop professionally. Peer-to-peer activities such as coaching and mentoring may be an option for some MBA students while they are earning their MBA degree. With this in mind, I thought I would interview a professional coach to see if peer-to-peer coaching and mentoring is appropriate for MBA students, especially for those students whose MBA program lacks a coaching and mentoring component.… Continue Reading

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Why People Micromanage

By: By: Ron Ashkenas | Harvard Business Review Blog | November 16th, 2011 | no comments

Ron Ashkenas is a managing partner of Schaffer Consulting and a co-author of The GE Work-Out and The Boundaryless Organization. His latest book is Simply Effective.

Over the past few decades I’ve worked with hundreds of managers, and many complain that they work for micromanagers. But strangely I don’t recall anyone who ever admitted to being one.

I was thinking about this incongruity while working with a group of senior managers from a manufacturing division who were trying to streamline their operational reporting processes.… Continue Reading

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INSTANT MBA: Have The Courage To Make Decisions

By: Holly Pfeifer | November 14th, 2011 | no comments

“Have the Courage to Make Decisions”

by: Karlee Weinmann, Business Insider

Today’s advice comes from former Goodyear CEO Bob Keegan’s interview with the Wall Street Journal:

“You have to have courage to not talk about what should be done but make decisions and live with the results. Many talented people don’t do that very well.”

Keegan’s tenure at Goodyear, from 2003 to 2010, yielded a marked turnaround for the tire company, which began to again post profits after years on the decline.… Continue Reading

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Working the Holidays

By: Dasha Boguslavskaya | November 14th, 2011 | no comments

By EMILY GLAZER WSJ Online

Holidays are a time for spending. But they also can be a good time for younger workers to earn some extra money, gain new experience and make professional connections.

Twentysomethings can take on extra work at their employer or seek out a second job in industries that traditionally boost their ranks during the holidays. Seasonal work also can be a means to test the waters of a new career.… Continue Reading

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Twitter, Facebook, Google+ Or LinkedIn – Where Should You Post Your Status Update?

By: Dasha Boguslavskaya | November 11th, 2011 | no comments

By Shea Bennett on November 4, 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC]

As the growth of social media continues to expand, so do the number of social platforms available for us all to use.

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare and still wet-behind-the-ears Google+ each offer unique features and opportunities for brands and users alike, and it’s becoming increasingly troublesome to decide on the best place to post that all-important status update.… Continue Reading

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CSPD Webinar Series – “Active Interviewing”

By: Holly Pfeifer | November 9th, 2011 | no comments

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New Rules for the Job Interview – time.com article!

By: Staff Writer | May 18th, 2011 | no comments

The job interview has always been a crucial part of the hiring process. But in today’s intensely competitive labor market, it couldn’t be more key. For every open position, expect to find an army of qualified, and even overqualified, candidates starving for work in a country with 9% unemployment. If you’re lucky enough to make it to the interview stage, you’ll need to be at your best to seal the deal.… Continue Reading

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Interns get a head start for competition in jobs – WSJ Article

By: Staff Writer | May 16th, 2011 | no comments

Even though companies say that, on average, they’ll hire 19% more new graduates this year than they did in 2010, some graduates might find that a good portion of companies’ incoming classes are already filled.

That’s because companies say that nearly 40% of this year’s entry-level positions will be filled by former interns, according to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.… Continue Reading

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