If you’re serious about your career from the start, you have to launch from a position of strength. Getting serious work experience before you graduate is vital to your success equation. And not simply during summers.
I often hear people around me talking about the doom young people face today. How can their formative years be meaningful with screens and devices replacing human interaction? Busy after extracurricular schedules? Missing two years of classroom experience due to Covid? Massive college debt? Unsuitable or no jobs available after graduation? Every generation experiences coming […]
It’s my strong belief if you plan on spending any portion of your career in an aspect of business, working your way through college is the single best extracurricular activity in which you can engage. Since most students go to college to “get a better job,” it’s important to know the purpose of higher education […]
On that date, I had been working my way through college at the local ABC Radio affiliate in Kent, Ohio. The studio phone rang at 1:50 pm and I answered. A calm voice asked if I could send ABC a “feed” about the current disturbance on the Kent State campus. The station had no news […]
The university from which I graduated provided more value than I can express. But out of necessity, I held a full-time job while going to school. I learned from both experiences but learning from school was distinctly different from what and how I learned from work. That gets me wondering about the dollar value of […]