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 […]
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Of course, there are many lessons in life that are learned outside of the classroom (in fact, some may argue that most are). However, there is no environment that teaches us more in a shorter amount of time than college life. Sure, our collegiate years teach us things like how to seduce the guy down
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The days of lugging around three, 1000-plus page volumes of Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past” are over! Thanks to the wonders of modern science, the backs of college students will be straight once more. The advent of the eReader has created a virtual library that weighs less than a pound. Following are seven reasons an
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One of the biggest decisions to make after graduating from college is moving back home with your parents. For many, the pros and cons of this choice will play a vital role in determining whether they move back. Below, you will find the pros and cons that are associated with this action. Cons Losing Money
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Getting accepted to college is difficult these days, but finding a successful job after four years of schooling is equally as problematic. In prior decades, the college experience was as much about academic exploration as it was career preparation. In other words, you could be accepted into a university and not even have to declare
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Life after college is often full of surprises. For those of us lucky enough to have a good childhood and college experience, we were often protected from the hard knocks of life. It really isn’t until you get your first apartment on your own and start accruing a pile of monthly bills that the reality
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Psychometric Testing Have you ever had to take a personality compatibility test for a prospective employer? Are compatibility tests really important to the employment process? While taking personality tests for a new job might be tedious, tests like the Myers Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment can really help a company to see if you are the right fit.
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Making the transition from university to professional work can be daunting. There are no bells to mark the end of a class, no R.A.’s to soothe anxious nerves – at times it seems there’s no safety net to protect you from a fall. So…how do you move from nervous to being completely on your game?
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It’s not often that I get to do a book review, but when I opened Cara Eisenpress and Phoebe Lapine’s new book, In the Small Kitchen: 100 Recipes from Our Year of Cooking in the Real World, I immediately knew this was priceless real-world advice that would save my readers time and money. If you’re
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Dating is different now than it ever used to be. With the emergence of the internet more and more people are meeting their future spouses on dating websites. I can think of a number of people off the top of my head who met guys and gals in different states, did the long distance dating
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