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Resume Do’s and Don’ts
When applying for a job, you send in a resume. And so does everyone else. When you consider the high volume of resumes that companies have to sift through to find their ideal candidate, it is important to avoid common mistakes that can put you in the ‘no’ pile. Hiring managers will take just a…
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Is College Necessary for Entrepreneurs?
What follows is a post from Dr. Atul Teckchandani, one of the great professors teaching Entrepreneurship at CSUF. While most of the people who come to my office are college students, I recently had an individual come who had just graduated high school. He came to see me because he wanted to be an entrepreneur…
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CSUF Consulting – HR Audit
When business owners struggle to improve operational efficiency and profitability, they often overlook Human Resources. Maybe this is due to a perception that Human Resources and Leadership is “too soft” a topic to warrant spending precious cash. Yet, studies show human resources improvements can have significant long term ROI. Maybe it’s time to consider a…
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Trevor's Journal: Formula SAE Lincoln
During June, Trevor Smith, a recent graduate from Cal State Fullerton, represented his alma mater in an international competition in Lincoln, Nebraska called Formula SAE. As you can tell by the name this is a racing competition. Schools from all over the world developed small race cars for this competition. While most of the competition…
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Choose a Career or New Venture That Matches Your Personality
One of the worst things you can do is choose a career, or accept a position for a job, in a field that is not a good match for your personality type. On the other hand, if you are aware of your unique personality and strengths, you can choose a career that showcases those assets…
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TapTapOrder is Hiring
Phillip Stinis is a CSUF graduate and has served as a Business Leader Coach for students in our Entrepreneurship Program. He has also developed an app for iPads and iPhones that helps streamline the ordering process in restaurants. This product has already gone through trials and they are preparing to aggressively sell this technology to…
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Whither Civility
Dave Kinnear is an excellent Executive Leader Coach, Student Consulting Team Adviser and all-around good guy and he has agreed to let us republish this thought provoking post from his blog.I don’t know about you, but I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about our society’s trend towards lack of civility. I started thinking about…
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How to be a Good Boss
What follows is a post from Dr. Atul Teckchandani, one of the great professors teaching Entrepreneurship at CSUF. by harmonica pete One of my favorite reads is the ‘You’re the Boss’ blog. Recently, one of their bloggers, Jay Goltz, published a post titled “Do you really want to be a business owner?” that is worth a…
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Paid Project Opportunity
Who has commissioned this project? LapWorks, Inc. The owner is one of the many experienced coaches that graciously donates his time to the CSUF Entrepreneurship Program. What is the Project? Develop a list of all the Apple retailers in America. In order to accomplish this task the person will have to call each store (both…
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Formula SAE Results
Last week we had a post about the unprecedented cooperation between Mihaylo College and the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences. The partnership was meant to bolster our entry into Formula SAE, a competition to see which university could build the best scaled down race car. Well, it worked brilliantly; up to a point. In…