Smith Business Close-Up: New Year, New Job?

Thursday, January 15, 2015, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, January 18, 2015, 7:30 a.m.

With the start of the new year, many people’s resolutions include setting career goals. Staying focused and setting a plan can make 2015 the year you land your dream job or that big promotion.

In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, host Jeff Salkin sits down with Jeff Kudisch to talk about the critical components of any successful job search.

Dr. Kudisch is assistant dean of corporate relations and managing director of the Office of Career Services. He is a Distinguished Tyser Teaching Fellow. He also is a co-founder and principal partner of Personnel Assessment Systems, Inc., a human resource consulting firm specializing in management and executive assessment.

Where to Watch

Smith Business Close-Up can be seen bi-weekly on Maryland Public Television's Your Business and Money. The program airs at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays and is repeated the following Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on public television stations throughout Maryland and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region, including:

• WMPB-TV (Ch. 67), Baltimore
• WMPT-TV (Ch. 22), DC metro/Annapolis
• WCPB-TV (Ch. 28), Salisbury
• WFPT-TV (Ch. 62), Frederick
• WWPB-TV (Ch. 31), Hagerstown
• WGPT-TV (Ch. 36), Oakland