So according to an analysis done by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, based on data collected by the Census Bureau, the average man with a Bachelor’s degree earns $28 an hour and a woman with the same degree earns $21 on average. But go on past the age of 70, that man and woman could […]
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Finding Your Career
In a two part series called “Finding Career Bliss”, blogger and professional copywriter Kristen Fischer discusses her journey through college and career and gives advice on how students can make an easy college to career transition. The first part, How to Select a College Major You’ll Actually Use, explains the right way you should go about […]
-Read more!Using College as a Bridge to Your Career
The chasm between college and the workforce is a mighty big one. It’s something that our education system has failed to correct and many students arrive at this gap totally unaware. A bridge must be built to get to the other side, which may surprise many since no one had been told through grade school […]
-Read more!Employers Don’t Think a Degree is Enough
Many of us have a very high opinion of ourselves. We think we have what it takes to do anything and everything. Just look at a survey that was done where 80% of college students say they’re prepared for the workforce when only 54% of hiring managers who’ve interviewed recent graduate would agree. Now having confidence […]
-Read more!Getting Involved in Organizations
In the past, I’ve made posts about internships and the importance of networking. Internship are a great way to start off your career, but networking itself entails far more than just getting to know everyone at the office. Networking implies actually going out to the community and getting to know like-minded people. If you think of a network as being a web, you’re essentially spinning your name all over the community and luring people to it. That’s your goal.
-Read more!Next Step After College: Move Back in With Your Parents
This is how it normally ends. You get your four-year degree, you start searching around for a full-time job with a debt hanging over your head that reaches up into the tens of thousands, and you turn up with nothing. Now you must move in with your parents and get a minimum wage, part-time job […]
-Read more!Why Internships Are Vital to Your Career
So you’re looking through the course list for your major and you get down to the bottom and see “Internship” on the list. You glance across from it and see that it’s only worth one credit and you ask yourself, “why would I waste my entire semester on that?” Little do you know that that […]
-Read more!College Jobs That Look Great on Your Resume
You could pick up just about any job that you want to, but some jobs are more valuable than others. Some provide certain skills that employers take notice of and can really help you get started in a career. U.S. News lists a few jobs that can provide these skills, and help elevate success in […]
-Read more!The Importance of Networking
It’s kinda hard getting started in your career when all you do every day is wait tables and do school work. Before you can land yourself in the job you want, you must put yourself out on the market- the job market, that it. The way to do that is to make contacts. Twenty people […]
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