Career and life planning resources for college students, recent grads, and career-changers.
Creating a resume is hard enough for experienced professionals, but it’s particularly difficult for students with little work or job search experience. Often, students just put everything down on paper without proper editing and formatting. But being careless with your resume can be detrimental, even for entry-level jobs and internships. Read on for seven common…
Professional dress codes can be confusing, and there are often grey areas between different levels of office dress codes. This can be particularly intimidating for college students and recent graduates with wardrobes full of casual wear and little or no professional clothing. So what does each dress code entail? What should you wear to an…
By Judith Orloff MD The workplace is filled with difficult personalities–bullies, know-it-alls, rumor mongers… Our fallback reaction when faced with problem people at work is to either assert ourselves or walk swiftly in the other direction. But there’s a middle ground, a way of communicating that’s more effective, because it’s not rigid or…
Are you worried about inadvertently hurting your professional reputation? Do you know the mistakes that can keep you from progressing in your career? If so, author Lois Frankel’s newly revised edition of Nice Girl’s Don’t Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers may be worth a read. Ten tips…
Modern employment scenarios shift rapidly, prompting an average of several job changes during each worker’s career. Competent employees have greater opportunity today, than at other times in the past; shifting across career lines without suffering professionally. The job market also responds to ever-changing conditions, so businesses aren’t necessarily as dependent on long-held positions. In fact,…