Let me first say that if you are looking for networking opportunities there are a ton right under your nose. Amy wrote about Meetup, which is a great way to find people with similar interests. Plus, I believe if you are a Gen Y’er on the job hunt, you should join a professional organization related [...]
Read moreYesterday, I graduated from Otterbein College (YAY!) which is located near Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Jeffery Wadsworth, president and CEO of Battelle, gave the commencement address. I think he helped the Gen Y’ers in the audience think about life after college and their future in general. Here are a few takeaways: Live your passion – Wadsworth [...]
Read moreHere are my reading recommendations for the week. I walk across the stage and graduate on Sunday. Best of luck to all the other recent grads and if you ever need anything, just tweet me. Personal Branding Without Social Media (Get out there and meet people, already!) How Will Gen-Y Change the World: A Gen-Y [...]
Read moreI want to give a special thank you to Nate Riggs, who let me be his intern while I was finishing up my last quarter of college. Nate let me take part in some planning for the Ohio Growth Summit, a conference for small businesses that will be held in Columbus today. In addition to [...]
Read moreI was in reading heaven this week, so I hope other Millennials will enjoy some of the killer material I came across this week. I’m not sure why so many blogs and articles piqued my interest this week. It must be something in the Gen Y water (ha) or maybe I’m just generally seeing everything [...]
Read moreGen Y can find almost anything on Google. Try me! The only problem is our generation (sometimes) struggles with taking what they find online and applying it to the offline world. Millennials, haven’t you added someone as a friend on Facebook and then walked by them and pretend you have no idea who they are? [...]
Read moreWhen researching for this blog, I typically try to look at websites that offer advice for Generation Y job candidates outside of my field, so I was reading How to Get Your First Tech Job – It’s Not What You Think. The article, an answer to a question from a reader, had lots of great [...]
Read moreHappy reading this weekend. Hope you enjoy my recommended readings from this week on Millennials, the job search, employers and more. Please share your favorite articles in the comments below. Five tips for asking better questions The Job Search According to Facebook and Twitter Generation Y: Educated, underemployed and in debt The Rise of Networked Individuals: [...]
Read moreHey other generations – I so appreciate your advice, but there are a few things you tell my peers and me that I am just sick of hearing. Make your online profiles appropriate. As a senior in college, I sought job search advice from a communications professor who I thought understood social media. Her advice [...]
Read moreGeneration Y job candidates talk about the skills and personal attributes we have a lot. We write our skills on our résumé and talk about our attributes to new connections we make when networking. We share how we have applied our skills in interviews. From being financially savvy to paying attention to detail, don’t just [...]
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