The Last Spring Break – Tips for College Grad Job Search

“At every party there are two kinds of people — those who want to go home and those who don’t. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.” – Ann Landers Four (maybe more) long years and here you are at your last Spring Break. Who would’ve thought? Four years sounded like a [...] [...]

5 Tips for Getting Your Ideal Internship

“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.” – Abraham Lincoln Finding your ideal internship can be a lot like hunting snipe – you end up chasing your own tail looking for something that just isn’t there. Of course, if the ideal internship is out [...] [...]

Majoring in Employment – College Job Search

“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.” – Robert Frost You are somewhere in your (hopefully) four year college career and, if you’ve not already figured this out, the experience is likely to be different than you envisioned when you began. Whatever [...] [...]

5 Internship Myths Shattered

“One goes through school, college, medical school and one’s internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.” – Ashley Montagu I love internships. I’ve been an intern 5 times and now mentor a wonderful intern staff at my company, Come Recommended. Internships are extremely helpful for students and inexperienced professionals hoping [...] [...]

5 Great College Career Sites for Summer Interns

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain Summer Interns in March? Yes, the summer intern interview [...] [...]

Soapbox Job Search

“It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.” – Mark Twain In my last job, there was this one woman who worked for me who always had the 30 minute answer to a 30 second question.  Even worse, god forbid you sent an email to her asking a question, her answer [...] [...]

College Grad Job Search – Let the Good Times Roll Vol 1

“Let the good times roll, let them knock you around” – The Cars If you are one of the thousands of people who graduated from college this last May (and you are not working on the “next degree”), there is a very good chance that you’ve not found a job yet. Still one of the worst [...] [...]

College Summer Internships – Do You Have Yours?

“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 [...] [...]

Life After Spring Break – College Grad Job Search

“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 [...] [...]

College Grads – This Ain’t Your Father’s Job Market

“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 [...] [...]