Category: Resumes
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.
Establishing a Professional Identity
There are many facets to the world of college, but the most important one is preparing ourselves for real life. Getting a degree opens many doors to the professional world that wouldn’t be there otherwise. Every course you take (well most courses) are meant to provide you with the tools you will need in your field of choice, but you must do a lot of work on your own as well. There are three main components to your professional profile: your resume, cover letter, and networking. You need to present yourself as a professional both on paper and online to set yourself apart from the many other college grads looking for a job.
5 Strategies for Composing Your First Resume Out of College
When college seniors are graduating they may not know how to construct a professional resume. Or worse, they may not have anything professional to put on their resume. Here are 5 strategies that will help you construct a working resume if you have little or no experience in your chosen profession. These suggestions will help you [...]
Narcissism In the Student Body
During the past several decades researchers have conducted a vast number of studies on students using the “Narcissistic Personality Inventory.” These studies reveal that students tested in 2006 are around 30 percent more narcissistic than their counterparts tested in the 1980s. This increase is speculatively caused by the era of self-esteem based educational structures this [...]
