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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 I Did It: Chef Uses Food to Bridge Cultural Gap

TV cook fuses Korean and soul cuisine to honor heritage

PBS’ Kimchi Chronicles host, Marja Vongerichten, talks her passion for food and how her multiethnic…

By Alisa Gumbs

Posted: November 18, 2011 Tags: Asia, Asian cuisine, black chefs, chef, culinary arts, Diversity, food, food industry, international cuisine, international food, Kimchi Chronicles, PBS, soul food

4 Destructive Workplace Myths

Common company practices that hinder productivity

Four common workplace myths and why they don’t work in the office.

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: November 18, 2011 Tags: Career Advancement, career transition, executive leadership, human resources, interoffice politics, Jobs, productivity, time management, workplace, workplace issues

How I Did It: Former Chef Takes Expert Knowledge to the Classroom

Foodie gives youth view of culinary career opportunities

Chef Kevin Mitchell
Chef Kevin Mitchell had a successful career in the food industry that included…

By Alisa Gumbs

Posted: November 17, 2011 Tags: black chef, chef, culinary arts, culinary profession, culinary professional, food, food industry

There are women of color around the world, from the East to the West and beyond, making huge strides to powerfully impact their industries and communities, and leave a legacy for generations to come.

Forbes has highlighted an extensive list of these women, all leaving unbelievably phenomenal marks on Africa to ensure that the continent --- and ultimately, the world --- is a better place to live and grow.

These 20 women---all under 45--- wield influence in African business, technology, policy and media. They are authors of change, trendsetters, visionaries, and young global leaders.

20 Young African Women of Power

Leaders making strides in technology, health, media, and business

Twenty African women of power under 45 who are changing the world in media, economics,…

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: November 17, 2011 Tags: black women in technology, Technology, women in technology, Women of Power, Women of Power Summit, women professionals

How I Did It: Chef Goes Mobile with Food Truck

What it’s like to take catering company on the road

Chef Darryl King details how he took his brand from restaurant to hot food truck…

By Joel Lyons

Posted: November 16, 2011 Tags: black chefs, Career Advancement, career transition, chefs, culinary arts, culinary industry, culinary professional, food, food industry, food truck, food truck industry, Taste Rite, urban cuisine

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