As a recent graduate who just started her first full-time job, I’m experiencing a state of flux and confusion that, I believe, often plagues other young professionals just transitioning into their careers. Before I graduated, I always shrugged off all those “life after college” advice blogs, believing: That could never happen to me! I don’t…
It goes without saying that blogging has taught me so much and connected me with so many amazing people. And yet, I am learning something new about blogging every day; I’ve been following along with Rosetta Thurman’s “Blogging for Branding” challenge, and she’s provided so many excellent tips for blogging. One of her tips centers…
So…I’m graduating tomorrow! And I suppose that means that I need to write an obligatory blog post reflecting on my college years. As I sit in my bedroom packing all my belongings into two suitcases and two boxes (yet again), I can’t help but look back on the person I was when I stepped foot…
I’ve read a lot of articles lately about Elena Kagan, who President Obama has recently nominated to the Supreme Court, and her incredible ambition. Her career path has been one of a single-minded focus on her ultimate career goal: becoming Supreme Court justice. Even at the young age of 17, she posed for her high…
We’re overeducated and underexperienced, when really it should be the other way around. It’s a pity – and a case of misallocated resources – considering higher education is getting more and more expensive while salaries are not really keeping up in these economic times. I keep hearing advice from people: get this Master’s degree, or…
Today, more and more young people are finding service-oriented careers attractive. Indeed, there is a seismic generational shift underway. Generation Y is breaking with the tradition of paying one’s dues and climbing the corporate ladder; instead, Millennials seek to find work that they are passionate about, that reflects their values, and that brings deep meaning…