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To Stay or To Go? Things To Consider Before Exiting the Workforce

By Lauren Beam (’07), Associate Director for Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University As a mom to two young children and a part-time working professional, I can certainly relate to parents who are struggling with whether to exit the workforce or […]


Alumni Advice: What I’ve Learned From Running My Own Business

By Amy Shackelford (’14), Founder/Lead Planner at Modern Rebel & Co. in New York City When I was fresh out of Wake Forest undergrad, I decided to move to Philadelphia, PA to work on a three-person team, in a non-salaried position for a start-up company. […]


I Love my Job, But Not my Boss/Co-Workers. What Do I Do?

By Lauren Beam (’07), Associate Director, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, at Wake Forest University We’ve all been there. If you haven’t, you may be at some point. You love your job in terms of the day-to-day tasks, projects, and clients with whom […]


How to Get Promoted and Avoiding Stumbling Through Your Career

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 […]


Generation Flux’s Secret Weapon

Do you know what your personal mission is? What about the mission of your organization? How do those two things align? Does the work that you do support your values, interests and passions? In this Fast Company piece, Robert Safian shares the stories of […]


Finding Time

Finding Time. Written by Allison McWilliams for the Huffington Post, June 6, 2017. “I’ll do it when I find the time.” “I just can’t seem to find the time.” “Let me see if I can make some time.” How often have you heard, or […]


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