Making Opportunites in the Middle of Nowhere

No matter where you live, you can either find or create opportunities for yourself.  The following post shares tips that can help.

There are 50 states in the United States of America and every single state has a small town inside it that can be difficult to find professional work experience in. Luckily no matter where you are, there are several ways to find work experience in every place you may live. Here are a few

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Making Opportunites in the Middle of Nowhere

4 Tips for Making the Most out of a Career Fair

If you are in college or you’ve recently graduated, chances are that you have or will have the opportunity to attend a career fair. Of course, most job search methods include looking through positions in ads, networking, using social media, etc. In this sense, the career fair is a little bit old-fashioned. But it’s a great way to land a job. I know, because I used to host career fairs in my previous job, and we almost always ended up hiring students or recent graduates from career fairs rather than students who just submitted their applications. Here are a few tips for making the most out of career fairs. Continue Reading

Job Hunt Series Part One: Writing a Winning Resume with Four Simple Tips

A new research study found that recruiters spend an average of six seconds reading a resume before making a decision about whether or not the candidate is fit for the job. With such a limited time frame, your extensive three-page resume may not exactly impress recruiters like you’d hoped. Conciseness is key when it comes to resume writing, but there are several additional factors that also come into play when making an impression on potential employers. To make the most out of these six seconds and create a polished and impressive resume, consider the following top four tips. Continue Reading

How to Deal with Procrastination

Ironically, some people are really good at procrastination: government bureaucrats, politicians, and kids, especially when it’s time for chores or bed time. In a professional setting, the most common impact of procrastination is missed deadlines, which raises costs to the employer or client. For people who are self-employed or work at home, procrastination can literally mean lost wages or reduced income. In some cases, the failure to act can cost someone a job or cause problems in a relationship. For students, procrastination can seriously impact grades and future job possibilities. Continue Reading

11 Textbook-Buying Tips for Cash-Strapped Students

Andrea Woroch

The key to managing college expenses is planning ahead. Among the major costs cutting into  every student’s budget are textbooks. In fact, the College Board’s latest Trends In College Pricing report shows college students shell out up to $1,213 per year on books and supplies.

Reviewing your syllabus and speaking with the professor regarding required materials is a good first step, but there’s more to it than that. Study up on these textbook-buying tips to avoid going broke before the first day of class. Continue Reading

9 Ways to Beat Work Stress

How to Survive a PhD

Dr. Jason Karp

With the bleak job market and lackluster economy, many young adults are staying in school to pursue graduate degrees or returning to school after a layoff.  To advance your career and get ahead in the competitive job market, the trick is to graduate as quickly as possible so you don’t waste more time than necessary out of the job market.  This is especially true for people finding themselves out of work and needing to return. How to Survive Your PhD covers many of these tricks, offering a no-nonsense approach to getting in and out of school with your PhD in hand. Here’s some tips to complete your PhD quickly and not have to spend seven years getting it:

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Seven Surprising Ways to Fight Burnout

Beverly Flaxington

The usual prescription for employee burnout is to work less. However, that so-called remedy doesn’t take into account why we feel unhappy at work in the first place, why we are suddenly stressed out by our workload, and why we feel depleted and unable to bounce back.

In my experience, a major reason people get burned out at work is a surprising one to many of them. It’s because they’ve temporarily lost a basic driver of success: the sense of “I can do this!” In short, their self-confidence is weak. Continue Reading

Health Insurance Tips for College Students and their Parents

With students preparing to go off to college this fall, it would be wise for them to consider health insurance plans.  eHealthInsurance has prepared an updated series of health insurance tips for college students and their parents. Continue Reading

Don’t Let Your Executive Brand Slip Away From You

Jessica Holbrook Hernandez of Great Resumes Fast

When you reach the executive level, your reputation means everything. You are relied upon to lead entire departments—or the company as a whole—in new directions, which means you need to prove you are knowledgeable, wise, trustworthy, strong, innovative, and a natural-born leader.

It’s not easy to prove that you meet all of these qualifications without some evidence to back yourself up. Your executive brand serves as a window into that evidence, vividly providing the imagery needed for the hiring manager to envision you as a great candidate who simply must be called in for an interview.

The only problem is that an executive brand isn’t always set in stone, especially in today’s online world. Although you can try your best to control which information about you is shared, you can’t control it all. So what are some ways you can avoid having your executive brand slip away from you? Continue Reading