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Privacy continues to be one of the top issues in sharing content on social networks. Recently, Facebook announced their new privacy settings and the redesign they are rolling out soon. Users started seeing the new privacy changes to the Web version Thursday, and the mobile roll-out of changes will happen soon after. An interesting question is what is driving the new Facebook privacy changes? Is it Google Plus or the need to provide users with a more contextual experience? The launch of Google Plus has intensified content-sharing privacy with their Google Circles functionality. The friendly competition with Google will hopefully continue to provide changes that will benefit the user. The other big plus is that these adjustments enable users to manage their profiles, which represent and reflect a portion of their online identity. ---Hajj Flemings

How to Prep for Success Early in Your Career

Start now on the right path to professional excellence

Ten tips to put you on an early track toward career success.

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: November 23, 2011 Tags: Brazen Careerist, Career Advancement, career strategies, career transition, Employment, Generation X, Generation Y, Internships, job interview, job seeker, job seeking, Jobs, Unemployment, Young Entrepreneur Council, young professionals

Passion Over Profit: How to Get Past Pressure to Pursue Prestigious Job

Seven tips for following your calling and making it lucrative

Seven tips on how to pursue your passion, over profit, and get past pressure to…

By Demetria Irwin

Posted: November 22, 2011 Tags: Career Advancement, Career Development, career strategies, career transition, Employment, joblessness, Jobs, life balance, Motivation, passion, purpose, Unemployment

How to Make Fear a Motivator for Job Seeking

Turn a negative into a positive for career success

Here are four ways you can use fear as a motivator to find job-seeking success.

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: November 22, 2011 Tags: AOL Jobs, black unemployment, Career Advancement, Career Development, career strategies, career transition, Employment, job seeker, Jobs, Unemployment

VH1's top-rated show Love & Hip Hop might be known more for the brawls and drama than for its lessons on business acumen, but entertainment manager Yandy Smith proves there's more to the industry than reality TV fodder. Smith's worked her way up from being an assistant to industry power player and Violator Management co-founder Mona Scott-Young, to working with top talent including music artists 50 Cent, Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes, Jim Jones, and television personality Tocarra.

Just in time for tonight's episode, Smith shares five tips for success that can be applied to any industry---for those just starting out on their career path or those looking to take it to the next level. ---Janell Hazelwood

Young Boss Moves: 5 Success Tips from Love & Hip Hop’s Yandy Smith

Entertainment manager talks career strategies for success

Tips from entertainment manager and Love and Hip Hop cast member Yandy Smith on how…

By Janell Hazelwood

Posted: November 21, 2011 Tags: 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Career Development, career transition, Chrissy Lampkin, entertainment industry, entertainment management, hip-hop renamed, intern, Internships, Jim Jones, job seeker, Jobs, Love and Hip Hop, Missy Elliot, Music, reality TV, VH1, Yandy Smith, young boss, young entrepreneurs, young professionals

Seeking perfection in today’s business world is not a successful business strategy. This does not mean that the need for excellence, great customer service, and preparation and planning has to be left to chance. However, when you don't fixate on perfection it means you can move forward with a business idea without waiting until all elements are exactly right.

Don't get caught up in the Perfection Trap: the illusion that everything has to be just right before you will launch. It often serves as an accelerator that moves you beyond what is needed and keeps you from working smarter. It freezes you into over-thinking everything and talking yourself out of even starting. The other problem with trying to achieve perfection is that it is really a moving target.

Here are three Perfection Traps and how you can free yourself from their grip. ---Sheri Riley

Perfection Traps: How Entrepreneurs Can Avoid Total Meltdown

Three reasons entrepreneurs should avoid seeking full perfection before acting on or launching a new project.

Seeking perfection can hinder action. Here’s how entrepreneurs can avoid the Perfection Trap and move…

By Sheri Riley

Posted: November 21, 2011 Tags: Business plan, business transition, Career Advancement, career transition, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, high achiever, life balance, Motivation, startups, stress

"How will my business make money if no one wants to pay?"

4 Reason You’re Not Landing the Job

If offers aren't pouring in, it's time to reevaluate

Four reasons you’re not getting job offers and how you can regroup to find job-seeking…

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: November 16, 2011 Tags: AOL Jobs, Career Advancement, career strategies, career transition, Employment, interview, job seeking, Jobs, Unemployment

As the co-founder of Violator Management, music industry veteran Chris Lighty has had a hand in the careers of such notable artists as LL Cool J, Missy Elliott and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, among others. Recently, he partnered with fellow music mogul Michael “Blue” Williams to form Primary/Violator, a new full-service management, publishing and marketing firm. During his interview with BlackEnterprise.com about the merger, Lighty shared his five tips for success in business. —Brett Johnson

Chris Lighty’s 5 Tips for Success in Business

The music mogul shares his personal keys to a fruitful career

Co-founder of Violator Management and current manager for Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Chris Lighty reveals…

By Brett Johnson

Posted: November 14, 2011 Tags: 50 Cent, Blue Williams, Chris Lighty, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, LL Cool J, Michael "Blue" Williams, Missy Elliott, Primary/Violator, Steve Jobs, Violator Management

Seek Honest Evaluation on Your Job Performance

Constructive criticism in the workplace is vital

It’s vital you should seek criticism — not just kudos — in an honest evaluation…

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: November 10, 2011 Tags: AOL Jobs, Career Advancement, Career Development, career transition, criticism, job evaluation, management skills, performance review, workplace issues

There has been a a lot of advice for job seekers on how to conduct a successful interview. However, there hasn't been much focus on the toughest interview of all, the one you face when you are over 50. This age group has the highest rate of unemployment today, and the highest level since the Great Depression.

Interviewing can be especially challenging for job candidates over 50 because recruiters and hiring authorities can hold biases, and many are are not good at interviewing to start with. Many workers over 50 never really had to learn how to interview seriously for a job while out of work, or might still hold on to outdated standards when it comes to marketing themselves.

Here are five important strategies for the over 50 job seeker on how to ace the interview and use their age as an asset, not a handicap. ---Tucker Mays and Bob Sloane

5 Interview Strategies for the Over-50 Job Seeker

How to sell yourself so that age is an asset, not a handicap

How senior workers can sell themselves in the job market.

By Tucker Mays and Bob Sloane

Posted: November 9, 2011 Tags: baby boomers, boomer job seeker, boomers, Career Advancement, career transition, Generation X, human resources, job candidate, Job Market, job seekers, job seeking, Jobs, senior citizen, senior executive, senior job seeker, senior workers

Are You That Loud Coworker? Here’s How to Turn it Down

Use these tips to be assertive, not offensive at your job

Madame Noire gives tips on how to tone down the volume and turn up the…

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: November 9, 2011 Tags: business etiquette, Career Advancement, career transition, conflict resolution, coworker, Employment, etiquette, interoffice issues, interoffice politics, Job Market, Jobs, Madame Noire, teamwork

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