Career
Career / College
Changing a Major Shouldn’t Be Major
Bless the students (and the parents of them) who leave high school, enter college, study and learn, and graduate with one specific goal in mind. Maybe they have always wanted to be a nurse or wanted to study a foreign language so they can live and work in another...
Career / College
Networking 101: What Your Student Needs to Know about Connecting with Others
At the end of the fall semester, I mentioned to one of my students that she would make a great peer mentor. At my college, we employ sophomores, juniors, and seniors to coach our students on all kinds of topics such as time management, dealing with changes in...
Career / College / High School
5 Qualities You Should Encourage in Your Teen
It happens at the beginning of every year. The questions. The worry. “What should my teen be doing, achieving, working toward to get into the best college after high school graduation?” they ask me on the sidelines of the soccer field or via weekend texts....
Career
Is Your College Student Feeling the Sophomore Slump?
“College sophomores are in a tough spot,” a mental health counselor recently told me. “The reasons are many, but they often revolve around making decisions about their future and they feel conflicted.” It makes sense: The newness of college has...
Career / College / High School
7 Tips for Students with Summer Jobs
It’s about that time: Summer job time, that is. In just a few weeks, high school and college students will be looking for and filling short-term jobs that can help them earn some money before classes start again in the fall. From lifeguard to office assistant,...Latest Posts
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