Career

Three for Thursday: 3 Cs of Personal Branding

“If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation.” These were wise words spoken by legendary Mad Men character, Don Draper. They are especially wise in the context of personal branding. There are many students who have just graduated college this past semester who are now faced with the task of finding employment. With unemployment at 4.9 percent, competition has lessened for many positions and...

3 Job Seeking Lessons You Can Learn from LeBron James

As former athletes, you likely attempt to find inspiration and learn lessons from those who have been in similar positions as you. Though many may not think they have much in common with a millionaire superstar like LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, you actually have more in common than you think when it comes to your job search. Since James burst into the league in...

Top 5 Most Viewed Career Articles on NexGoal in 2016

As avid users of the internet, the team here at NexGoal realizes that sometimes our career articles and content can slip through the cracks of your daily lives. We get it, you are more focused on finding a job when you are searching the NexGoal website than reading our articles—unless you are signed up for our awesome Career Essentials weekly eNewsletter, then you get them delivered...

3 Major Ways You Are Wasting Time During Your Workday

Raise your hand if you waste time during your workday. Okay, everyone should have their hand raised right about now. If you do not have your hand raised, you are either a robot or do not understand what wasting time is. For some reason when I think about wasting time at work, it always leads back to the below clip from Peter Gibbons in the movie...

3 Workplace Conversation Topics You Need to Avoid

If the last 48 hours in the NBA have taught us anything, it is that there are a number of topics you just should not talk about with your co-workers—just ask Los Angeles Lakers guard, Nick Young. For those of you who are not up to speed on drama from the NBA world that is trending on social media, we will give you the cliff notes...