Amanda the bizgal, president of bizMe Consulting, is a national career and branding coach, author of I am Not a Smartie-pants!, a book launching in 2012, and a regional TV career coach and branding expert. She has been quoted in the LA Times, Yahoo Sports, US News and World Report, International Business Times: New York, FOXBusiness.com, FOX Business News, The Hollywood Reporter, E! Online, Chicago Tribune, The Montreal Gazette, The Business Journal Milwaukee, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Milwaukee Magazine. For more information please visit http://www.thebizgal.biz
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 Points of Interest in the World of Employment - Career Coaching (Pt. 1) | |||
| by Amanda Guralski - Feb, 2012 Everyone can use some help navigating the challenges of today's job market while also trying to develop a satisfying career along the way. A career coach can equip you with career management tools and techniques that you need to do just that. This episode will highlight what a career... | |||
| Points of Interest in the World of Employment - Career Coaching (Pt. 2) | |||
| by Amanda Guralski - Feb, 2012 Everyone can use some help navigating the challenges of today's job market while also trying to develop a satisfying career along the way. A career coach can equip you with career management tools and techniques that you need to do just that. This episode will highlight what a career... | |||
| Can’t Find A Job...Now What? by Amanda Guralski - Jun, 2010 After four or five years, you have accomplished the big prize—your college degree! Graduation—a day in your life that you have looked forward to since you started your post-secondary education. As you relish the idea of no more studying, no more tests and most importantly no more homework ... | |||
| Questions To Ask At The End of The Interview by Amanda Guralski - Jun, 2010 You’ve impressed with your resume and here you sit with the interviewer. You’re nearing the end of the interview. You start reflecting on how well the conversation flowed, the great answers you gave to the questions, and you’re thinking, I totally am perfect for this position! Then the ... | |||
| The Beauty With The Briefcase by Amanda Guralski - Jun, 2010 Back when I was in college, I fully subscribed to the philosophy of one Ani DiFranco, patron saint of angst-filled young women. One of her songs, “32 Flavors”, rang profoundly true for me, especially this verse: God help you if you are an ugly girl/’Course too pretty is also your doom/’... | |||
| Unforgettable Hires – Tattletales From The Principal by Amanda Guralski - May, 2010 Stories too unbelievable to be true, too entertaining to miss! “You don’t know what you got until you got it!” I want you to imagine a feminine (and pretty) version of Marlon Brando playing the Godfather. She was a Maltese nun who wore black kneesocks under the long skirt of her hab... | |||
| Facial Piercings by Amanda Guralski - May, 2010 Look around you. How many people have some kind of in-your-face piercing? No, I’m not talking about the girl across from you with her cartilage pierced. How many have their nose pierced? What about tongue? Eyebrow? Lip? Septum? What are the odds the new bizgal will have a lip ring? Have... | |||
| The Interview – The Nitty Gritty – Now You Know! by Amanda Guralski - May, 2010 It’s an hour after your interview and you’re still obsessing about what you should have said, what you did say, and what perhaps you never should have said. As we hit rewind and replay the interview, let’s rehash the interview process. Let’s start at the very beginning...When we asked my m... | |||
| Resolution: No Longer The Office Pushover! by Amanda Guralski - May, 2010 Being too sweet may get you stung! “No.” Yeah, it’s a simple word, with just two letters and a lack of preconceived connotations. Yet, many business professionals fear letting this slip from their tongues, thus resulting in a permanent black mark on their record. Despite the desire to d... | |||
| How Do I Get Noticed at a Job Fair? by Amanda Guralski - May, 2010 Question: How do I get noticed at a job fair? Answer: Job fairs can sometime seem overwhelming and tiresome and soon you begin to doubt whether you’ll ever be noticed. As you check out your competition, you realize that you’re seeing cookie-cutter images of you! Lots of black suits–so ... | |||
| The Interview of The Future Is Here Now by Amanda Guralski - Apr, 2010 Nothing is more important than the impression you give in a face-to-face interview. Recruiters and Hiring Managers can learn a lot about a candidate over the phone, but it is the face-to-face interview that will make or break your opportunity to receive an offer from the company you are in... | |||
| Turning That Tweet Into a Job? Social Media – Hot Career! by Amanda Guralski - Apr, 2010 Innately money-hungry Americans stuck in a recession can only hope for one thing: jobs, jobs, jobs. With so many companies cutting back or closing down, we can’t help but wonder what the future of the job market will be. Fortunately, if you’re in the healthcare field, customer service o... | |||
| Driving Your Business: Road Rules for the Mobile Office by Amanda Guralski - Apr, 2010 Sometimes, a professional life can quite literally be a bumpy ride. My friend Rachel, fresh out of teaching school, often hides out in her car during her lunch break. She needs a quiet place to prepare for her afternoon classes, and has a hard time finding privacy and relaxation at the ... | |||
| Action Plan - an Interview Necessity or a Threat To Your Future? by Amanda Guralski - Apr, 2010 Ready. Set. Action plan. More and more, businesses are discovering that employee action plans are an efficient, uniform way to keep employee and potential employee ducks in a row. It makes sense. Before a business becomes a business it is typically birthed through the breeding grounds of a... | |||
| Busting the Post-Grad Career Blues by Amanda Guralski - Mar, 2010 I remember visiting the bookstore with a friend back in 2006. We were high school seniors, deeply-immersed in the college application process. Way back in the career section, we stumbled upon a book that listed the average salary of each job. She was set on becoming an art teacher. I knew ... | |||
| How a Little Bit of Courtesy Can Help Your Career by Amanda Guralski - Mar, 2010 "She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not switch herself this way and that; she must not shout; and she must not, while wearing her bridal veil, smoke a cigarette." – Emily Post (Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, 1922) W... | |||
| Stress Hits The Gen Y Bizgal: Tales and Remedies by Amanda Guralski - Mar, 2010 With every job there comes responsibility, and with responsibility comes stress. Especially now, when young bizgirl’s find themselves lucky to have jobs, the pressure of staying on top of their game can sometimes cause them to crack. Lauren Rozea, an Assistant Director of a nation-wide ... | |||
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