by Sarah Wilkinson, Class of ’17 Storytelling has been around long before recorded history. It’s one thread that ties us to our ancestors – we all tell stories. We all like to be told stories, especially funny ones. If they’re such a huge part of our collective identity, why shouldn’t we use stories to help […]
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by Sarah Wilkinson, Class of ’17 I’m curious: how many of these phrases have you misused? I’ll be honest, I’ve made quite a few of these (and for a few, just now realized my mistake!). First-Come, First-Serve, supposed to be First-Come, First-Served. In the former, it means that the person who shows up to the […]
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by Sarah Wilkinson, Class of ’17 We’ve all likely been there: a big room full of strangers and you’re expected to go make talk to them. This is networking, and yes, you need to do it if you want to be successful. You can mingle and be comfortable doing it because there are things you can […]
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by Sarah Wilkinson, Class of ’17 Sometimes something awful happens and your mood dips to the dangerously low levels: you’re in a funk. It doesn’t even have to be something big – anything can tip the scales. When you’re in the middle of something important – class, work, an interview – you have to find […]
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by Sarah Wilkinson, Class of ’17 Last week, I discussed personal branding and the importance of creating and maintaining a personal brand. So how do you create a personal brand? Think of your personal brand as your trademark – what makes you unique. The first steps include establishing your branding points and then writing your […]
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by Sarah Wilkinson, Class of ’17 Personal branding is the marketing of oneself or one’s career as a brand. Your brand tells others who you are, what you offer, and where you’re going. The good news: you already have a brand. The rub: it may not be the brand you want to have. If you’re […]
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by Sarah Wilkinson, Class of ’17 In Part One of this blog series, we talked about all the reasons GPA may not matter after college, and all the ways it might. The general consensus was, yes GPA matters, but it will matter more to some employers and less to others. In this article, I’ll focus […]
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by Sarah Wilkinson, Class of ’17 You’ve heard it both ways: GPA matters in college, but maybe it doesn’t. I have good and bad news for you. On one hand, GPA does matter in your life beyond college. On the bright-side, how much it matters can be dependent on several things. A survey by the […]
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by Sarah Wilkinson, Class of ’17 After you graduate, you may go straight into your first “real” job, take some time to travel or figure out your next move, or go to graduate school. Sometimes, you may make one of these decisions and then realize it was the wrong one. If, for example, you take […]
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by Sarah Wilkinson, Class of ’17 I have to be honest with you…I’m worried that I’m not going to enjoy the job I land post-graduation. A lot of people, especially starting out, have to work their way up to where they want to be. Often, that means working in positions that they don’t particularly enjoy […]
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