A Head Full of Doubt
A Head Full of Doubt

Sometimes I take to the Internet to research my personality weaknesses, mainly in attempt to justify these tendencies. I’m an INFP. Reflective, but struggles to act. Good! This explains a lot! *doesn’t act to improve upon that*

Even this late in the game, graduation sometimes feels less like a reality and more like vague, hazy concept. Except it is real and it is only one month away. I should probably figure something out soon if I have any intention on being a contributing citizen of the world. LOL, this is my nightmare.

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Graduation, CareerLane SasserFeatured, ArchiveComment
OUR FAVORITE THINGS: TheSkimm
OUR FAVORITE THINGS: TheSkimm

So when another friend pulled out her phone one morning a few months ago and insisted that I must subscribe to theSkimm, I was intrigued. I gave the email a skim (lol I’m so punny!!!) and was immediately taken. It was like theSkimm founders had sat in on my AP Euro high school studying sessions and applied that “let’s make this fun” concept to today’s news.

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Our Favorite ThingsAlly WillisGood ReadsComment
Leap of Faith
Leap of Faith

I worry about everything. Every. Thing. I say that I’m sorry when I don’t know what I’m apologizing for, I’m afraid of not knowing what I want, I’m afraid of knowing exactly what I want, and I’m so far in my head that I have no idea how to even begin to find my way out of it. The only reason I made it onto another continent was because going abroad was so huge for me, so panic-attack-every-time-I-thought-about-it-frightening, that I didn’t even know how to let myself deal with it until I was crying on the plane ride there. And I’m doing it again now with graduation, putting it out of my mind, ignoring the countdown, and the very real fact that it is happening.

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GraduationAlyssa VottoFeaturedComment
7 Tips for Mastering the Apartment Hunt
7 Tips for Mastering the Apartment Hunt

Y’all, I’m officially heading to corporate America, where the sun does shine, but you can’t see it from your cubicle. I’ll be moving to Houston in two weeks to start my new job (and life lolz) and I needed to find an apartment. FAST.

This was the process I used to find the best “bang for my buck” when it came to moving to an area I knew nothing about.

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MoneyKendall CherryFeatured, ArchiveComment
What Is Success?
What Is Success?

The funniest part is that I used to have a plan and would constantly stress about this "plan." I was going to be some badass executive or politician. I spent my college career trying to live up to everyone's expectations of me and my future. I put so much pressure on myself to make it seem like I had my shit together all the time. I needed to be successful...whatever that means.

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Career, DreamsEmily YoungFeaturedComment
I Don't Know
I Don't Know

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.

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Career, GraduationAlly WillisFeaturedComment
The Dream Worth Chasing
The Dream Worth Chasing

I 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.

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Dreams, CareerMegan RauFeaturedComment
Dress for the Job You Want: 5 Tips for Rocking Professional Attire
Dress for the Job You Want: 5 Tips for Rocking Professional Attire

What 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.

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Career, StyleJuliette KibodeauxFeatured, ArchiveComment
Rolling with the Punches
Rolling with the Punches

This 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.

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LifeAlly WillisComment
The Job Hunt and the Power of Face-to-Face Engagement
The Job Hunt and the Power of Face-to-Face Engagement

Nothing 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.

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CareerKatie BursleyComment
Comparison: The Thief of Joy
Comparison: The Thief of Joy

As 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.

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Life, CareerEmily YoungFeatured, ArchiveComment
Singing in the Rain: Finding the Sunlight in a Downpour
Singing in the Rain: Finding the Sunlight in a Downpour

We’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.

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Life, CareerChristina BergerFeaturedComment
All the Single Ladies: 5 Resolutions for 2015
All the Single Ladies: 5 Resolutions for 2015

I’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.

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RelationshipsAlly WillisComment