5 Questions to Ask Instead of ‘What Do You Do?’
Dating apps are not widely known for promoting social graces. So I shouldn’t have been surprised by my awkward interactions with a potential suitor. I…
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5 Ways an Internship Can Launch Your Career
My first internship was for a horse racetrack’s communications department. For some reason, I thought to be in communications meant we had a lax dress…
How to Cope When Your Dream Job Disappoints You
My feet clumsily hit the pavement in a not-so-rhythmic pattern. I am by no means a runner, but that night I felt compelled to move.…
3 Reasons Your College Connections Are Indispensable
There were some things I was determined to leave behind after college: All-nighters, pre-exam jitters, on-campus parking wars, and my ramen-and-frozen-veggies budget, to name a…
Get Ahead of the Drama: Navigate Office Politics in 5 Steps
Whether you work on a small or big team, office politics are inevitable. The politics — power dynamics and networking at play in the workplace…
How to Turn Your First Job Into a Career
When I started my first job as an event planner and marketing specialist for a nonprofit, I sat at my desk for the first three…
You’re Never Too Young to Be a Mentor
With the fall semester of my senior year of college officially completed, my anxieties about entering the real world are at an all-time high. Even…
How to Break Into a New Field (When You Don’t Have Industry Connections)
“It’s not what you know, but who you know.” This classic job-hunting saying has given me a lot of anxiety in the past. After a…
Networking for Introverts: Tips for Tackling Your Fears
It happens to me every time I sign up for a networking event. I register well in advance, excited about the great opportunity. Then the…
