Dress for Success
When you begin a new job, be sure to dress appropriately. For men, this means a jacket and tie. Women should wear a suit or a conservative dress. Don’t assume there is a casual Friday. Let your supervisor tell you if you are overdressing. Even if the workplace is casual, keep a set of nice professional clothes nearby in case you have to meet with important clients or supervisors.

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Define Your Mission Statement
It all starts with you. What fields of business are you interested in? What are your life and career goals? Write a personal statement that outlines where you want to be in six months, one year, five years and ten years. Choose a career path that supports these goals.

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Building a Web Presence
De La Garza was playing with and managing his band Chloe’s Honey in Austin, Texas, when he decided that the band needed a web presence. Frustrated by the lack of decent website designers in the area, he decided to build his website. He started by learning how to build HTML pages and ended building an original Flash-based site — www.chloeshoney.com — which utilized early user-generated content devices such as forums and blogging, as well as streaming audio and video. He also became interested in digital audio recording. Knowing he wanted to further his exploration into the digital media industry, he enrolled in an MBA in Digital Media Management program at St. Edward’s University in Austin in 2005.

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Don’t Be Afraid of Challenges
When it comes to a new job or a new position, you’re not going to have all the answers. That’s okay. No expects you to be perfect, but they do expect you to try. Embracing challenges and new situations is a great way to demonstrate your skills to those around you.

Be Willing to Learn
No one starts at the top. Be prepared to show what you’re capable of and expect to pay your dues at the beginning. If you complete every task and job with enthusiasm, people will take notice of your efforts.

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Good marketing makes your enterprise grow. That’s why major corporations have entire departments devoted to marketing.

Yet your marketing strategies have to be continually honed and updated. Marketing does not have to go beyond your town, your county, or your state. But it can go national or even worldwide. Marketing can be limited or limitless in this age of the World Wide Web.

And even if you can’t afford a marketing department or to have one person in your organization handle marketing full time, you can still get your company’s name–plus your products and services–out there.

Here are some marketing techniques you can try. You don’t have to do them all. You might want to do just a few to start. But remember: Marketing is essential to your success. In marketing, no news is bad news. You want the buzz. (more…)

If you’re looking toward a career analyzing what makes Wall Street tick, you might want to look at a growing trend that links big annual TV events to making money on the Big Board. It’s a strange phenomenon, but researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire have found that there’s big money to be made by investing in the stocks of companies that advertise during the Super Bowl. The same trend seems to be taking hold for advertisers on other annual major TV events like the Academy Awards.

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What’s worse is that these students may be the ones responsible for tarnishing their own reputations.

When deciding on someone to fill a position, HR directors are increasingly turning to the Internet to track down information about applicants, googling you without your knowledge.

And what do these searches reveal? Many HR directors privately admit that they turn down many otherwise qualified candidates for internships and paid positions as a result of something disturbing they read on an applicant’s MySpace page, for instance. Though these HR directors will never tell you the job went to someone else because of something they found objectionable about you on a site like MySpace or Facebook, you can expect to be turned down for one job after another simply because hiring managers feel that you are a bad influence, a disruptive force, a personal of questionable character, or someone who might spend more time surfing the Net than working. (more…)

OpenCourseWare is free and open online publication of high quality educational materials offered by some of the top universities in the world. Many high ranking schools are putting entire courses online. You can easily download syllabi, reading lists, labs, assignment, and exams online. Streaming video lectures are even available for some courses.

It’s all free for the taking. No pesky registration or prerequisites required. (more…)

The Bare Necessities

These may seem basic, but reminders never hurt. You don’t want anything to detract from your job performance. What your boss an coworkers should remember about you is that you had a great attitude produced quality work product, , not your edgy shoes, chronic tardiness, or that bout with mono.

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You don’t have to be an established professional to make the Internet work for you. In fact, if you’re a business student you can start building a solid business reputation right now by using the Internet effectively.

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