How to Use UX Strategies to Land a Job You Love
In this webinar, alumna Sam Larsen (’16) combines her experience as a UX Researcher at Wayfair with tips and strategies to land the job that you want. Watch it below!
Want to Transfer to Another Job Within the Same Company? Here’s How to Actually Do It
If you find yourself wanting to change to a new position at your current company, it can feel like you’re wading through murky waters. You may be wondering how to navigate an internal hiring process, how and when to tell your current manager that you’re […]
From First-Gen to First Jobs: Navigating the College to Career Transition
Watch our latest webinar featuring Dr. Nate French (Director, Magnolia Scholars, at WFU) and Dr. Rosa Garcia (’14). They discuss the transition from college to the professional working world for first-generation college graduates as well as strategies for decision-making along the way.
Do More of What You Love: Strategies for Turning Your Strengths Into Your Next Job
We all have our own unique strengths, skills, and talents, and being able to do what we do best everyday is what makes us more engaged employees at work. In this webinar, Chelsea Keen (’12) explores why using your strengths at work is so important […]
How to Choose an Online Course or Degree to Advance Your Career
Looking to upskill for the job that you want through a training or degree program? The good news is that there are so many virtual options for taking an online course or getting an advanced degree. The difficult part is sorting through your options and […]
The World is Not Your Oyster
Our AVP for Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Allison McWilliams, drops some truth bombs in her recent article in Psychology Today. Have you ever been told that your options in your life and career are unlimited? If so, how did that make […]
Four Simple Ways to Empower Your New Employees
By Katherine Laws (’20), Wake Forest Fellow in the Office of Personal & Career Development Think back to your very first job: what do you remember? Putting on your brand new work clothes, sitting down at your clean, new desk, shaking hands with your […]
Q&A with Wake Forest Employer Relations
In the following webinar, we hosted a Q&A with Wake Forest Employer Relations staff members Mercy Eyadiel and Stuart Mease. Recorded in December 2020, this discussion focused on the state of the labor market for 2021, hiring trends, and more!
Working Women: Valerie Jarrett and the Importance of Mentoring
In this episode from The Michelle Obama Podcast, the former First Lady chats with friend and mentor Valerie Jarrett about their experiences as working women and mothers. They reflect on the value of mentorship, tell personal stories about their working relationships, and give tips […]
Three Professional Relationships Every Woman Needs to Advance Her Career
By Chelsea Keen, M.Ed. (’12), Career Coach and Founder of Uplifted Ambitions Career Coaching Chelsea Keen is a results-oriented career coach who empowers ambitious early and mid-level professional women to land their ideal job, advance in their career, and find fulfillment in their 9 to […]