Nancy A. Shenker
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Nancy A. Shenker is the founder and CEO of theONswitch, a New York-based marketing company and nunumedia, a publishing venture she launched in 2010 with a line of business comic books. Her latest book, with Lindsay E. Brown, is a guide for young women entering the working world, entitled Don’t Hook Up With the Dude in the Next Cube: 200+ Career Secrets for 20-Somethings. Nancy was formerly a marketing executive at Citibank, MasterCard, and Reed Exhibitions. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and New York University’s publishing program. She conducts workshops and webinars on personal branding, social media, public relations, and e-marketing.

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There's a Time to Text and a Time to Talk

(0) Comments | Posted May 16, 2013 | 10:26 AM

Use your tongue...and not just your pointer!

So many people are hiding these days behind their devices, using efficiency and speed as just one of the many excuses to avoid direct communication. Just because we can communicate 24/7/365 doesn't mean we should.

I just heard (on the radio...you know...

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Are You a Bully Boss? How to Tell...

(4) Comments | Posted September 20, 2012 | 4:41 PM

Everyone has had a boss who torments him.

Sadly, I have been that boss at times. The news is filled these days with stories about bullying -- at school and at work. Eighty per cent of employees say they are stressed and 60 per cent of absenteeism at work...

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Your First Job is Worth More Than Just a Paycheque

(0) Comments | Posted September 10, 2012 | 2:34 PM

Last year, I hired a bright recent college graduate who was working as a part-time bartender while job hunting. He had relocated to New York from California after graduation and, like thousands of well-educated liberal arts majors, he found himself lost in the tough job hunting maze.

He was willing...

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How to Keep That New Job by Learning From Your Mistakes

(6) Comments | Posted September 1, 2012 | 7:42 AM

A friend of mine just told me his son got fired for "making too many mistakes" in his first job out of college. I recently rejected an applicant for having too many basic typos in her email notes to me, and she responded with a string of defensive emails (most...

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Seven Ways for Graduates to Get Off the Couch and Into an Office

(1) Comments | Posted June 20, 2012 | 1:25 PM

Just graduated? Home for the summer? Still unemployed? You're not alone. But here are some sure-fire tips to get you from couch potato to paycheck!

Close to two million kids will graduate college in 2012. And millions of high school and college kids are now flooding the summer job market....

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