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 […]
By Amy Willard, Assistant Director of Career Education & Coaching and Professional Development at Wake Forest University Perhaps you left undergrad with the idea of returning to school after taking a gap year or working for a few years. Maybe you are at a crossroads […]
By Allison McWilliams The first few months of any new job can be equally exciting and unsettling. You may be learning a new industry, finding your way around a new community, and getting to know new people. At the same time, you don’t yet have […]
Generation Y: Seek Out Feedback that Matters, written by Allison McWilliams for the Huffington Post, January 31, 2017 Recently I was talking with a couple of young alums about their first year out of college, and I asked them what they had learned about […]
Setting Goals for Personal and Professional Growth, written by Allison McWilliams for the Huffington Post, January 9, 2017 It’s a new year, that annual time of reflection, introspection, and setting of intentions for the next twelve months. This year I’m going to lose weight […]
Generation Y: How to Be a Great Employee, written by Lauren Beam for the Huffington Post, November 8, 2016 In 2015, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) commissioned two national surveys of employers and college students in […]
In this video, alumnus Brett Kaiser (’12) shares tips from his own experience for building your professional network.
