How to Make Your Twitter More Professional
The other day, I started looking back at some of my old social media posts, and I cringed. My social media feed used to be…
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Building Confidence in the Face of Workplace Worries
As a young woman still early on in my career, I definitely experience my share of workplace insecurities. They started in college when I was…
7 Productive Things You Can Do in 10 Minutes or Less
What would you do with an extra two hours a day? If you’re anything like me, you probably have a list a mile long of…
Learning on the Job: How to Build Soft Skills
When I was about to graduate from college, I had no idea what I wanted to do. Majoring in English had been challenging and rewarding,…
How To Effectively Give (and Receive) Criticism
When I was taking writing workshops in college, I didn’t realize that learning how to offer and receive constructive criticism would be one of the…
How My Retail Job Made Me a Better Person
In high school and most of college, I worked at American Eagle Outfitters. I started as a regular sales associate, but after a year, I…
How to Survive Embarrassing Office Moments
Have you ever been embarrassed at work – I mean truly horrified? About two years ago, I was walking with my boss and my boss’s…
How to Job Search Using Social Media
It can be exhausting to send out job application after job application and hear nothing back. I know — I used to spend hours doing…
Bringing Your Identity to Work When You’re the Underdog
When I started my first job out of graduate school, I was elated. I had just survived a quarter-life crisis and quit my soul-crushing PhD…
How Dating is Like Job Hunting (and How to Succeed with Both)
A few weeks ago, I had a job interview and a first date on the same day. Later, I called my mom to talk about…