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Making Friends + Connections in Your First Year After College

By Katherine Laws (’20), Presidential Fellow in the Office of Personal & Career Development at Wake Forest University Alright… here we are: we’ve graduated from college. We feel like freshmen again, but unfortunately there’s no activities fair we can peruse, no upperclassmen who want to […]


Respect, Embrace, and Advocate: A New Definition of Success

By Andrew Snorton (’93), Owner at Creative Community Solutions and Published Author, in Atlanta, GA To be successful on an individual and collective level, professionally and beyond, is one of the goals people have.  How do we get there?  How do we measure it?  One […]


How Do I Use LinkedIn More Effectively in My Job Search?

You always hear how important networking is to landing the job that you want. And likely, you have a LinkedIn account and have used that platform to connect with other professionals, maybe join a few groups, and read your daily news feed. But how can […]


How Can I Intentionally Build My Professional Network?

Whether you are a job seeker or gainfully employed, it’s important to maintain and build your professional network. You never know when you might need to solicit the help or support from the people you know, whether it’s for business-related purposes or if you suddenly […]


Five Days to Find Your People

This past summer, our Alumni Personal and Career Development Center team launched a week-long challenge on our @LifeAfterWake Instagram account to #findyourpeople. In this challenge we provided five simple action items that you can take over five days to strengthen your network […]


How to Start an Affinity Group at Work

An affinity group, sometimes referred to as an “employee resource group,” can be very beneficial in the workplace to bring people together around common interests or goals. Whether you are interested in pulling together a group for women, the LGBTQ community, or people of color, […]


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