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  • How to get a job or take the next step in your career? Volunteer!

    We are no strangers to volunteering. After all, how do you think I got started building websites? Fast Company posted Volunteering Will Save Your Career (Or Put You In A New One) today. The article discusses how companies are starting to value and highlight volunteering experience in addition to professional experience. If you just left…

  • Alumni Ties Get Healthier

    via online.wsj.com I’m wondering what other schools have or are planning to offer coverage. Posted via email from nextSTEPH’s posterous  

  • Network for your Next Opportunity through Volunteering

      OK, we all know the cries of graduating seniors about the challenges of obtaining employment after college. In addition to keeping you eyes peeled for opportunity, why not volunteer? Its how I got started. For instance, If you are in the NYC area next week, Brandcamp is in need to volunteers. You never know…

  • Huffington Post: 13 Great Careers For College Grads

     Having a tough time on the job market? Don’t give up.  13 Great Careers For College Grads This week, U.S. News and World Report published their list of the top 50 careers of 2011 — more than half of which require at… Posted via email from nextSTEPH’s posterous

  • Does Recruitment Really Ever End on a College Campus

    Lately with the discussion of recruitment videos from different institutions wide and far, I’m starting to realize that recruitment doesn’t end when “signing day” or “deposit day” comes and goes. Colleges and universities have to work not only to recruit new students, but also to keep continuing students to come back. This weekend, I saw…

  • Life after college: A letter to recent college graduates

    Before we start: I would like to reference my Disclosure Policy. This is solely my opinion and no one else’s.  🙂 Welcome to the second third edition of Life after College. It has come to my attention that their is a certain news article about a recent  graduate suing a college because they have not…

  • 12 Favorite Tweets from EduWeb 2009

    This is the second year that I’ve attended the EduWeb Conference. This year, there were more sessions that I wish I could of attended but couldn’t because some of them happened at the same time. Fortunately, thanks to to the resources of Twitter, I was able to view what was going on, even though I…

  • Life after college

    As it is still graduation season for some colleges and universities, I can’t help but to think back on what happened after I “graduated”. Lately, the job market has not been kind to anyone, especially college graduates. I stumbled upon an article, that talks about college graduates having  to move back home and the compromises…