Looking for another perspective on work-life balance? Author Olga Khazan suggests that the act of trying to force work-life balance could, in fact, be causing us to be more imbalanced. Read her article to consider how the pursuit of balance could be effecting your […]
This past summer, our Alumni Personal and Career Development Center team launched a week-long challenge on our @LifeAfterWake Instagram account to #findyourbalance. In this challenge we provided five simple action items that you can take over five days to work towards finding the balance […]
By Tiffany Longjohn, MS, NCC, LPC Tiffany is the Clinical Case Manager with the University Counseling Center at Wake Forest University. We all know that transitions can be hard on everyone. While it is exciting to jump into starting a new career–potentially in a […]
This past summer, our Alumni Personal and Career Development Center team launched a week-long challenge on our @LifeAfterWake Instagram account to #findyourpeople. In this challenge we provided five simple action items that you can take over five days to strengthen your network […]
What makes a community thrive? How does a community go from ordinary to extraordinary? Drawing on excerpts from her new book, Get Together, How to Build Community with Your People, this First Round Review interview with start-up community manager and author Bailey Richardson highlights […]
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University As college students, we are taught the value of the informational interview: to build connections, learn about industries and roles, and to introduce ourselves to potential connections without […]
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University If you’re like me, you hate anything that looks like, sounds like, smells like, or feels like networking. You make up excuses not to attend events where you’ll […]
An affinity group, sometimes referred to as an “employee resource group,” can be very beneficial in the workplace to bring people together around common interests or goals. Whether you are interested in pulling together a group for women, the LGBTQ community, or people of color, […]
In this article by Caroline Forsey, “being an ally means working to develop empathy towards another group’s challenges or issues — and, ultimately, creating a culture in which that group feels valued.” Get tips and resources to help you be a more effective ally […]
Wondering how you can connect with other Deacs in your current city? Check out this video featuring Megan Hoyt (’12) and Tiffany Waddell Tate (’07, MA ’11) and learn about WAKECommunities and how you can get involved!
