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jfloren - who has written 7 posts on Cheezhead.

Jenny, founder and CEO, launched Experience in 1996 with the mission to educate, assist and inspire college graduates as they forge new paths into the world of work. Experience has grown its network to include more than 3,800 universities, 100,000 employers and 3 million students and alumni – all of whom are focused on launching the careers of the world’s most important talent. Jenny has been recognized as one of the nation’s youngest business leaders and achievers by numerous organizations including Forbes, Business Week, New York Times, Working Woman, Boston Business Journal, Women’s Business, and Entrepreneur, and is a frequent speaker at nationwide universities and major business events such as the Kennedy eRecruiting Conference, EMA, the MIT Enterprise Forum, Springboard Venture Capital Forum, and the Association of Colleges & Employers. With a career path as a psychology-major-turned-entrepreneur, a relatively young CEO, a woman in business, an Internet pre- and post-bubble survivor, a venture capital fundraising veteran, an advisor to top universities and Fortune 500 employers, and as someone who helps millions of people find their true calling every day, she has many perspectives to share with her audiences. Jenny earned a BA in psychology from Dartmouth College in 1993, and was a management consultant with Bain & Company in Boston prior to starting Experience. She is currently a board member and active participant in the MIT Enterprise Forum, Junior Achievement, the Dartmouth College Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, and the Caring Canines organization which certifies and manages therapy service dogs (along with her wheaten terrier sidekick, Bailey).

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experience vs. confidence

Monday, October 6, 2008

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By Jenny Floren - With the presidential race and all of the discussion that goes with it, I can’t stop thinking about the debate between experience and confidence. If a candidate has relevant work experience, but hasn’t developed the “soft” skills to back it up, does that make him/her a more viable candidate? Or what if someone has the confidence to succeed, but doesn’t have the industry experience to back it up – do you trust your gut? Experience vs. Confidence: When evaluating two candidates, which gets more weight?

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“socialnetworkingitis”

Saturday, March 22, 2008

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I’m on my way to Florida tomorrow to present at ITT’s Future Workforce Solutions conference (which is a phenomenal collaboration between many of the world’s most influential tech companies to prepare our nation’s talent pipeline for the future… more on that later), and the discussion topic I’m leading is “social networking”. As I’m completing [...]

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personality tests - friend or foe?

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

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I have to admit I have always had a very, very, very strong aversion to assessment tests. I took one in high school and it told me I was supposed to be a plumber… and although I am a huge fan of Home Depot and have never met a home improvement project I didn’t [...]

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the most public decade in history

Saturday, November 10, 2007

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I have been waiting it for several years now, and FINALLY just saw it on television for the first time (while I’ve been glued to the TV set watching our Red Sox sweep the series!!!! But I digress… ;) There is finally a tv ad warning people (kids, in particular) about the risks [...]

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helicopter parents

Saturday, November 10, 2007

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There is an **epidemic** of parental over-involvement in kids’ lives that has hit an all-time high… and it just HAS to stop. Seriously. If you are a parent of a college student, PLEASE read this post: You do NOT need to write resumes for your kids, apply to jobs on behalf of your kids, [...]

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why america’s future shines bright

Monday, September 24, 2007

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Ok…so we’re in a war, the most popular vote in the upcoming election seems to be a “vote of no confidence”, and the housing market is about to get an oz-style wake up call - no, we’re not in Kansas any more (although we may be soon, since everywhere else will be too expensive to [...]

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when i first met joel

Sunday, August 26, 2007

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I know that when you read the title of this post, you **immediately** drew to your mind YOUR first introduction to Joel - which is just one more sign of the impact Joel has on each of us, and the industry in which we all participate. Although I’ve been a fan for years, my first in-person [...]

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