Here is the first summary of the posts that Gina and I posted over the last 24 hours. Thank you to all of our guest bloggers! We appreciate your support and your help to assist us with our journey through The Great Blog Off.
If you missed the Blogging Marathon we did as a fundraiser for Accion International, I am going to post a summary over the next few days. I wanted to give you an opportunity to read them one spoonful at a time. Take some time to review these posts. There is lots of good stuff here.
Hour 1: The …read more

Miriam Salpeter founder of Keppie Careers, is a career coach with over 10 years of experience. She encourages, enlightens and empowers job seekers for success by writing top-notch resumes and providing a toolbox of practical tips and support. Learn more about Miriam and Keppie Careers at her career advice blog: www.keppiecareers.wordpress.com. Miriam is joining Gina and I as we participate in the Great Blog Off. Enjoy!
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Enhance Your LinkedIn Profile for Job Seeking
By Miriam Salpeter
In light of the fact that linkedin has become and looks to be a continued source of choice for people who love to hire passive job seekers …read more

Check out this one minute video from collegegrad.com. People do prefer to meet pleasant people during the interview process. Your smile might be the one thing that separates you from the other strong candidates. But, watch the video. Let me know what you think!

_________________________________________Thank you for taking the time to join us for the The Great Blog Off. Feel free to donate to the Business Channel Charity Accion. Accion helps small businesses all over the world to become established through small, manageable loans and business advice. This concept of microlending is fabulous and their payback record is impressive. Click here …read more

Web 2.0, according to Wikipedia technology and , is a term describing the sexy trend in the use of World Wide Web, web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies.
We have been talking about Social Networking all month and I thought this list from Phil Rosenberg would be a great add to the discussion.
Here is a list of Phil’s Top 50 Favorite sites for Job Seekers:

LinkedIN – Social Network, …read more

Words to Live By
An Excerpt from No Glass Ceiling, Just Blue Sky
By Marcy Blochowiak
Dream what you want to dream;
Go where you want to go;
Be what you want to be,
Because you have only one life
And one chance to do all the things
You want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
Enough trials to make you strong,
Enough sorrow to keep you human and
Enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don’t necessarily
Have the best of everything;
They just make the most of
Everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always
Be based on a forgotten past;
You can’t go forward in …read more

Beginning at midnight eastern standard time, Gina, myself and lots of guest bloggers will be posting throughout the next 24 hours. The Great Blog Off is an opportunity to do something good. The Business Channel will be supporting Accion International as our charity. Here is an opportunity for you to donate money to a great organization that is the business of helping people. The mission of Accion is:
To give people the tools they need to work their way out of poverty. By providing microloans, business training and other financial services to poor men and women who start their own businesses, …read more

The Great Blog Off begins in 3 Days!
To celebrate the summer solstice (occurring this year on June 20, the first time since 1975 that it hasn’t occurred on June 21), Interview Chatter and the Business Channel, together with the Entertainment Channel, are participating in The Great Blog Off.
The Great Blog Off is an opportunity to do something good. The Business Channel will be supporting Accion International as our charity for the Great Blog Off. The mission of Accion is:
To give people the tools they need to work their way out of poverty. By providing microloans, business training and other financial …read more