All posts tagged Career building

Moving On

Its been a year since I began writing this blog. Since then, I’ve covered a wide variety of topics, all covering ways to help prepare you for college and your career. Whether you’re homeschooled, public schooled, or just starting college, you now have a resource here to get you started, if nothing else. I’m confident […]

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Utilizing LinkedIn

Everything is done online nowadays: banking, sending messages,  participating in social interaction. Now you can even put up your resume for everyone to see…okay, okay, this is really nothing new. LinkedIn, the biggest one of the bunch, will be turning 11 in May, and there are others that have been around longer than that. The […]

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Does It Really Matter Where You Go to College?

Nowadays, the major concern for parents and students is availability in the job market, given so many graduates come out of college without a job. It’s a common issue, and one that drives many students to seek out cheaper alternatives so that they’re not sinking in debt by the time they finish their degree. It’s […]

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Will a College Degree Help You Get a Raise?

When you go to college and spend tens of thousands of dollars on a Bachelor’s degree, they expect to come out with a job, established in the career of their choice. But because many of them lack experience, they must settle for an entry-level job, making far below the statistical average of about $45,000 a […]

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Standards of Colleges and Businesses Are At Odds

It should come as no surprise to some that what employers expect out of applicants and what colleges and universities think employers expect out of applicants are starkly different. For instance, U.S. News reported that in a Gallup poll, it was found that 84 percent of business leaders said that a potential employee’s knowledge is important. Now out of […]

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Managing Your Time Efficiently

Developing good time management skills is something that even I have a hard time accomplishing. It means getting up early in the morning, planning out your day accordingly,  turning off Facebook and all other distractions that could keep you from conquering the day. Whether you’re still in school or just starting your career, you can […]

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Some Good Advice That Isn’t Normally Taught In School

There’s a lot you’re not taught in school. Working skills, life skills, interpersonal skills — strip out all the skills that you’re not taught in school and you’re just left with academics. Now academics is good as it gives you the secondhand knowledge you need on the job, but it doesn’t give you the experience […]

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Who’s More Career-Minded: College Students or High Schoolers?

When building up to your career there are things that you must do to work your way up, such as community involvement, acquiring internships, and creating a network of people to help support you in your career pursuits. Things that many college students don’t actively do, instead only focusing their efforts on studying and making […]

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The 5 Rules of Social Media Etiquette

The internet is a strange and mysterious place. It’s unlike real life in such a way that it allows people to express themselves in ways they normally wouldn’t in public. For instance, it wouldn’t socially acceptable to run around the classroom, showing pictures of yourself to all your classmates. But put those same pictures up […]

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The Difference Between Good Debt and Bad Debt

As you may have heard me say before, there is such as thing as “good” debt. It’s not something that comes up often this early in your life, but there is such a thing. People pull student loans, car loans, run up credit card debt, and heedlessly borrow and spend without giving a second thought […]

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