Category Archives: Teen Careers
Yes, Your Grammar Matters to Your Career
I loved the recent blog post by a tech CEO who says he won’t hire people who have bad grammar. As they say, you only have one chance to make a first impression, and those impressions are what count when you’re hunting for a job. When people don’t know you, they will make judgments …
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Don’t Squander Your Summer Job!
So it’s summertime and you’re heading back to camp–the same camp you’ve always attended, right? But you’re a counselor so you’re getting paid, you can hang out with your old friends…seems like a real coup, right? Not so fast. If you’ve been a counselor before and are now graduating from high school or …
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Getting That Great Summer Internship
This is the year to get a great internship, but you need to start right away. There is good news: According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), intern hiring is up 8.5% this year . There is tons of information out there about internships, but what are the key steps a …
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Networking Oblivion
Are you a good networker, even a great one? Do you invest plenty of time in LinkedIn, steadily building your contacts and sharing posts and other information with the group? Are you a faithful tweeter? Do you tend to see the possibilities in people, wanting to meet them instead of worrying about wasting …
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Should You Change Your Major to Agree with Your Myers-Briggs Type?
Penelope Trunk’s blog post today on what college students should do now offers some great wisdom. But the one tip that really caught my eye was her suggestion to take a Myers-Briggs test to understand what you’re good at. She also suggests that if your score doesn’t agree with your chosen major, you should …
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Putting Your Eggs in One Internship Basket
Here’s something I see a lot of Gen Y internship and job seekers doing that is very unproductive: applying to only one thing at a time. Those of us who come from older and more cynical generations know that a good rule of thumb is to never assume that one opportunity will come …
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Connecting with Those You Know
As my readers know I am a longtime LinkedIn fan, and have been since its inception. It’s an incredible career development, as well as networking, tool. If you look at my profile you will see I have 500+ connections – and I’m proud to say that, virtually to a person, I know every …
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More on the College Debt Question
I’ve been writing on this topic for a week now, and it has really struck a chord. Most readers seem to agree that a college education is what you make of it, and if you need to pay out of pocket to attend an elite college, it may be a better idea to …
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Weighing the Cost of College
Early this week I wrote about Gen Y college debt, and put the post up on Brazen Careerist with the question, “If you could do it over, would you attend a less expensive school”. The question really struck a chord. When I was growing up in the late 1970’s most middle class families …
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To Whom it May Concern
Imagine you’re a senior person at a company and you’re looking for the right person to work for you. You’ve been looking at resumes all day long, and you’re tired and looking for some inspiration. You open yet another email, hoping for “the one”, and it’s addressed to: To Whom it May Concern. …
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