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 […]
By Kristin Winkle Beck (‘97), CEO & Executive Coach, Pivot Point Professionals, INC “You should be networking more.” If the thought of networking makes your eyes roll, your heart race, or your stomach churn, maybe a change of perspective can help. Many people think reaching […]
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 […]
Unless you have a job role requiring you to be in-person at your place of employment, you’re likely one of the millions of people working from home. Whether you’re used to working remotely or you suddenly found yourself turning your dining room table into an […]
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 […]
What does it mean to be an ally and to build an inclusive workplace? This article from HR Dive explores what real allyship looks like in practice, and how setting new cultural norms through allyship can drive inclusive practices within an organization.
In this article from The Every Mom, Wake Forest alumna Tiffany Waddell Tate (’07, MALS ’11) shares practical and direct tips for how to best advocate for and serve as an ally to black women in the workplace. Grab a pen and some paper […]
In our Wednesday Webinar from April 15, 2020, Assistant Director for Alumni Personal & Career Development at Wake Forest Megan Hoyt (’12) shares best practices and tips for building your network virtually in the midst of a global pandemic. Additionally, she provides advice for how […]
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 […]
Managing the relationship with your manager can be tricky! As you seek to build a relationship and communicate more effectively with your boss, learn from John Champlin (’06, MBA ’15) as he shares best practices for asking your manager for feedback at work. And, read […]