Bullet Points: Avoiding the Monday Blues, Internships, and Networking @SXSW

on March 14, 2011

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  • 7 Tips for Networking at SXSW. These tips will work at just about any large and complicated event. And it’s true–ditching your friends (just temporarily!) and allowing some room for the unexpected are both good starts. [Inc.]

  • From time to time everyone gets the blues on Monday, right? And probably rates skyrocket whenever an hour gets stolen from your weekend, as it did today. (And sadly, sleeping in is rarely an option.) Next Monday, head off that low-down feeling with Careerealism’s eight tips.

  • Marketwatch’s “Recession Baby” takes on the question of internships in this incredibly competitive job market. An employee at the Vault.com delivers the somewhat chilling news: “As long as you can afford to work unpaid you should do so, until you find paying work.”
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