For most students, attending college is both a time-consuming and costly endeavor. Many students are forced to work a job simultaneously in order to pay…
Tips for Scoring a College Internship
College internships are a competitive element of the college experience. Employers look for the best and brightest to intern with them, and with today’s diverse,…
Sell Your Spring Break Vacation
Want to add something incredible to your resume that puts you over the edge? Do something over Spring Break that you’ll be able to sell…
Networking 101
Networking has become a powerful tool in creating and sustaining connections. These connections can include business professionals, professors, and long lost friends. Not only can…
Why College Internships are a Necessity Today
As I am finishing up my own internship, I have gained lifelong skills that will beneficially impact my life as I move on to new…
How To Write a BAD Resume
Nothing is more enthralling than writing up your first post college resume, right? ….Okay I am only joking about the thrills of the trade. Let’s…
Things to Work on This Summer (Besides Your Tan)
As the semester is ending, the only thing on my mind is summer. While I wish I could spend my summer lounging around, the sad…
Big Girl Pants: Not Taking On Too Much
Club fairs, internship offers, classes and part-time jobs are all beginning. It’s easy to sign your name to a bunch of club newsletter lists, but…
Big Girl Pants: Taking School Seriously Without Taking Yourself Too Seriously
Especially once senior year hits, we end up holding more and more responsibility. It is important to take these responsibilities seriously, doing your homework, staying…
Big Girl Pants: Out of the Box Internships
When someone’s typing on a laptop, what do you imagine they’re on? Facebook? Tumblr? Twitter? Pinterest? Although that is the majority, some college students are…
Being Professional Online
While you’re interning this summer, you also want to keep in touch with all of your friends online. Your Facebook wall is full of curse…
Summer Budgets for the Frugal Intern
A summer of interning can be expensive, especially when you have to move to a different city. Even worse when you’re unpaid or making hardly…
Don’t Get Taken Advantage of as an Intern
In an Anthropology class at California State University last semester, a professor was teaching about power dynamics. Each student made a list of the people…
Best Cities for College Grads
The Economic Policy Institute reported in early March that entry-level wages of male and female college graduates have fallen in recent years; no surprise there. …
Internships, Jobs, and Co-ops, Oh My!
It’s no secret that jobs are in high demand right now. Every day we see the unemployment rate fluctuate and play with our emotions. Graduating…