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    Take a look at the  CPGjobs Job Board and you’ll notice something different. We are now posting important weekly messages in the Job Board! To see these weekly messages, go to the Job Board, click the “Filter By Category” drop-down at the top of the list and select “CPGjobs Candidate Messages.” All Job [...]

  Dorothy Tannahill-Moran These days we all know we need an elevator speech, especially if you’re a job seeker or a business owner.  An elevator speech can be a great and memorable way to introduce ourselves, if done right.  When these speeches go wrong however, they are memorable for the wrong reasons – mostly they’re [...]

    Last month I was pleased to learn that  MBA Highway, the premier career website for MBA degreed professionals, included our Professional Group, CPGPeople on their list of top 50 LinkedIn Groups for MBAs. Chris Perry, founder of MBA Highway has some great suggestions here for LinkedIn Groups n multiple disciplines, so I was pleased [...]

  Guest Post Our reasons for changing careers are often the source of much contemplation and certainly self examination.  While the question of what would we do next is a big one, two other questions are equally important: 1) When is the right time to change? 2) Are we truly ready? Let’s look at some [...]

    Kick off the New Year right with inspiration and great ideas from JT O’Donnell. JT O’Donnell is the founder of Careerealism the Internet’s top 5 career blog, CEO of Career HMO the only web based career service, author and syndicated columnist. JT will get you fired up and ready to go after that [...]

  Guest Post Recently, Randstad, a global HR and staffing firm with expertise in the U.S. temporary employment market, released the results of the latest Workmonitor survey, a quarterly global survey.  The results were kind of grim for both the employer and the worker. By this point in time, we all know that US productivity [...]

    What comes to mind when I say “New Years?” Resolutions, of course! For a lot of us, the subject of New Years resolutions is something of a joke. It’s not surprising then that 78% of New Years resolutions fail. Yet, research shows that those most successful in reaching their New Year’s goals make [...]

          Response to our very first online recruiting event with Pfizer Consumer Healthcare and Brazen Careerist has been incredible! In fact, response has been so overwhelming that we have had to close registration for this event a bit early to ensure a high quality experience for all those who have already [...]

  Guest Post All too often we launch our careers simply by chance rather than by deliberate direction; and the direction we head after that looks very haphazard.  While hard work and great results can definitely benefit your career trajectory, it still needs some consistent planning to really get the best results. Even if you’ve [...]

  Guest Post There is a big misconception that companies stop hiring during the holidays. Definitely not true! While the holidays do result in somewhat of a slow down, employers are still interviewing and hiring – some trying to use budget allocations before year-end, others getting new hires in place for January 1 new budget [...]