August 29, 2018 By Brandon Chinn It’s an all too common story: Around the middle of senior year of college, students become overcome with a sudden, acute dread that the “real world” is imminent. Despite a hazy enthusiasm for post-college life, many are blanketed with fear—especially those students who took out student loans and are
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 11 Tricks to Score a Job Right Out of College Kathryn Minshew and Alexandra Cavoulacos, co-founders of the career resource site TheMuse.com and co-authors of The New Rules of Work, share their no-fail secrets.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] 1. Put Yourself First A lot of people don’t separate “This is what my parents think success looks like” or
At Delta Air Lines (DAL), the competition for flight attendant positions is exceptional. According to Jennifer Carpenter, Delta’s global head of talent acquisition, less than one-half of 1 percent of those candidates get hired. The odds may be slightly better for other positions, but job seekers can dramatically improve their chances by looking at hiring
The LinkedIn editors asked me to respond to this question for an email newsletter called the Weekly Rundown: Why do recruiters and hiring managers almost everywhere ask for years of experience in a certain job field or industry and overlook the overall work experience, volunteer experience and life situations? How are we supposed to gain
It’s an old saw: higher education can never change because, after all, it hasn’t in the 2,500 years since Socrates paced the Academy. There’s only one problem. That’s not true. It has not been the case in the past, and it should not be so — especially now. Between 1860 and 1925, the old Puritan
Until college graduation, students spend their whole lives preparing for one thing: a job. Fortunately, unemployment among college graduates has been on the decline in the last decade, but many graduates still struggle to find well-paying jobs to start their new lives in the workforce. College graduates with a bachelor’s degree or higher are currently
