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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Urgent vs. The Interesting: Managing Priorities in the Workplace, written by Allison McWilliams for the Huffington Post, June 13, 2017. One of the hardest, yet one of the most important, professional lessons to learn is how to manage priorities in the workplace. Particularly […]
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. 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 […]
We All Need Mentors: Effective Networks for Every Career Stage. Written by Allison McWilliams for the Huffington Post, February 28, 2017. Close your eyes for a moment and think about the word “mentor.” What image came to mind? Chances are, for many of you, […]
When you think about career planning, do you think of a twenty-year plan, or do you think about taking life day-by-day? In this Fast Company piece, Anya Kamenetz describes an approach that sits somewhere in between: The Four-Year Career. How are you being planful, […]
Navigating Emotional Labor at Work. Written by Allison McWilliams for the Huffington Post, May 9, 2017. There is a generally-unspoken, but well-understood rule of the workplace: keep your emotions, unless they are positive, tightly held. What does this look like in practice? Don’t show […]
By Lauren Beam (’07) We are all bombarded with constant, incoming email messages in a world of smart phones and watches and hard-to-ignore notifications. With email often being the primary mode of communication in most professional work places, it can be a challenge to manage […]
