Entering the professional world, there is a good chance that a necktie will be an essential part of your daily wardrobe, especially if you are entering the corporate realm.
If you have done any tie shopping, you know that the pieces of cloth can get pretty expensive.
For example, how much do you think the tie below cost?
At some point while you were in college you had a thought similar to this:
“Business cards? I am a student. Why would I have business cards?”
I remember thinking the same thing not too long ago.
I would go to networking events and receive business cards from the people who I met, but then that awkward moment came when I thought “Well crap. I don’t have anything to give back to them. Now they think that I am just another unprepared college student that they just wasted a perfectly good business card on.” (more…)
Chris Baccus, Executive Director of Digital and Social Media for AT&T, gives a presentation on "Using Mobile Social Media to Deliver Your Company's Promise" to the Social Media Club of Fort Worth. ( August 2011, The Fort Worth Club)
Sure you need a great résumé, nice interview clothes, a portfolio and all of those other things your professors preach, but none of those will do you much good unless you learn how to network and network often.
Normally I am against the “spray and pray” mentality, but when it comes to networking, getting your name out there in as many circles (that apply to your field in any way, shape or form) is essential. Being in the communications field, there are plenty of professional organizations to get plugged in with. Here are a few options: (more…)
I have planned on starting a blog for months and figured the last five weeks of my college career would be the perfect time to start one. Okay, so maybe that last sentence is laced with sarcasm, but truthfully, I wish I would have gotten this blog going a long time ago.
Being a soon-to-be college grad, I have tried to complete most of the typical preparations for my “post college life.” But as the last year progressed and my experience and knowledge expanded, I began to notice two interesting trends.
1. Most of the people targeting soon-to-be (and recent graduates) about how to get a job, were well established in their career and their content was from an established professionals perspective. They had not been in our shoes in well over a decade and last I checked, A LOT has changed in the last decade.
2. The other trend I noticed started to drive me nuts. Most people feed into the misguided mindset that “after college you get a job,” as if there was a law that you couldn’t get a job until after you graduated. If that is your mindset, you are only setting yourself up for failure. If you do things right, you should have a job in your career field lined up before you walk across that stage.
Whether still in college or a recent graduate, this blog is to help you learn what you can do to separate yourself from your peers.
I am looking forward to the journey and conversation with all of you.
-Jared Chism
