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I’m working with a sharp group of Communication majors from the University of New Hampshire right now. Honestly, their enthusiasm each week for the assignments I’ve given them as part of the unpaid internship they’re participating in has been fantastic. So, imagine my surprise at a recent team meeting where (...)

We launched BrazenCareerist.com on Saturday night. Actually, it ended up being Sunday morning, technically speaking. We were all set to go live at 9:30 pm. We thought everything was ready, but then we realized the large image wasn’t totally clean, the post titles didn’t fit on one (...)

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