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Lessons from Sport: The Building of a Career

Many individuals have utilized experiences from sport as an analogy to life, that the principles and disciplines an individual learns from sport can equip and prepare them to meet all of life’s challenges and opportunities. As the season of college graduation approaches, many will be transitioning from a life of academic studies into a stage...
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Plan for Your Future

For most incoming students, moving to college for the first time is an exciting chance to start something new. Whether you are moving far away from home or staying closer, you are still trying something new and exciting that will challenge you and help you grow in so many different ways. Often, when talking to...
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How to Get Hired but Never Get Promoted

Here’s how you get hired but never get promoted: cram for your exams. I know, I know… I’m a professor admonishing students to improve study habits. Enough already. So let me change hats for you – I was in corporate America for 29 years before becoming a college professor. I had my own company for...
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Why Being Involved Builds Your Resume

Many students are looking to gain experience in college that will help them transition into the workplace. Part-time jobs and internships are great ways to gain experience in your field, but too often I talk to students who tell me they have done nothing that they can put on their resume. Some of the best...
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Do You Want to Become a Teacher?

During the last ten years the teaching field has been shifting and adjusting to new changes and pressures. The following statement often comes up from prospective teachers: “I really want to be a teacher, but there is a lot of pressure and scrutiny placed on teachers nowadays.” In another instance a prospective teacher will share...
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I Graduated College. Now what?

The looming question for many college graduates is: Where am I going to find a job? While I am certainly no expert in the area of politics or the economy, nor do I intend to be, it is quite evident that finding a job in your desired career field can be difficult. Here are some...
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Top 8 Skills for Employability

Have you ever been on a job interview and found yourself wondering what the hiring manager is thinking?  Get ahead of other candidates by getting into a hiring manager’s head.  Here’s how the “wheels are turning” for many hiring managers during an interview: 1. Will this person give great customer service? This is considered by...
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Marketing Yourself for First Dates and Job Interviews

When it comes to the definition of “marketing,” people much smarter than me have written textbooks and taught classes on the subject. At the risk of oversimplifying a complicated concept, I would define marketing as “creating or communicating value through very deliberate messaging.” While we usually think of marketing as it pertains to a company...
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10 Quick Tips to Prepare for Grad School

My Top 10 recommendations for what you should be doing now…. 1. Keep your GPA high. No beating around the bush here—the fastest way to derail your grad school chances is to let your GPA drop. Graduate programs are extremely competitive, and this is likely the first thing they will look at as they begin...
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Writing a Resume to Get Hired

In a competitive market place, drafting a resume that will get you an interview for a desired job can be challenging and overwhelming. Everything you include in your resume should be in an effort to reflect your skills, experiences, and qualifications for the position. You will inevitably create several versions of your resume, each targeting...
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