Collegiate Career Coach » Professional Skills

Get ready to network!

Mignon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:20:18 +0000

Making connections in your industry is key for two very important
reasons: you’ll get to know more about the career you’ve chosen and
you’ll open up opportunities to meet people that could possibly
hire you or go into business with you, depending on your goal of
choice.

Did you know that successful networking requires you to focus more
on helping others rather than yourself?

Take this quiz to find out how prepared you are to network yourself
with other professionals and land an internship that will give you
experience in your chosen career field.

Author Shelene Atanacio Discusses the Concept of Using Acting Skills in Our Everyday Life

Mignon — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:38:47 +0000

Author of Act From the Inside Out, Shelene Atancio will discuss using acting techniques to prepare for the roles we play in our everyday lives. It is a brand new approach for self healing and personal growth. Atancio is a best-selling author, actress, and an award winning playwright.

The Dream Purposeful Phenomenon will air Tuesday, July 6th at 9 p.m. EST. Click below to join us for an amazing interview and out of the box thinking that will transform your throughts and how you approach life.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/create-the-career-of-your-dreams-phenomenon

Strong Teams Win Championships

Mignon — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:00:31 +0000

The other day I was talking to my oldest, high school age, nephew about working on group projects in school. Although there’s a bit of an age range between us, he described his group project experiences to be very similar to the group project experiences I had in high school. There was always at least one student who did nothing, another one who partially participated, and one or two who did most of the work.

That setup does not work well in the workplace because your colleagues do not want to pick up your slack, and your employer could possibly give you a poor evaluation or terminate you because of your lack of participation. Prepare to excel in group projects well before college and when you get into your career field.

Everyone, and I mean everyone, has his or her own particular strength. The leader of the group, which is usually obvious in the beginning of the process, should get each member of the group to write down what part of the project interests him or her most. If the interest in each person is identified, that’s usually also that person’s strength. People want to work on things they are good at doing.

Let each person create their own task list for their portion of the project. Set a deadline for the entire group to get together and present that task. These two simple steps will get the project completed without some people participating and others not.

In the workplace, everyone must participate. Employers notice if someone is slacking and who is apt to take the lead role in group projects. Practice being a good team leader now, so you’ll be an excellent team leader in the future.