You’re actually completing college. Hard to believe, isn’t it? Just yesterday you were carrying boxes from your parents’ minivan up to your dorm floor, now you’re attending your last classes and preparing to pick up your cap and gown. As you get ready to walk that stage, tons of thoughts are likely to go through your head. What happens next? Am I going to find a job? Should I have applied to grad schools already? Is college really over for good? These are questions that are perfectly normal to go through a soon-to-be graduate’s head and it’s just as normal to find yourself with no answers. Although you&rsqu ...Read More About How to Prepare for College Graduation

Although many college students may view senior year as the time to start thinking like an adult, junior year is really the time to do it. By no means does this imply you are obligated to stop engaging in student life and must spend all your time networking in business suits, but you do need to start shaping your mindset for that reality. Otherwise, you will enter senior year with no preparation for the real world that is ever so quickly approaching you. Possibly the biggest reason for all this is the fact that internship season is falling upon you. If you haven’t had an internship already, the summer between junior and ...Read More About Why Junior Year of College is Important

You will inevitably be asked to give a list of references throughout your many application processes. This shouldn’t be any shocking news to you, but if you are still new to the ways of the job search, you should be aware of the proper etiquette required to get and use a reference. Never blindly assume someone will be your reference and then give their information to a potential employer. There are some cases where this may be okay, for instance if you have been working for a certain company for a very long time and have a close and comfortable enough relationship with your boss that it would almost be silly to ask their per ...Read More About How to Get a Good List of References

Job interviews can be dangerously overthought. Of course you’re going to overthink them though, they can potentially change your life. You clearly want to do your absolute best to make sure you say all the right things and practice all the right etiquette. But sometimes that is exactly what can hurt you – trying too hard to memorize and perform certain things. Realistically, you need to understand that employers are interviewing a number of people, not just you, so they will easily filter out applicants who they can tell are “putting on a show.” Now, how do you make sure you don’t fal ...Read More About How to Master an Interview

Ah, the classic cover letter. If you don’t have at least some sort of template for one of these typed up, then you are nowhere near ready to embark on the job application process. However, there is something very crucial to remember about these original templates you create – never send them out without meticulously personalizing them to the job/company you are applying to. Once you have the basic form of your cover letter set up, do not forget to go over these essential points: Who are you sending this to? This is not in reference to the company. It means who specifically will be receiving and reading this init ...Read More About How to Personally Tailor a Cover Letter