Career Development

California 100 Leadership Summit at UC Davis Next Week

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Looking for the Right Job After College? Alex Levit Provides Some Answers

Do you ever ask yourself how one of your friends got a seemingly awesome job? Or, ever find yourself staring off into space while you sit at your desk, daydreaming about being in another line of work?
Well, Alexandra Levit surveyed 500 gen-Y and gen-X professionals to find people with their dream jobs and she [...]

Considering an Alternate Viewpoint: “The Curse of Exceptionality”

Lea Woodward shared an interesting viewpoint yesterday on FreelanceSwitch. Lea proposes that being ‘average’ may just be enough, and discusses how in a culture saturated with self-improvement and business success literature, a strong focus on exceptionality can actually lead to burnout:
In a society where everyone is trying to be exceptional or remarkable, the outcome is [...]

It’s Time for Some Thrilling Heroics: Commit to Pursuing Your Wildest Dreams with Me in 2008!

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Over at CodyMcKibben.com in November, I wrote about my experiments with freelancing, and about my desire to shift my career so that my work is not just means to pay the bills, but more of a way to express my passions and continue to increase my personal growth. See the post here. In response [...]

Experimenting with Career Options

It’s been a while since I really wrote regularly on either of my blogs. Somewhat unfortunately, I’ve been tied up with work. In the last several weeks, I’ve experimented with a few different things.
I left my full-time employment at Sacramento State University almost two months ago, after which I took a short break while my [...]

An Exciting New Podcast for Young Professional Women

My colleague Alexandra Levit, VP at Edelman global marketing communications firm, recently started up a new podcast with fellow twenty-something authors Christine Hassler and Lindsey Pollak. It’s starting as a monthly feature on BlogTalkRadio this month. The 30/20 Vision podcast is for young women professionals. Check it out, it should be a fantastic resource for [...]