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Finding Your Passions Outside of Work

In this video, alumna Clare Rizer (’13) shares 3 tips for finding your passions outside of a regular 9 to 5 job. While working full-time in public relations, she also parlayed her interests in fitness to land a part-time gig at an experiential fitness retailer. […]


Tips for Pursuing a Career in Higher Education

By Dr. Keon M. McGuire (’08) Dr. McGuire is an Assistant Professor of Higher & Postsecondary Education in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University in Phoenix, AZ. He is also a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow and an ACPA Emerging […]


9 Steps to Negotiating Your Salary

Written by Jessica Williams (’03) for her website blog, The Superwoman Project (no longer active), on September 17, 2018. Jessica is the Founder and CEO of The Superwoman Project and a speaker, coach, facilitator, and author. This article is re-posted and shared with permission. Negotiating […]


Recommended Resources to Own What’s Next

By Allison McWilliams (’95), Assistant Vice President for Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University Owning what’s next means recognizing that your career path, and your life path, are completely up to you. It means taking all that you have learned about […]


Closing the Confidence Gap

In 2018, the AAC&U published results from their latest study conducted with employers and hiring managers which examined the needed skills and knowledge areas to be successful in the workplace. While both groups expressed satisfaction with recent graduates’ abilities to […]


How to Read Organizational Culture

You probably already know that organizational culture is a powerful thing. And, you probably know that learning to read the culture of an organization is a big factor in whether you will be able to be successful there. But how, exactly, do you do that? […]


TEDx Talk: How to Use Others’ Feedback to Learn and Grow

In this TEDx Talk, Sheila Heen shares her insights on the importance of receiving feedback to fuel professional and company growth based on years of consulting work with organizations around the world. She discusses how to embrace feedback as a valuable tool to enhance professional […]


What Self-Awareness Really Is (And How to Cultivate It)

Did you know (were you aware) that there are two types of self-awareness? A recent large-scale scientific study discovered that there are, in fact, two broad categories: internal self-awareness represents how clearly we see our own values, passions, aspirations, fit with our environment, reactions, and […]


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