As someone with a philosophy degree, you’re probably sick of questions about why you chose that major or what job you’re going to get. And you’ve likely heard all of the super original jokes about philosophy giving you as many …
When considering a job offer, you want to think about if the company culture connects with your work style and values.
Company culture is defined as follows:
“It’s a set of values that govern the way business is handled. In …
School’s out for summer, and for many of you, that means finding a great internship to build valuable experience for your resume. While a solid history of internships signals that you’re committed to your chosen career path, they’re not the …
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So-called “soft skills” are often viewed as less vital and less challenging to acquire than “hard skills” like crunching data and engineering software. While hard skills are important, social-impact work hangs on relationships—which means soft skills …
As a college senior or new grad, you may think you are totally new to networking. Actually, you’ve been doing it for years: every time you have asked a friend to tell you about a new app they like, every …
Spin Doctor
The flight leaves in an hour. One journalist is on the line while another is on hold. Red-eyed from lack of sleep, you put your reading glasses back on as an aide hands you the results of the …
8:00 AM: Arrive early at the office. Read all the newspapers from the district and scan the national media outlets (Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Washington Times, National Journal’s Congress Daily, etc.) Compile a set of …
Communication in digital form. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock.
Effective communication is the key to accomplishing goals in every industry. Individuals with an online degree in communications are in high demand because they’ve been trained to execute tasks that help organizations …
If you’re a recent college graduate heading into a job interview, you might have prepared to answer questions about how what you did in college will translate to the world of work along with other common interview questions such as “ …
