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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The down economy that created a flooded market of job seekers is definitely a difficult wall to break through when it comes to finding a job. It might also be that your resume could use a little spit shine. Putting together a refined resume sounds like obvious advice, but you wouldn’t believe the sheer volume
If you are a college student and getting ready to graduate in the next few years, you are about to step into one of the most competitive job markets in history. There are two huge reasons why internship experience can make the difference between a scary multi-month, post-graduation job search and transitioning smoothly into a
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Graduating college and choosing your first apartment is such an exciting time in your life. You’re finally on your own, have that first job nailed down, and now comes the fun part – checking out all those apartments on your list and decorating them just the way you want (or at least what can fit
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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
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At this week’s Tulane commencement, keynote speaker Anderson Cooper described the wicked hangover he had at his own college graduation. It’s graduation season, and celebs, politicians and other notables across the US are stepping up to accept honorary degrees and deliver commencement speeches. To recognize this time of year, the authors of the new book
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