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Building Your Career the Hard Way with CEO and Author, Steven L. Blue

Crestcom

And the thing I learned, people ask me this all the time, Jenn, is, you know, what do you value more of the educational credentials or the work credentials? But occasionally finance or engineering. But they, they ignore the fact that it might be an engineering problem, a marketing problem, customer service problem.

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How to manage a college education | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

I totally think it's important to learn to think about subjects that are not necessarily applicable to a job, and am motivated to do so on my own. These three are what make a liberal arts education more valuable than a vocational education like engineering or nursing.

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Frugality is a career tool | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

it requires good credentials and test scores. I needed the motivation! Unless it's an MBA from a top 10 school, or leads directly to a PhD in science of engineering, forget about it. I really don't think hair or clothing or eyebrows outweighs Aspergers, given how much it seems to affect your relations at work.

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