March 29, 2024

Careers

Social Media Advice for Grad Students

Traditional or online programs for graduate school are intense. It will change your lifestyle in many ways. Some of these changes are positive like meeting new people going through the same graduate school experience or delving into a field that interests you. Some changes can be difficult, such as juggling your personal life, work, and studies as well as figuring out your financial...[Read more...]

Deciding if a double major is right for your future

Thinking about a double major? You’re certainly not alone. To make themselves more competitive in an increasingly difficult job market, many college students today are choosing to double major – either in fields that already have some overlap or in completely different departments. If you’re doing a double major just to impress future graduate schools and employers, though, you might...[Read more...]

How to Get Hired When You’re Underqualified

Presuming that like me, you’ve also spotted those ads about a job you so wanted to secure and fretted just because it was outside the field of your expertise. Maybe you told yourself ‘I could do that job,’ yet you have no experience in that specific area. How do you prove your prowess with a career pick for which you...[Read more...]

The Perks of Taking on an Internship

As competition for jobs today becomes more and more cutthroat, the biggest difference between you and the contender sitting next to you is work experience. So for those of you who don’t have the work experience needed, you can have the next best thing, an internship! Why are they so great? A professional internship helps give you the right insight...[Read more...]

Get Your Prof to “Notice You” for the Right Reasons

Many college success guides and blogs include this advice: “Get your professor to notice you.” (I’ve also seen this variation: “Get your professor to like you.”). From a student perspective, getting a prof to notice and like you sound like a good thing, doesn’t it? If a prof “notices you”, maybe you’ll get better grades, or the class will be easier. If the...[Read more...]

Do you have to sound brilliant in order to speak out in class?

Do you sit in class and worry about whether you should or shouldn’t speak up? Do you try to get your words just right in your mind before you’ll raise your hand? Then, by the time you’re ready to speak, the class has moved on to something else and you’ve lost your confidence? It’s not a surprise that as a student, you...[Read more...]

Career path options for recent graduates

Choosing a career path can understandably be pretty overwhelming. After all, your decision will affect the rest of your entire future. For this reason, it is important that you really take time to think about what you want and where you want your career to go. To help with your decision-making, you should do some research on the most rewarding...[Read more...]

Five Career Choices More Tempting than Pizza

Have you seen those hilarious career quizzes?  The ones filled with silly inquiries such as:  What was your favorite game as a kid?  What’s your favorite holiday? One of my all-time favorites:  What’s your karaoke song? Come on, I can’t carry a tune.  I’m never going to be a “Pop Star” no matter what my answer might be. Seriously, no...[Read more...]

Getting started as a student freelance writer

Don’t worry; you are part of the norm. A lot of students need part-time jobs to supplement their college lifestyle. Between exorbitant tuition fees and general living expenses, your years at a higher education institution will be pricey. You are probably looking for a job with flexible hours to fit in between your scheduled classes. You’ll also want something with...[Read more...]

10 Unique Careers in Nursing

We have long since moved past the days of Florence Nightingale and the images of nurses in pinafore aprons and folded caps. The scope of nursing has expanded beyond the doctor’s office and hospitals. Today’s nurses have the potential to take their careers in multiple directions. Technology is continuing on its advancement track while Baby Boomers can’t halt the aging...[Read more...]