Career Advice

Assess your skills and knowledge through our professional development resources. Utilize these tools to establish a strong professional network and applying those qualities to jobs that fit your work values. Make sure you have the toolset required to tap into your ideal career path.

Read the featured articles below to learn valuable professional
development information.

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10 Ways to Network Properly
"In today's job market, the old cliche 'It's not what you know but who you know' has become, 'It's not what you know but who knows you,'" says Katharine Hansen, author of "A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market."(Ten Speed Press)

Six Jobs for Associate Degrees
When most of us think of post-secondary education, our first thoughts are about four-year degree programs where we can earn a bachelor's degree. We may even be thinking about a master's degree, which involves an even greater time investment. Many people overlook associate degree programs -- which generally involve two years of classes -- when they consider their options. But there are a surprising number of options for graduates with associate degrees.

Job Satisfaction: Whose Job is It?
Today's employers expect their workers to be self-directed and responsible for their own career development. A critical component in establishing a "win-win" relationship between employers and their employees is having a mutual understanding of the importance of job satisfaction

Do You Really Need An MBA?
Thinking of getting an MBA? You're in good company. Across the U.S., business schools turn out more than 100,000 MBAs a year. But is the investment of time and money (tuition ranges from $20,000 for two years at a lesser known institution to $100,000 at a highly ranked one) worth it?



10 Ways to Network Properly
"People don't mind being used," says Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's TV show, "Hardball with Chris Matthews." "What they mind is being taken for granted."

How to Identify Your Transferrable Skills
This "finding a career" thing is tricky business.

Are You Burned Out?
Almost anyone who has held a job knows the twinge of dread on Sunday evenings as the countdown to the workweek nears its final hours. Friday afternoon becomes the light at the end of a dark, five-day tunnel.

Are Career Assessment Tests Useful?
As a child, you were sure you were going to grow up to be a cowboy. But somewhere between waking up for Saturday morning cartoons and staying up for Conan, you traded in your cowboy hat for a briefcase.


Seven Networking Myths: Fact or Fiction?
Following are some common perceptions about networking. How well can you separate fact from fiction?

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