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Guest Post by Whitney Granneman Growing up is hard. Now that I’ve shared that hard truth with you, let’s begin. Everyone tells you after you graduate high school you become a grown up. Not true. I graduated high school in 2007, and I didn’t begin to feel like an adult until… well… about a month […]
July 1, 2011
Amanda Gunter If you’re like me you’re probably not feeling very motivated on this lovely Friday before the holiday weekend. I tried to find topics to post about for Freaky Friday but somehow in my searches kept coming around to funny and lightheartd topics… Without further ado here’s a few posts I found that should help […]
June 29, 2011
My younger sister just graduated from college with her bachelor’s degree about a month ago and has since transitioned into a job working as an entries assistant. Obviously this is not the job she went to college for, and if this is still a shocking or disappointing thought to you, please be sure to read […]
June 22, 2011
Amanda Gunter Searching for a job is a long arduous journey and if you’re like me you often feel helpless, overwhelmed and hopeless. You apply and wait, you network and hope to hear back from contacts and at the end of the day you feel like you got nothing accomplished. Nothing could be farther from […]
June 8, 2011
Amanda Gunter Sometimes when you start a new job you luck out and get an awesome trainer. Most of the time you’re not so lucky. I’m going to talk about the other 90% of the time when you get a terrible trainer. The reason most companies have terrible trainers is because when a company hits […]
June 2, 2011
Harriet May David Brooks offers some advice in The New York Times to recent grads leaving a structured adolescent life to face an unstructured adult world: Today’s graduates are also told to find their passion and then pursue their dreams. The implication is that they should find themselves first and then go off and live their […]
June 1, 2011
Amanda Gunter Graduation season is upon us and with that comes thousands of recent college grads looking for permanent work. Hopefully many of you have gotten started on your job search journey and have spent some much needed time on your resume. If not, might I suggest paper and a pen as you’re going to […]
May 27, 2011
Harriet May Let this be a word of warning. We once received a résumé which stated, as clear as day, that their degree result was (and I kid you not) Sum cum latte. Coming from an entry-level candidate, the education was listed right at the top and hard to miss. Except, it seems, by the […]
May 25, 2011
Amanda Gunter I find myself losing focus on my job search more regularly than I care to admit. Sometimes monthly, weekly or even daily… Fortunately, in the time I’ve been unemployed I’ve figured out how to keep myself motivated, and after all, motivation is the toughest part of the job search. When I find myself […]
May 20, 2011
Harriet May When we were hiring at our company, we saw a lot of résumés. Hundreds. We were sent résumé packs from local universities, which meant that those individuals did not directly apply, but were seeking employment. So when one piqued our interest enough to perhaps invite the candidate in for an interview, we would […]
Résumé Mascara 
July 6, 2011
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