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by Trevor Calton

I hear this one a lot from both young people just entering the workforce, and people in the twilight of their career who are competing against younger people and feel like maybe they're at a disadvantage.

Regardless of your age, just be forthright about it, and turn your experien...

by Trevor Calton

Now I want to talk about how important it is to manage your online identity. 

This is something that a lot of people, I think underestimate in today's day and age. But it just becomes increasingly important to understand what your presence looks like online. 

Nowadays, every hi...

by Trevor Calton

You're Not Applying for a Job

Let's talk about applying for a job. We always say this, "I'm applying for a job." 

But one thing to keep in mind when we're talking about creating the right mindset is you are not applying for a job. In fact, when you apply, you're actually apply...

by Trevor Calton

Many years ago, I decided that I wanted to get out from sitting at a desk and get out in the field and start working with people. So I decided I was going to go out and look for a sales job.

Finally, after looking for a little while, I got an interview with with this company that ...

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How does the boss approach finding somebody to fill a job? What do they do?

[Note: Sometimes there are rules. Larger companies or public institutions, like universities or government jobs, might have rules in place for how a job needs to be posted, but outside of a company specifi...

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Finish this sentence: "It's not what you know, but...”

“… who you know.” Right? 

We’ve all heard this. That's what everybody says. Well, may have been true, but it's not anymore. Nowadays, it's not what you know, or who you know… It’s who knows you.

In the past, it might've been...

by Trevor Calton

Right after I finished college, I was working a job in a restaurant waiting tables and I was looking for that, my first professional job. And I knew what industry I wanted to work in. I wanted to work in real estate finance. I wanted to be in, in this industry, and I still am today...

by Trevor Calton

By far, the most powerful tools that you have at your disposal (aside from perhaps your smartphone) are a handshake and a smile.

Getting face-to-face and being able to see the whites of somebody's eyes, the expressions on their face, and the energy that somebody puts off. That is ...

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Almost Everyone Feels Stuck at Some Point

I want to make sure that we identify and address the feeling of being stuck. This is really important because I can't in fact recall anybody who hasn't felt that feeling before when you either know that you need to make a career change or ...

by Trevor Calton

You are not what you eat. You are what you like or dislike. What you do or don't do. You are what you're interested in. You are what you're good at.

I'm just trying to reframe that phrase “You are”, because the only thing that you actually are is a unique individual. Just because ...

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How do people go about looking for a mechanic? 

Let's say you're brand new in town. You don't know anybody and you have European sports car that needs a very competent, skilled mechanic who specializes in European sports cars.

You have a couple options. You could get online and l...

by Trevor Calton

 This is probably the most common first career question that most of us have ever been asked. Frankly, I think this is a terrible career question. It does a lot of things that really don't apply to the world today.

It sets a mindset that I think is wrong. And let's talk about it. ...

by Trevor Calton

Your Job is Going Away. 

Whether or not you are job hunting right now, there's a very high likelihood that you're going to be. Statistics show that only 1 in 10,000 people, or less, are going to remain in the same job they're in now for the rest of their life.

So what does that m...

by Trevor Calton

From Homeless Youth to Seasoned Professionals

When I was 25 years old, I started volunteering with homeless youth at a local nonprofit, helping with job-readiness training. Most of the youth had never worked before, and our goal was to help them find employment. 

After completing...