Posts Tagged: Huffington Post
On The Huffington Post: Slacked This Summer? Time to Turn Up the Heat!
Posted in Career Advice for Young Professionals Generation Y/Millennials Getting from College to Career on August 27, 2009 at 9:53 am
My next blog post is up on The Huffington Post. Hope you will check it out and re-tweet if you like it! Here is an excerpt:
While many recent grads have spent the summer hustling for jobs, completing internships and taking summer classes, I have a hunch that others have acquired deep tans, toned abs and a slew of ticket stubs from summer concerts.
While I celebrate your right to slack off during your summer (and I’m a bit jealous of this liberty), you may find a summer of pool parties and margaritas is a disadvantage when you start hunting for a job or internship this fall.
If you haven’t had the most professionally proactive summer, here are some tips for what to do about it:
1. Give yourself some credit. Lots of things count as experience that you might not realize. For instance, retail jobs, babysitting or working for your parents’ business can be described in ways that demonstrate your drive, leadership and professional skills. Did you manage your time and money? Were your sales in the top percentage of all employees? Did you learn how to work with different types of people? All of these are invaluable workplace skills that can be mentioned on a resume or in a cover letter.
2. Acknowledge if you needed rest. If you had a rough year leading up to the summer months, it’s okay to characterize your summer as a time of restoration. Whether you got back in shape, learned to cook or perfected the latest yoga pose, these methods of self-renewal are good uses of your time. I do worry that your generation is under a lot of pressure and the stress that follows can be unhealthy in the long term. Just be sure to use your newfound energy to propel yourself this fall.
College student summer career advice
Posted in Career Advice for Young Professionals Generation Y/Millennials Getting from College to Career Job Search Tips Networking and Personal Branding on July 22, 2008 at 1:11 am
Lindsey on The Huffington Post: 10 things to do this summer to solidify your ideal job after graduation
It’s the middle of summer! Time to sip lemonade, slather on the SPF and read gossip magazines for hours, right?
Not if you’ve just graduated from college and you’re eager to find a full-time job before the fall. If you’re looking for your first job this summer, here are a few ideas to help you snap up job offers while everyone else is slacking:
1. Network al fresco. People often have less on their plates in the summer months and are more willing to take time for a networking lunch, informational interview or some casual bonding with a young job seeker like you. Who could turn down an offer to meet for lunch at a sunny outdoor café or an after-work drink at a pleasantly breezy rooftop bar? Fill your summer schedule with networking meetings with friends, friends-of-friends and friends-of-friends-of-friends, and ask for their assistance with your job hunt.
2. Become an active alum. Your college alumni network is one of your best networking opportunities as a young person. Get involved immediately by attending summer social events and emailing people in your school’s alumni database or on Facebook who work in the field you want to pursue. Don’t wait until the fall, when next year’s seniors will start their alumni outreach.
3. Visit (or revisit) Career Services. College career services offices have great (and usually free) resources — exclusive job databases, resume critiquing, mock interviewing, networking connections, one-on-one career counseling, etc. The problem is that students often don’t take advantage. Your college career service office is absolutely available to you after you’ve graduated, and you may just find the career counselors have more time on their hands since no students are on campus…
Read this before you delete your social networking profile
Posted in Career Advice for Young Professionals Social Media on June 25, 2008 at 6:00 am
The news is full of stories about the dangers of having an inappropriate presence on Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other social networks (read my favorite horror story at Gradspot.com). If you’re looking for a job or trying to get promoted, should you just delete your online profiles altogether?
To find out my answer, check out 20-Something Manifesto author Christine Hassler’s recent column for the Huffington Post, where she interviews me and shares her advice on net etiquette…
