If by now, you've engaged in 20 informational interviews, attended every Career and Internship fair, and have a polished LinkedIn and resume then you are clearly on a great path for an internship between your Junior and Senior year, and you most likely have an idea what you want to do for a living. If this is you, we're here to help fortify those skills. if not, DON'T PANIC, we're here to help you get started!
Since your runway to graduation is shorter than a freshman's, we suggest you work on these skills and practices:
There are many areas you can work on and develop regarding interview preparation. This blog will focus on the most important one, research.
Why is research so very important? When you research well prior to the interview, you will learn many things: Read More...
Once you land in your first role, you can rest assured that your new employer wants a highly engaged employee. What’s that? Employees who operate consistently above and beyond the norm. Better described they:
When you are a senior in college you have invested 16 years of your life on education, not even counting pre-school and Kindergarten. It is reasonable to ask, why? What do you want? Not from only from college, but from your life. Read More...
Some of life’s greatest pleasures come from the ability of choice. Whether we are thinking about where to live, who to love, or what to buy, we all like the ability to choose. The same can be said about choosing your career path. While there is no magic formula or treasure map to follow Read More...
How you manage money while you are on campus really affects life after college. By and large, students have been given NO personal finance training prior to college, and little to none on campus. Yet they have a mountain of decisions to make. Read More...
For your summer internship you have two objectives:
This area is not to tell your buyers about you and how special you are; this pace is designated to speak a bit about the problem you solve.
You can say what’s wrong about the way the problem is typically approached and why typical approaches just don’t work.
Remember short paragraphs work better though. Make sure you bold important stuff.
This text is also important for SEO. if you have to talk about this before your services, go on and move it up. But the goal of this page is to send your buyer to the right place in the site.
Every major financial guru that I know recommends having an emergency fund, and for good reason. This MUST be part of your financial plans as you move forward. Modest, regular funding into an emergency fund will get you to where you need to be over time. What Is An Emergency Fund? An emergency fund...
I recently read a great book for young people who are transitioning from college to career. The Bigs, by Ben Carpenter, offers some of the clearest thinking and ‘how-to’ advice I have come across for 18-24 year-olds. In addition to his book, his website is full of valuable information accented by...
So what happens when you get a no? You were working with a recruiter, who ushered you into an opportunity. Perhaps they spoke so optimistically that you started to feel like this was nearly a done-deal. Then you get a rejection. Even if it wasn’t your #1 choice, you are still hurt, it stings, and...
Some new employees show up and make a terrific first impression and often, that has powerful downstream implications. They create a kind of ‘Halo Effect’ that leads to a positive assumption that they will be great:
Your twenty-something years are critical for your success for three reasons:
Millions of you are on campus for the fall. Some of you are newly minted freshman and many others are making your return from summer break. Interests, area of study, and academic environments vary. BUT, you all share the same #1 objective. There are over 21 million of you attending college in America, and over 150 million post-secondary students worldwide and yes, you ALL have the same objective. Read More...
Across thousands of campuses this semester there will be a Spring Career Fair, and it is essential to your future that you attend and participate. It serves a few very important purposes:
NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) has published its Winter 2016 Salary survey for those with Master’s Degrees. Below is real data of median income salaries from hiring companies who reported back to NACE.
As with all other salary information, the salary itself does not tell the whole story on earnings. If you are contemplating pursuing a master’s degree for your next step, know the following elements must be considered:
An informational interview is a meeting with a professional to learn about opportunity and viability relative to your future career. A productive place to explore would be:
- At a company that you may be interested in
- With a person who works within an industry where you might have interest
- With someone working in a role, or that has worked in a role that you can see yourself starting in Read More...
Your first job is very important as you depart from campus. If you have done a great search, you not only have a job, but it is the first step in a career that you are very excited about. It should be an area or industry that will grow over the course of your working years, so as you become great, opportunity abounds. That first job also can be precedent setting as well. Read More...
On campus you are surrounded by many events and opportunities to find employment through internships and/or full time jobs. These fall into the category of the ‘physical job search’ which include events and contacts that you can physically engage with to find an opportunity. Read More...
Pope Francis just visited and regardless of your faithfulness or lack thereof, he moved everyone he came in contact with. I believe he inspired us to raise the bar of expectation on a variety of issues. Don’t settle for what is given today, but raise the bar to a grander vision. I think that this touches on a huge issue facing us today and with that, reveals opportunity for all of us. Read More...
Every major financial guru that I know recommends having an emergency fund, and for good reason. This MUST be part of your financial plans as you move forward. Modest, regular funding into an emergency fund will get you to where you need to be over time. Read More...
In the spring of this year the Class of 2015 ushered more than 1.8 million college graduates into the workforce. For most of these graduates, getting a job was priority number one. Read More...
I recently attended the National Summit on Collegiate Financial Wellness on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington. This is the second year of this conference developed by Ohio State and Indiana University. It is packed with student wellness professionals dedicated to improving college financial wellness for today's college students. Read More...