I love to get good questions from readers and share my answers in a post. Here’s one that addresses a few important issues:

Hi Allison,

I just read one of your articles on Forbes about how to job search on LinkedIn. I’m a twenty-something currently looking for an entry level job in NYC in the TV business.

Each week I’ll feature three posts offering particularly good counsel for those early in their careers. Send along your favorites for consideration.

Each week I’ll feature three posts offering particularly good counsel for those early in their careers. Send along your favorites for consideration.

Millenials are not good about responding to email and that is bad news for their careers. While email doesn’t have the immediacy associated with texting, IM, or Google Chat, there are some important rules associated with email that should not be ignored.

Job search is a lot like dating—the more work you do at the front end to understand both yourself and your fit in the marketplace, the better the opportunities that will come your way.

For many people September presents a fresh start—like going back to school, it’s a time of renewed motivation and enthusiasm. Three things that help me get restarted are writing,  taking a course and attending a conference  especially in person. There’s nothing more inspiring than being in a shared interest group, with a lot of great speakers. And classes offer unlimited opportunities to network in a friendly setting.

A recent opinion piece in the New York Times last weekend mourned the passing of the English major as an assured path to a job or graduate school.

I love getting questions from readers—and here’s a very practical one that I’m not sure I’ve addressed on this blog before.