Networking

Category: Networking

fitness
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

How to Improve Your Career With Physical Fitness

We’re well into 2019 with the beginning of February on our heels. If you made any new year’s resolutions, it’s likely you’ve already slacked off on them. Good for you if you haven’t! If you have, it’s not too late to use February 1st as your fresh start. For some

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paNASH blog
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

The Most Popular paNASH Blog Posts of 2018

I’m so grateful to all you readers who loyally follow the paNASH blog from week to week. I love hearing your stories of how a particular blog post gave you the courage to pursue your passions. Your support and feedback means so much to me. As a thank you, here’s

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networking
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

How to Be Realistic About Networking (Re-Post)

Networking is a necessary part of the career development process. It helps you discover opportunities you never knew existed. This could include a career that is just the thing that fits nicely with your passions and strengths. Or it could include opportunities in a field you’re already passionate about. But

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paycheck
Career Change/Career Transition
Lori Bumgarner Béen

You Don’t Have To Be a Slave To a Paycheck

You may remember reading about my client Robert in my post entitled “How to Know If You’re In the Wrong Job“. Robert is the one who has talents and passions in both illustration and foreign languages. But instead he had a job he dreaded going to every day. When you

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pick your brain
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Why “Can I Pick Your Brain?” Is the Wrong Approach

I was sitting at my desk in my office when the email showed up in my inbox. It was another request for an informational interview. (If you don’t know what an informational interview is, Google it.) But this request was different from all the others. It wasn’t the usual lame

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never burn a bridge
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Never Say Never: How to Know When You Should Let a Bridge Burn

“Never burn a bridge.” We’ve all been told by mentors, career experts and well-meaning friends and co-workers to “never burn a bridge.” It’s the number one rule of networking. Or is it? There’s always an exception to the rule. And this rule is no different. Never Say Never Whenever I

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elevator speech
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

The Best Way to Write a Successful Elevator Speech

It’s Time to Ditch The Pitch for Something Better Do some people’s elevator pitches make you wish you’d taken the stairs? Does the thought of having to share your own elevator speech make you want to pitch yourself down the elevator shaft? Most elevator speeches are very awkward. And it’s

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successful career
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

What You Need to Know to Ensure A Successful Career

As both a career coach and a creative thinker, I’m always brainstorming unique and out-of-the-box ways to help my clients have a successful career. It’s important to be innovative and unconventional when competition for opportunities is fierce. It’s the only way to get the attention from the right audience (those

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finding love
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

Can Finding a Job Be Like Finding Love?

Can finding a job be like finding love? With today’s job market, it can be tough to find a good job. Almost as tough as it is to find a good companion. But the way you approach finding a job is not so different than the approach you might take

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popular blog posts
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

paNASH’s Most Popular Blog Posts of 2017

Check it out! Below are paNASH’s top 10 most popular blog posts of 2017. They include topics such as such as pursuing your passions, career and life advice, interview tips and more. This past year I’ve been posting my blog entries not only here on the paNASH web site but also

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realistic networking
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

How to Be Realistic About Networking

Networking is a necessary part of the career development process. It helps you discover opportunities you never knew existed. This could include a career that is just the thing that fits nicely with your passions and strengths. Or it could include opportunities in a field you’re already passionate about. But

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introverts
Career Advice
Lori Bumgarner Béen

7 Comfortable and Easy Networking Tips for Introverts

Most people, especially introverts, find networking to be very awkward. Here are 7 tips to make networking a little easier and more comfortable. #1. Start with who you know Start with the people you already know and feel comfortable with. Invite them to go with you to events and ask

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