One of my favorite career resources is Vault.com. It offers industry research guides, company rankings, and multiple newsletters based on industries. Today, I received a newsletter with the following article "7 Ways The Job Search Is Like Dating. "
Beside having witty comments, the article puts the job-hunting process into a perspective everyone can understand. Most of us understand the process of dating and hoping to find the "One," so the writer takes adavantage this and applies the same logic to job hunting. This is a must read article for everyone, regardless of job status.
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July 28, 2011
July 26, 2011
Overcoming the "guidance" gap
One of the struggles I've faced as a first generation college student* is feeling "behind" the majority of my classmates. I am not behind because they are more intelligent; I am behind because they have had more guidance than I did. Many are the offspring of professionals who have been advising them since high school about the ins and outs of white collar careers. Moreover, these classmates had ready-to-use contacts through their parents. This reality can be disheartening as it lowers self-confidence and self-esteem.
In this environment it is easy to assume the identity of a victim of circumstances but doing so is worse than the situation itself. In college, there are many resources and people available to offer guidance and become mentors. Unlike our classmates whose mentors, i.e. parents, are a part of a packaged deal, first generation college students have to actively seek out advisors. Great places to look include official mentoring programs and college classroom; professors like to help.
Being unguided should not impede success, especially when it is easily corrected. In comparison to attending college, finding a mentor is a pint-sized hurdle. So jump over it and move on to the next one.
* "Undergraduates whose parents never enrolled in post-secondary education."
United States. Department of Education. Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Reports. N.p.: n.p., 1998. National Center for Education Statistics. Web. 26 July 2011. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98082.pdf
In this environment it is easy to assume the identity of a victim of circumstances but doing so is worse than the situation itself. In college, there are many resources and people available to offer guidance and become mentors. Unlike our classmates whose mentors, i.e. parents, are a part of a packaged deal, first generation college students have to actively seek out advisors. Great places to look include official mentoring programs and college classroom; professors like to help.
Being unguided should not impede success, especially when it is easily corrected. In comparison to attending college, finding a mentor is a pint-sized hurdle. So jump over it and move on to the next one.
* "Undergraduates whose parents never enrolled in post-secondary education."
United States. Department of Education. Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Reports. N.p.: n.p., 1998. National Center for Education Statistics. Web. 26 July 2011. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98082.pdf
July 5, 2011
When I grow up I want to be _________?
In my first blog post I said that the best way to begin career planning is getting to know yourself. Though this is a great strategy what happens months or maybe even years later when you still feel lost about what you want to do in your life.
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