Archive for the ‘ Post-College ’ Category

University of Minnesota Hosts Idealist.org Career Fair and WFC Conference

For those interested in pursuing or advancing a career in social justice, nonprofit or government work, the University of Minnesota is hosting the 2010 Idealist.org Nonprofit Career Fair and Working for Change Conference on Tuesday, April 13, at Coffman Union, Great Hall, 300 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis. [ READ MORE ]

Rejection In Both Directions

Take my advice: Don’t screw over anyone who has ever been kind to you. [ READ MORE ]

Plagiarism’s Grey Areas

Now I will clear my throat with authority and say, However, plagiarism in its most basic form is stealing. [ READ MORE ]

Triumphs and Failures

The other half of the time she can take a standard, taken-for-granted, black-and-white truth, flip it over, turn it inside out, and explain what’s really going on. And she’ll be right. [ READ MORE ]

College Grads and Student Loan Debt

While we’re on the topic of student loans and the lifetime of debt college grads will face, here are some informative articles and resources to peruse (find a paper bag and try to remember to breathe slowly and evenly)[ READ MORE ]

Med Schools Turn It Up To Eleven

The crazy surge in med school applicants has finally triggered several new medical schools to come into being. [ READ MORE ]

Gapping the New Year

I would suggest, to the college students (or recent college graduates who still haven’t found a job),that taking a gap year might not be a bad idea. [ READ MORE ]

Not Currently Hiring Badass Valedictorians

How unfair is it to have gone through 13 grades of school, done everything better than anyone else, been involved in an unreasonable number of activities, been the high school valedictorian, gone off to George Washington University, graduated magna cum laude from the GW business school, applied for dozens of jobs and been turned down [ READ MORE ]

Job Interview Preparedness

Knowing at least fifty of the questions an interviewer might throw at me, as well as solid advice on how I should go about answering them intelligently, reduces my stress level significantly[ READ MORE ]

Boomerang Offspring

If you’ve recently arrived on the safe shores of your parents’ front steps, you can coast for a while on parental love and sympathy. [ READ MORE ]