Are you fresh out of school, looking for a job, but lacking in experience? You might think this will stop you from landing a decent paying job, but that’s not true. Not every entry-level, “no experience necessary” job is a dead-end. While many professional careers do require formal higher education and years of experience, […]
Writing your first-ever professional resume is a challenge. How do you sell yourself to an employer, when you don’t have any experience in your targeted field? When writing your first resume with no work experience, it’s appropriate to include casual jobs like babysitting, pet sitting, lawn mowing, and shoveling snow. All experience counts – […]
For many seniors, the time leading up to college graduation and the start of a first job is often chaotic and stressful. You are trying to complete your college career without too much of a senioritis meltdown while dealing with the demands of job-hunting, interviewing, and facing the reality of the end of schooling […]
In this article we’ll explore things that recent and soon-to-be graduates can do to decide where they want their financial planning career to go and to then get a leg-up on the competition. Prepare Before You Graduate Perhaps the first and most obvious course of action is to simply choose an appropriate major. These include business, […]
Know thyself. It’s some of the oldest advice in the world and still some of the best. Knowing what you can do, what you like to do and how you like to do it is the starting point for finding the right spot for yourself.
Whether it last happened today or 20 years ago, most of us have been hit with that pit-of-the-stomach, Monday-morning moment of questioning: Why do I work here? Is this all there is? What’s missing for many American workers is passion, a positive emotional connection to our work — often our most energy-consuming pursuit. The […]
Know what you do best. Make a list of what you enjoy doing and what you do best. They are usually the same things. Don’t think about jobs yet, think about your talents and interests.