In every career track, there are certain characteristics that can help you stand out among the rest. Someone who pays careful attention to detail and numbers may be well suited at finances, while someone who has great personal skills may succeed as a publicist. Still, regardless of what career path you choose, a common denominator [...]
Continue reading →The College Hangover
June 17, 2009, by Joseph Yi in Career, CollegeAs the alarm buzzes so begins the debate. The debate whether or not getting up and getting ready for class is really worth it. As you weigh your options you debate over the following: (a) You can skip class and get the notes from someone else or (b) go because your class grade depends on [...]
Continue reading →Aspire To Be The Leader, Not The Follower
May 4, 2009, by Joseph Yi in CareerWhen you first enter a job, one of the first things that you need to understand is your role within the company. Are you the leader or are you the follower. While their are obviously more followers than leaders in a company, that doesn’t mean you should accept that role and not try to be [...]
Continue reading →It’s Nothing Personal, It’s Just Business
April 5, 2009, by Joseph Yi in CareerFor almost a decade, John Calipari led the Memphis Tigers Men’s Basketball team to multiple NCAA basketball tournaments, several Sweet 16′s, was named the Conference USA coach of the year four times and most recently was named the Naismith College Coach of the Year. With a resume like that, it makes you wonder why people [...]
Continue reading →Who Says You Can’t Find A Job?
March 23, 2009, by Joseph Yi in Career, College, EconomyOne of the most common complaints that people have is that they just can’t find a job. Largely, if not entirely due to the economy, unemployment is at an all-time high and more and more individuals are finding themselves at home. Many of my friends have told me that they have applied to several jobs [...]
Continue reading →Building Your Network During College
March 13, 2009, by Joseph Yi in CareerIf you think you don’t know how to network, just take out your cellphone and go to your contacts. You are already networking. Believe it or not, but some students have no idea what networking is or why it is important. In a business sense, networking is like your yellow pages or directory. Whether you [...]
Continue reading →Being A Leader As An Entrepreneur
March 9, 2009, by Joseph Yi in CareerLook in the mirror and what do you see? Do you see a leader or do you see a follower? This is the question that I have been asking college students across the country from some of the best schools in the nation for our internship program. With polished resumes and sometimes rehearsed responses, many [...]
Continue reading →Why You Should Do An Internship
March 2, 2009, by Joseph Yi in Career, CollegeRecently, a friend of mine who is a senior in college told me of the situation they are in. With just a couple months remaining before they graduate, they are scrambling to find a job. After spending months sending out resumes and going to career fairs, they have gotten very few interviews and no job [...]
Continue reading →Understanding Your Personal Brand
February 21, 2009, by Joseph Yi in Career, Marketing, Social MediaOne of the most common questions asked in interviews is: “Tell me about yourself.” While many may believe that this question is meant to tell your interviewer general information about yourself, the interviewee’s response can be a make or break in the interviewers mind. In evaluating a candidates response, among the criteria that interviewers evaluate [...]
Continue reading →The Human Chess Piece
February 12, 2009, by Joseph Yi in Career, Economy, NewsIn the game of chess, each player gets 16 chess pieces. With those chess pieces, it is the players goal to take the other players king. Most chess players will tell you that chess is made up of calculative moves with each player thinking of all possible situations and scenarios that might happen two to [...]
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