7 Stages of Work After College
We skip, sleep, train, and frantically fill out #2 pencils in college to prepare us for post-college life. The goal? Defeat the Huns (Cue Mulan Theme Song.) Wait. That’s not the goal. The real...
Tagged: Job Search
4 Signs You Should Bail From Your Job While You Can
The daily trudge. That 9-5, that even if you like your job, prevents you from binge watching television for hours on end. A tragedy, I know. (If work didn’t steal forty hours of my...
Job Search Pitfalls For the First Time Worker
Finding a first job can be a trial. You lack experience. You lack contacts. You lack…well the list of all of your deficits would be too large for this article. (Really sorry). To make...
10 Careers Perfect for Ex-Military Personnel
You’ve learned a lot while in the military. You’ve had a lot of training and maybe even received a degree. Now, you’re ready to move on to the civilian world. This can be scary...
3 Warning Signs You Should NOT Accept That Job Offer
Whether you’re causally investigating a new position or you’ve been actively hunting for the right fit for months, searching for a job can be an exhausting process. Once you’ve put in the effort, spent...
4 Tips for Bringing Your Most Professional Self to an Interview
I spent a few days this week doing staffing for a new business. Some interviews were scheduled, some were open call style. I don’t know if I’m getting cynically critical or appropriately more selective,...
Forget Your Passion; Find a Job You’re Good At
Is PASSION all that it is cracked up to be? There comes a time in everyone’s life where he or she will struggle with the following question: “What should I do with my life?”...
3 Simple Ways to Get Your Cover Letter Noticed
Before you even get that phone call, get a face-to-face interview, or have an opportunity to get verbal about where you’re headed in your career, you’ve got to present yourself on paper. And before...
Would You Work for a Company with Wage Transparency?
Talking salary has generally been considered taboo and a sign of bad manners for decades. Salary figures have long been under lock and key, exact amounts shared only between employer and employee. However, a...
Dating: Is It Time To Raise The Bar?
I learned how to high to raise the bar by lowering it. I never knew how low I lowered the bar until several years later. In the beginning of my relationship, there was much...