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I received an email from a reader named Michael:

“Do you have any tips on finding a startup that’s hiring? At this point I would almost be willing to volunteer if it meant I could be a part of the excitement and energy that comes along with working at a startup.”

Having recently taken a full-time job at Brazen Careerist, this question seemed right up my alley. So if you aren’t sure where to start when it comes to startups, answer these seven questions…

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Hi! Welcome to Twenty Set. Here you will find 4-5 new articles every week about personal and professional development written specifically for the young professional. If you like what you read, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I don’t have trust issues, honestly. After all, […]

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Over the past few months I’ve been trying to figure out why I’ve mostly stopped writing in my blog. It’s become apparent to me that not writing is a reflection of how lost I am, at least in this aspect of my life. So I’m sharing the answers I’ve come up with, because the lessons I’m learning are much broader and could be applied to other people in other situations.

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People complain about bloggers a lot, mostly that they are diluting journalistic integrity with their non-experience. But those complaints don’t matter in the end, because blogging isn’t about journalism or credentials. Blogging is about being interesting, and all of your favorite bloggers, who you read every day, know that. Here are 10 tips on how you can become a favorite blogger yourself…

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There was plenty I didn’t like about Hillary. Just like there was plenty I didn’t like about Obama. But with the two having similar platforms I mostly agreed with, I picked the woman.

Yes, I admit it. I desperately wanted the woman to win, because in my field the women who win are few and far between because there are hardly any women to begin with. But I may still get my wish for having a powerful female role model in the White House in Michelle Obama…

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Here’s the thing: people talk a lot about how special Generation Y is. I wonder if we’re getting a little too much undeserved praise.

We say we’re going to change the workplace, but are we really doing anything so far besides benefiting from the situation we’re in?

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Lance asked me to contribute my thoughts to his topic about how to make yourself more attractive to the opposite sex, because he was inspired by my post, Men Need To Grow Up?. Lance is a pretty funny guy, and his website is pretty entertaining, and I had trouble resisting his charm…

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I recently spoke with one of the marketing reps at a large brand company that I might be talking about more in the coming months. During our conversation, she said something like, “This feels so strange. I know so much about you because I’ve been reading your blog for a month…”

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I’ve been acquainted with a girl a few years younger than me since she was a freshman in college, studying earth science of all things.

From the beginning, I told her it was not a great idea and she would have a hard time finding a job when she graduated.

This advice fell on deaf ears.

Fast-forward to four years later, she has graduated. In late July, three months after graduation, we sit down for a chat, which is dominated by her telling me about…

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It’s job hunting season - but if you are looking for a job, the last thing you should be doing is building a network. Counterintuitive, perhaps, but here are three reasons why…

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My husband and I fight a lot about our finances. Namely that I spend too much.

Which is not true. A typical week of spending consists of me buying lunch and sometimes dinner for myself…

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Despite disliking the way the study is portrayed, I do think there is some truth to the conclusions the author presented; namely that highly successful women are attracted to similarly successful men but might be better matched with men who have less stressful careers and thus more time to support a high-earning spouse…

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As school winds down for the year, there is a lot of talk about recession and the prospective job market for graduating seniors. The economy is not the best, but luckily, there is a lot of great expert advice for students looking for jobs or struggling with the quarterlife crisis. I’ll be posting any opportunities or resources I come across in this thread…

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Despite my non-glowing review of marathons, I still recommend training for and running a marathon. I decided this while running an 8k (5 mile) race in Chicago this weekend. I haven’t run much over the last six months and I haven’t been to a gym at all in the last two months, so I had no idea what to expect; but I made it through the race at my regular marathon pace, despite not training…

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