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“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” – Robert McCloskey
It doesn’t always have to be about me, sometimes it can be about you too. I get lots of emails suggesting links that many of you [...]

“A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can’t see it until after we have tripped over it.” – Cullen Hightower
When we discuss the process of looking for your first job out of college, what we usually mean is looking for your first real job out of college. Most college grads have actually been [...]

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.“- Mark Twain
Just graduated? Congratulations! Don’t have a job yet? You are not alone. There are lots of reasons why you’ve not found a job yet – just graduated, tough job market, lots of competition, etc. Doesn’t really matter the reason, at the end of the [...]

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius
I recently had to interview a few college students for potential summer intern positions. This was probably the hardest interview I’ve ever had (and I was the interviewer!). Interviewing people who are first starting out is so [...]

“Graduation is a tough day for parents. They go to the ceremony as parents. They go home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years, they are unemployed.” – Erma Bombeck
The real world. You’ve spent 16 years of your 22 years in school (depending on pre-school, pre-pre-school and if you were on the 4 year or 4+ [...]

“Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he’ll believe you.  Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he’ll have to touch it to be sure.” – Murphy’s Law
Why is it that we always need to learn things the hard way? No matter how much advice we get [...]

“A good rule of thumb is if you’ve made it to thirty-five and your job still requires you to wear a name tag, you’ve made a serious vocational error.” – Dennis Miller
I started interviewing college students for my company’s summer intern program this past week. It’s interesting to compare their resumes, what they’ve done during [...]

“Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!“” – Robin Williams
At some point your last Spring Break will be over (depressing, isn’t it?) and reality will set in. It is your Senior year, graduation is almost here (another semester is not an option so say the “folks”) and you don’t have a job yet. Now [...]

“The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.” – Lou Holtz
So, don’t drop the ball, right? Easier said than done. As with everything in life where you want to be successful, the key is to be prepared. This extends to every part of your job search. [...]

“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain
What’s that sound you hear? Ah yes, the sound of the seconds [...]