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College Grads Need New Job Search Playbook
As the high season for job hunting kicks off for newly minted college graduates and they find college career centers are sadly not up to the task, Jane Horowitz, founder of Chicago-based MoreThanAResume.com and a career coach who specializes in helping college graduates land their first professional job, can offer important insights to improve their [...]
21st Century 21-Year Old or: How I Learned to Embrace $7.75 Beers
“I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain.” – Red, “The Shawshank Redemption” (The following diary takes creative license in formulating [...]
Don’t Facebook on LinkedIn: Creating a Professional vs. Social Profile
By now, we all know what Facebook is, have Facebook accounts, and probably login to Facebook more times per day than we check our email. Without a doubt, Facebook is great for connecting with old friends, keeping in touch with current ones, and telling the world how drunk you were last night. However, it’s not the best venue for creating a professional network and finding a job. Enter, LinkedIn.
The Four Awful Jobs You’ll Have in College
No matter what soulless job you choose, you’ll undoubtedly learn timeless lessons: the value of an honest day’s work, the real worth of a dollar, and how incredibly rude people are to each other. And maybe it’ll teach you to be nicer to your server.
English Teacher Kryptonite: The Latent Homosexuality Thesis
My freshman year of college a gay friend highlighted for me the single most effective way to get an A on ANY English paper. His secret was, ARGUE LATENT HOMOSEXUALITY. He tossed me a link to some resources on Queer Theory, and I was on my way to a much higher GPA.
I tried it out, and as expected I got an A.
From that point on literally every paper I wrote was geared towards proving that the author was a latent homosexual. This works for a flotilla of reasons.
![Why Flashcards Burn Facts Into Your Brain [Infographic]](http://www.thecampuscompanion.com/wp-content/themes/wp-clear/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://www.thecampuscompanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/How-Flashcards-Help-150x150.png&w=150&h=150&zc=1 "Why Flashcards Burn Facts Into Your Brain [Infographic]")
Why Flashcards Burn Facts Into Your Brain [Infographic]
This infographic from Course Hero breaks down how flashcards actually help you study. It shows how active recall and recognition based recall differ, it highlights the different situations in which studying with flashcards is effective, and goes into depth on the psychology of using flash cards.
Check out the infographic and head on over to Course Hero if you’re looking for some awesome flashcard resources.
