I struggle to find a sufficient answer to the question "What will you do after graduation?". Truth is, I don’t know what I’ll do after graduation. Yet “I don’t know” is deemed an unsatisfactory answer, as if not being able to foresee the future is somehow a flaw only you harbor.
Read MoreI knew that living at home would be temporary, so I dedicated myself to finding a job at a fashion magazine in NYC. I applied to publication after publication every day for weeks. But after a couple months of receiving rejection emails, I realized that maybe moving to the Big Apple wasn’t meant to be for me. So, I began looking for opportunities at companies in the Midwest and after six months of searching, I accepted a copywriter position at a jewelry company in suburban Kansas.
Read MoreWhat I’ve also found is a large number of college graduates don’t know the first thing about dressing professionally. It’s not because they don’t want to, but they just don’t know HOW. It’s so important to make a good impression when starting a new job, and dressing properly is the key to starting your career.
So fear not, I have made a list of guidelines that I personally live by on how to dress professionally.
Read MoreThe first few months after moving, there were many days that I questioned why I did this to myself. Why I left all my friends and family behind and moved across the country to this giant, consuming city. Why I plunged myself into a job I knew nothing about. Why I moved in and spent all my time with a group of people I didn’t know and who didn’t know me.
Read MoreThis isn’t exactly what I expected to be dealing with during my first year after college, but it’s NBD. Or maybe it is a BD and I’m just too ignorant right now to realize that it’s a BD. But regardless of BD status, I do know that all will be well in the end. After all, it could be worse. At least I’m #blessed that modern medicine exists and #doubleblessed I can stay on my parents’ health insurance for now.
Read MoreNothing can replace face-to-face engagement when you are on the job hunt. At that meeting I met one of the ladies I had been emailing, and I introduced myself to the group she was talking with. I gave my resume to a few who said they might know of openings for me. I left the meeting feeling good but the only immediate lead was in ad sales for the local newspaper—not exactly promising.
Read MoreOver the past month, I’ve found myself at a huge divide over my future. My original plan was to apply for graduate school in London and spend a year abroad earning my Masters in Public Relations. I even got my passport expedited so I could send in my applications early. I was full speed ahead and not looking back.
Read MoreAs a recent graduate, I’ve spent the past several months frantically searching for jobs, trying to kick start my career in God-knows-what and find some way to financially support myself until I figure out what I really want to do. Here is my update: the job market is hell. Apparently “entry-level” now requires two to four years experience, a personal reference from Obama and a blessing from the Pope.
Read MoreWe’ve all heard the idiom “when it rains, it pours.” When something goes wrong, it feels like everything else that could possibly go wrong, does. Maybe your storm is very literal. Maybe it’s raining as you power-walk to campus on your way to an 8 a.m. test, and just as you’re about to cross the street, a car’s wheels catch a nearby puddle and douse you. (True story, y’all.) Or maybe your storm is abstract: the stress of life hangs over you like one of those cartoon thunderstorm clouds.
Read MoreI’ve had a bit of practice at being single, and along the way I’ve noticed some common traits among a fair portion of the single gal population, myself included (read: especially myself). I’ve also come to realize that these aforementioned common traits pose as a disservice to us, so I’d like to present some counterarguments on why we should consider breaking up with these habits.
Read MoreI’ve been interning with the same company since the summer of 2013. I received a call from my boss literally right before I was about to walk into graduation telling me she wanted me to work as an intern for a bit longer until the paperwork was sorted for a full-time offer. Besides excitement (obviously) for a job right out of college, my first thoughts were: I have to decorate my desk. I won’t survive unless I decorate my desk.
Read MoreNow ten months after it was confirmed that my really expensive brain had earned me a nice family dinner and a shiny document signed by my university’s president, I’m finally realizing that college really just readied our greatest assets to brave the storm of the real world.
We are creative. We are flexible. We have energy.
And we now more than ever, we have the green light to fake it ‘til we make it.
Read MoreI would imagine we all have that certain year pinpointed as “the best year of our life.” 2014 was that year for me. And now, it’s over.
But as my friend reminded me on the drive home New Year’s Eve, I mustn’t tell myself that “2014 was the best year of my life” as if all upcoming years will continually pale in comparison. Sure, 2014 was the best year of my life, but only so far.
Read MoreSomething very important that has taken me almost two years out of college to start accepting is that sometimes, you can do everything perfectly right and still feel like you got the shaft with no good explanation. I can’t tell you how tough it was for me to see people who barely showed up to class in college get a career handed to them upon flipping their tassel. However, the hardest was seeing your friends get settled into their next step, because as much as you want to be envious, you can’t. Because deep down, you want your loved ones to succeed, even if it means being left behind.
Read MorePost-Graduation Expectations: Traveling to new and exciting places you have never gone before.
Post-Graduation Reality: Traveling to new and exciting places you have never gone before.
That’s right! I did it! And this trip left an impression on me and changed my outlook on what my life should be like one month after graduating college.
So where did I go?
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