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How Do you Find The Right Mentor?

After reading the post about the 12 reasons you NEED to have a mentor, a reader asked a great question in the comments about how to find the right mentor.

Now that we know we need a mentor. How do we go about getting one and choosing the right one?

As you can probably guess, it’s all about the relationships. But I’m also going to tell you how to target the relationships you want to cultivate. [Read more…]

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Have A Career Mentor? 12 Humbling Reasons You Need One

“I get by with a little help from my friends” is more than a catchy lyric-turned-tv-theme-song for one of the most memorable shows of the early 90s. It’s how you need to think about managing your career.

People love the idea of pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and squeezing into this narrow image of success, no matter how distorted from reality. The truth is everyone benefits from having a support network, especially when navigating his or her career.

You know the best way to get career help? Finding the right mentor. And in case you thought this is optional, here are the twelve most humble reasons you NEED to have a career mentor: [Read more…]

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3 Words That Will Kill Your Career

3 words that will kill your career
In today’s working world, people are asked to do a lot, to fulfill roles which may not come naturally to them. Part of this stems from companies becoming “leaner” with their staff. Everyone has their primary role but then everyone also has to pitch in a little in other areas to make sure businesses continue to run smoothly. I remember in business school studying Southwest Airlines and how they have such high on-time rates. It came down to two things.First, they stayed away from the worst airports, so no O’hare and no JFK, to name a couple. Second,

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