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A Note from Penelope: How to get a job without applying
By Penelope Trunk | No Comments | August 16, 2010
You know what? You are not going to get the job of your life by answering job ads. And you are not going to create a stable life by keeping your head down and doing work. I think you already know this because Brazen Careerist is great at attracting people who already know this. [...] Read »
What Do You Know About Getting a Job? Check Out Our New eBook.
By Penelope Trunk | 5 Comments | July 20, 2010
The best thing that you can do for your career is to get a strong set of mentors. University of Virginia found that people with three mentors are more likely to get a promotion than someone with fewer than three. And studies from the University of California – Santa Cruz found that almost every Fortune [...] Read »
A Note From Penelope: How to Skip the Entry-Level Track
By Penelope Trunk | 4 Comments | July 6, 2010
Entry-level jobs have that lethal combination of bad pay + boring work. So the faster you can get off that bottom rung of the workforce ladder, the better off you are. Here are three ways to do it: 1. Play well on a team. You have an advantage over older workers in that you play [...] Read »
How to Get a Mentor Using Social Networking
By Penelope Trunk | No Comments | May 12, 2010
One of the most important indicators of how well someone will do in their career is how strong their circle of mentors is. Those who have mentors are twice as likely to be promoted as those who don’t, says Ellen Fagenson Eland, professor at George Mason University and winner of the Mentoring Best Practices Award. [...] Read »