In my experience recent graduates are giving up on looking for a job before really doing any true searching. Using Craigslist and other sites to feel like they are searching, but in reality only giving half-hearted efforts. Who can blame them? Recently you can’t turn on the TV without seeing how high unemployment is and …
Choosing the Wrong Major I still remember my last semester of college. My classmates and I were all doing our externships together at a local hospital, and I was completely exhausted. I dreaded waking up at the crack of dawn each day and slipping into my scrubs. I hated spending a full day in class …
I loathed hard-work, so I befriended leisure, Only to realize that she gave me momentary pleasure, I fell in love with Success, and wanted to make her my queen, But she didn’t want me as so lazy I had been, I made peace with hard work, only to win over Success, for a lifetime’s pleasure, Once she was mine, I …
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Graduating college is something many college seniors look forward to each year. After four years of hard work and tireless studying, it’s exciting to seize that diploma and head out into the real world. In fact, I remember how excited I was when I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin just four years …
Three Feelings and Emotions to Prepare For after Graduating College Read More »
The months leading up to graduation are wildly exhilarating. All that you’ve worked for the past four years is finally coming full circle: you’re about to walk the stage and head out into the real world. Congratulations! When graduation is three to six months away, it’s easy to think that you have plenty of time …
Graduation is an exciting time for a college student. All the hard work you’ve put in over these last four years is finally going to pay off, and you’re finally going to start working that dream job. Everything you have planned for your future is about to come to fruition. Right? While graduation may be …
Graduation Depression: Overcoming a Common Problem Read More »
Graduating from college, for me, and I suspect, for most students, is bittersweet. After four years knee-deep in academia, I was tired of the once exciting dorm parties, I was disillusioned by studying subjects that did not necessarily have any real-world application, and I felt anxious about setting out into the real world. Then, graduation …
As you threw your college graduation caps into the air, you and your friends all vowed to stay in touch and get together at least once a week. It sounded so easy then, but now as you’re all moving back home and even to entirely new cities, getting situated at your first real job, and …
5 Ways To Beat Loneliness In Your Stressful, Post-Grad Life Read More »
What do you do when you’ve spent sixty grand (give or take a few tens of thousands) on an education, land yourself the “perfect job” and then realize you picked the wrong career? Few things can be more devastating than coming to the comprehension that your years of hard work and determination have launched you …
So the time has come. You’ve played your last card and, for whatever reason, the only option left is to pack your things and move back to the place from whence you came… home. While this option is becoming more acceptable, still, many college grads see it as a failure; a last-resort that equivocates admitting …
