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CAREER BREAKOUT: Employment After Arrest

by Danny | Feb 13, 2012 | 2nd Chance University: Empowering the Justice-Involved

The issue of career placement for those with barriers is not going to go away. Consider that these past four decades have created an American working age population that includes up to 14 million people with felony records—about one in every fifteen between the age of...

RESUME LANGUAGE: Grammar, Consistency, and Point of View

by Danny | Feb 10, 2012 | 2nd Chance University: Empowering the Justice-Involved

Although the rules of grammar, such as parallel sentence structure, consistency, and punctuation, do apply, the statements we create for resumes are somewhat fragments in bullet or paragraph form simply because we eliminate the pronouns (he/she, you, we). However,...

CAREER BREAKOUT: Art and Local Involvement

by Danny | Feb 9, 2012 | 2nd Chance University: Empowering the Justice-Involved

Catering to our talented concentration of artistic and creative professionals, Artists Square’s CEO, Racquel Cruz, asked member Dyanne Parker, owner/founder at “Canvas and Cheers, Inc., (where u paint and pARTy) the following question: Does volunteering and local...

CAREER BREAKOUT: Improving Your Employment Situation Via Mentoring

by Danny | Feb 6, 2012 | 2nd Chance University: Empowering the Justice-Involved

Dr. Kathryn Broyles, Ph.D., Program Director of General Studies at American Public University/American Military University, details how mentoring will benefit your career: Maybe you’re on the job market for the first time. You’ve just finished high school or college...

Turning Art Into A Career

by Danny | Feb 3, 2012 | 2nd Chance University: Empowering the Justice-Involved

Artists Square’s CEO, Racquel Cruz, asked fellow artist and member, Jimmy McKinnon the following: “As an experienced artist, what goals would you advise a new artist deciding to make a career of their artwork?” The ever changing art world can be intimidating to the up...

CAREER BREAKOUT: Invisible, There Is A Cure

by Danny | Feb 3, 2012 | 2nd Chance University: Empowering the Justice-Involved

“I’ve been working in the same position for close to four years and it seems as if I cannot advance in my career. What do you recommend I do to get recognized as an employee in it for the long haul and one wanting to grow?” No doubt being recognized as a key player...
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