Category Archives: Networking
What Your Next Employer Wants
There’s a lot of confusion among recent college grads about how to acquire the skills employers deem necessary when the only way to get those skills is on the job. Going to college no longer guarantees you a well-paying job, and yet the ROI for a college degree is huge. “Since jobs …
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Create Your Own Internship
With summer coming, here’s how to be the Chief Operating Officer of your internship destiny.
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Why Being Uncomfortable is Good for Your Career
The following is a Guest Post by the talented and indefatigable Noël Rozny. I was recently a guest on #InternPro Radio, where the hosts and I talked about the steps college students can take to prepare themselves for the working world. One of the main points that came up was the importance of …
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Inspiring Career Change
Do you have a well-honed, transferable skill? Are you having trouble figuring out how to apply that skill to jobs other than the one you have? This is a common problem, especially for those with a lot of experience. This past weekend’s New York Times featured a story I found to be hopeful …
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Career Posts: Recommendations this Week
I see many excellent career posts and want to share the best advice with my followers. Here are a few from this week–all substantive, all great advice. 1. I am frequently asked by job seekers who have jobs how to promote themselves on LinkedIn without tipping off their current employers about their search. …
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Discover Your Career with Three Questions
My clients who are still in college or just graduating worry that they’ll cut themselves off from opportunities by choosing one path over another. When you’re in college, you can take any class that interests you, join a club or do an internship or volunteer gig—all without making a commitment to one specific …
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Let Me Interview You About Your Interesting Career
Do you do work that you find deeply engaging? Are you proud of what you do and want to share it with others? If so, I’d like to interview you for my new career series, every Thursday, called “What Do You Do and How Did You Get Your Start?” I’ll be interviewing a …
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Don’t Just Find a Job—Find a Career
Recently a career industry colleague who works with Millenials asked me a question very relevant to our times. She asked, “How do you get college graduates to think not in terms of finding a job, but finding a career?” This question, and the thought process behind it, forms the basis of all my …
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Look Ahead in Your Job Hunt, Not Behind You
In a tough economy, I often hear job-seekers worry about “the competition” – with so many people looking for jobs, it’s harder to be the chosen one. I believe that your biggest competition is yourself—the fear that goes on inside your head, the lack of confidence that stops you from doing your best …
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Internships Really Do Lead to Full-Time Jobs: One Intern’s Story
Everyone knows how valuable internships are to long-term career planning and ideation. Employers are reluctant to hire college grads who haven’t had work experience because by graduation time, the majority of students have had at least one internship. But what about long-term career prospects? How often do interns get offered full-time jobs? I …
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