<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cc4b9dde-2c59-49ea-a6f7-7d6f5a758f22/A7926B8E-1182-42E2-A0BA-230F3A12315D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html" href="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dumblittleman.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html"><BLOCKQUOTE>"What do you wish you did/didn't do in college that would help you succeed today or more precisely- what will make a person stand out?"</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html"><B>1. Be a Whole Person</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html"> If you spend every spare minute working and studying rather than pursuing your other passions you will quickly run out of material for situational interviews.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html"><B>2. Be Passionate</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html"> Once you are in a given role you need that passion even more to spread to those around you for motivation and to demonstrate commitment to your manager</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html"><B>3. Be a Leader</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html">Gather the thoughts, opinions and goals of the group, combine them with your vision and help the group achieve them by planning a strategy <I>with</I> them, not <I>for</I> them.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html"><B>4. Be Reflective and Relative</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html">Take the time to reflect on what you have done, how you can improve it, and how it relates to other areas or people in your life.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html"><B>5. Be Externally Aware</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/11/5-ways-to-stand-out-and-get-your-dream.html">Many innovations are merely the result of an externally cognizant manager applying a new technology or process in a way never considered before.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A7926B8E-1182-42E2-A0BA-230F3A12315D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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