Summer has welcomed in a high-tide of interns. If you live in the Washington, D.C. area, you know of the influx of twenty-someones who swarm the city from May to August. A recent TIME magazine article stated that 2010 ushered in a 2.9% increase in the number of internships from the previous summer, but that [...]
Read moreFor Gen Y’ers, there’s a lot of pressure to score the perfect job, with the perfect salary, in the perfect city. But before you get a job — any job — and no matter how you go about getting it, every potential employer is going to want to see a resume. For many of us, [...]
Read moreThe following was originally posted on Careerealism.com on August 17, 2009. You and I have both heard the typical line from career counselors, “use power verbs in your resume.” Right? They’ve even given us lists and lists of verbs to begin sentences like: Managed team of 10 engineers in highly competitive RFP process Resolved difficult [...]
Read moreSeveral weeks ago I posted a few paid internships on my web site GradtoGreat.com. One was for a graphic design internship. Within hours I received an email that appeared in my inbox from “Dr. Love”. I wouldn’t even have opened the email had the subject line not said “internship application”.
Read moreMcDonald’s© Social Media Communication and What It Says about Gen Y Candidates Earlier this week, McDonald’s Corp. announced that Rick Wion, formerly of GolinHarris, Chicago, would be their first director of social media. While it is no surprise that the “two-all-beef-patties-special-sauce”™ company would ramp up their efforts in the social networking space, there are some [...]
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