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Send your career flying off the (Gantt) charts - work tips from project managers
If you work in the software, IT, finance, or construction industry, you're probably familiar with project management. The discipline seeks to systematize the way large, complex projects are run, with a project manager typically hired to secure, organize and control resources to achieve specific goals for the initiative.
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Career Links: May 2012
ASU's newest graduates have participated in Spring Commencement and are getting ready to make their way into the world of work. This month, our round-up of career-related links can equip them - and the rest of us - with the information we all need to be more effective job-hunters and employees. Women @ Work - Sound Bites, Statistics of Women Who Lead | MBA @ UNC
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Working Well Remotely II: Equipment and Tools
Today, we continue our series on how to make teleworking (also known as telecommuting or working remotely) work for you. In part I, we focused on how to get your boss's buy-in. But once you get the go-ahead, how do you set up your equipment and software to get work done outside the office?Here are some tips, culled from recent research and posts related to mobile and telework technology.
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Upcoming career events can expand your Sun Devil network
One of the truisms in the Valley of the Sun is that everything grinds to a screeching halt once the temperatures go up and stays quiet until the thermometer recovers in the fall. While many do head to cooler climes during the long Phoenix summers, plenty more folks stay, and are ready, willing and able to do business!The ASU Alumni Association has several activities planned for this month and next that will boost your career. Take positive action and make your reservations today!
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[VIDEO] ASU graduates hone skills to land a job
Arizona State University is celebrating Spring Commencement today and tomorrow, with graduation exercises and convocations being held in Tempe, as well as on the Downtown Phoenix and West campuses.
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Innovation showcase allows students to prototype the future
An interesting event happened on ASU's Polytechnic campus last week, the Innovation Showcase, hosted by the College of Technology & Innovation. What makes this relevant to our career blog is wonderful way in which the program benefits students, business/government partners and the college itself.
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Job outlook brightens for graduating Sun Devils
Looking for a job after college graduation can be a stressful task no matter what the economic climate, but for the past several years, the economic downturn made that assignment even hard. But early reports seem to indicate that the Class of 2012 may have a little easier time of it.Last week, the university posted a news item from ASU Career Services that contained several pieces of data that seem to indicate that things are looking up for graduates entering the job market:
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Career Links: April 2012
In a lot of ways, upgrading your career is a risk. Your boss could find out you're looking for different work, and that could have a negative impact upon that relationship. You could get a new job and not like it. There could be issues at the new job that you didn't anticipate in your search or during the interview process. And so on.
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Working Well Remotely: Getting the Boss's Buy-in
Today we begin a series of articles about how to work remotely, or "telecommute," as the practice of working regularly in a location outside of the traditional office has been called.
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Alumni Career Resources events during April offer coaching, networking, learning opportunities
Planning in the area of career management is a good thing, but it must be paired with doing. You can read all the material of how to advance your career or find the perfect job, but if you never put it into action, it won't do any good.There are several activities sponsored by the ASU Alumni Association this month that will boost your career. Take positive action and make your reservations today!Career Coach and Coffee: April 10 and 24.
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