Congratulations Gen Y. We’ve Hit a New Low.
This article is joking, right?
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Faced with a dismal market for college summer internships, a growing number of anxious parents are pitching in to help — by buying their kids a foot in the door.
Some are paying for-profit companies to place their college students in internships that are mostly unpaid. Others are hiring marketing consultants to [...]
Being Young Makes Networking Events Easy
For as long as I can remember, I’ve hung out with people older than me. High School. College. Even now you’ll often find me grabbing coffee with people 10+ years older.
I’m not sure why I do it… I think it’s because there’s a lot to learn from hanging around older people. Or maybe because [...]
Four Random Thoughts On Recruiting Millennials
Last night I was chatting with @Claudinerenee on Twitter. Claudine is a career services professional at Purdue. She asked for input on how companies can recruit and attract Millennials with their job postings.
At the moment, I was desperately looking for a reason to procrastinate… Luckily, her question gave me the perfect excuse. So this [...]
What Do I Do About an MBA?
If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you know that I’m in the middle of a large decision: Do I start an MBA or not?
One of my favorite things about my blog is getting advice from people I know and look up to… So here are a few of my thoughts:
Principal pays up to $5,000 [...]
Lessons Learned From the Bar Scene
I was reading a post by Kayla Gregory on Tuesday about Why the Bar Scene Sucks… During college, I spent two of my years bartending. Because it was such good money, I probably logged more hours in the bar than I did in the classroom. (Sad, but true.) But believe it or not, you can [...]
SPARCLS - The Properties of Influence
When I was in college, a friend and I taught a ten week course about presentation skills to underclassmen. One of the lessons was about the properties of influence… SPARCLS is acronym we used. Right now I’m going through a training called “Building Credibility and Influence.” Naturally, these same six principles popped up again…
Social Proof [...]
Your business’s greatest asset
What’s the biggest asset companies have? Not equipment… or buildings… or land… Their biggest asset is human capital.
Human capital - The set of skills which an employee acquires on the job, through training and experience, and which increase that employee’s value in the marketplace.
It’s hard to build your human capital when employees are [...]
Life - According to the Class of 2012
Beloit college released their “Mindset List” today. It’s a list of 60 things that have shaped the way the class of 2012 views the world.
Most notable? 25. There have always been gay rabbis.
1. Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their Quidditch team.
2. Since they were in diapers, karaoke machines have been annoying [...]
Are peers achieving more than you?
“Don’t compare yourself to others” I read that somewhere… and I completely disagree.
You HAVE to compare yourself to others… Especially when you’re young. That’s how you know where you rank. Think of it like sports… if you’re the best at your school, how do you compare against others in your conference? If you’re the [...]
Offer favors to start new relationships
Scenario – You created a group on Facebook that has grown to 200 kids. A small business approaches you and asks you to send a marketing message on their behalf. You notice that your Facebook group is the perfect target market for the business…. What do you do?
A) Sure! I’d love to help out. [...]
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