When I was a senior in college, I worked as an editorial intern for The Muse. By the time I graduated eight months later, I had a full-time job lined up here as an associate editor, which led me to …
When you look at people who’ve achieved stunning success in their fields, it’s difficult to imagine that they weren’t always hurtling down those paths. But each of these five famous figures started off doing something else.
Some spent years or …
The theme of James Patterson’s commencement speech at the University of Florida was stories. Which is quite fitting for the bestselling author, who has sold millions of adult and children’s novels—including the famous Alex Cross series—and donated millions more …
I remember my first time hearing “When can you start?” while interviewing for a job. I had finally gotten the call to meet with a prospective employer and spent hours beforehand practicing responses for the standard interview questions.
But I …
I work from home, and I’ve learned the hard way that remote life isn’t exactly ripe with opportunities to network and make connections. And for someone like me—who leans heavily toward the extroverted side of the spectrum and craves human …
The hunt for a great internship has a lot of moving parts. You’ve got to write a resume, tailor it to each position, and potentially prep for multiple rounds of interviews.
But even if you aced that interview, you’re not …
Ask anyone you know what the best part of their job is, and zero times out of 10 they’ll say, “Applying for it.”
Take this all-too-common situation: Somewhere between your second interview at one company and your fourth email to …
One of the areas that new freelance bookkeepers struggle with is How To Get Bookkeeping Clients. The key is knowing where to start which is why we have broken down this process into four easy steps. The four steps to …
Oprah Winfrey is practically synonymous with success. As a media icon, a philanthropist, a billionaire, and a household name who needs no surname, she knows a thing or two about it. And she often shares her wisdom with willing audiences, …
Choosing my career path after college came down to answering one particular question: Should I work for a big company or a startup?
To me, one advantage of working at a large corporation would be the presence of carefully considered …
