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Job Fair Alert: Tacoma, WA on May 18, 2010

Posted Sun, 05/09/2010 - 20:28


May 18, 2010
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center's
1500 Broadway
Tacoma, WA 98402
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Why you should never use a recruiting agency

Posted Sun, 05/09/2010 - 20:21


“Never trust a recruiter.” Most guys get given that advice sometime in high-school, usually from an older dude who did. They’re on the list with company attorneys and used car salesmen. The problem is, we forget that professional recruitment agencies are as bad, or worse, as the Army guys we’ve been warned about.

Job Fair Alert: Denver, CO on May 18, 2010

Posted Thu, 05/06/2010 - 01:03


May 18, 2010
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Harvard Gulch Recreation Center
550 East Iliff Ave.
Denver, CO 80210
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3 Golden Rules of Interviewing

Posted Thu, 05/06/2010 - 01:02

The interview is your time. It’s the part where you stop being words on a page and become a human being in the room (or on the phone, this is the 21st century after all). This is where you’ll sink or swim, stand on your own two feet and successfully perform a few other metaphors.

Advice to new college graduates

Posted Thu, 05/06/2010 - 00:54


You’ve gotten your sheepskin and, as the strains of Pomp and Circumstance fade into the background, you’ve said the word “graduate” a thousand times to yourself trying to make the reality of it sink in. It will and you’ll find new vistas opening to you as you move out into the world. And not just on your desktop.
But don’t think you’re done. There’s still a lot out there for you to learn and the sooner you do, the happier you’ll be.