Want to take initiative and be a standout employee? Check out these five things that most managers want their employees to do to make their jobs easier and to help you get to the next level in your career. Written by Alyse Kalish via […]
By Andrea Ellis (MA ’04), Assistant Vice President of Innovation at Wake Forest University Research continues to inform us that jobs and careers abound with the average worker expected to hold ten different jobs before 40. If you are just beginning your career, that number […]
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University There is so much attention placed on the path to and through college – get the best GPA that you can, build your resume through extra-curricular activities and internships, […]
By Lauren Beam (’07), Associate Director, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, at Wake Forest University Whether you are searching for your first job out of college, or have been in the same career field for many years and are now looking for a […]
By Allison McWilliams At some point, probably at many points, in your professional career, you are going to hear one if not both of these terms: “We want you to take initiative.” Or, “Be a strategic thinker.” They have been used with such frequency that […]
By Megan Bosworth (’12) “Let’s set up a meeting.” This phrase is so common to the workplace that it creates a universal truth for most offices: lots of meetings. If you work in an office, you can almost guarantee that a portion of your time […]
By Lauren Beam (’07) One of the first things I learned early on as a young professional was to use to-do lists to stay on top of my work. At the start of each week, I would sit at my desk and begin making the […]
Gen Y: Questions to Ask Yourself When Considering a Job Change, written by Lauren Beam for the Huffington Post, February 7, 2017 Members of Generation Y, the Millennial Generation, can expect to have as many as ten or more job changes by the time […]