Entering a New World: Leaving Hawai’i
Hawai’i vs. The Mainland ~ A comparison of the Hawaiian Islands to the east coast of the U.S. mainlandArchive for March, 2008
Time Management
College life hardly prepares you for the real world’s time management.
Gone are the days of sleeping until noon and your days consisting of three hour classes. You’ll need to get more sleep if you expect to tackle the eight plus hours of a typical work day. Realize that you can’t handle all nighters anymore. Read the rest of this entry »
Overlooked Adjustments
So far, all of my posts have been about monetary subjects, preparing for your immediate future after graduating and how to land that job you’ve set your sights on.
But there is A LOT more to your new life than that.
Your career accounts for most of your time when you enter the real world, but you still have that thing called life to worry about.
It can be overwhelming for a recent graduate to tackle a new job, new living situation, finding that special person to spend your life with and handling bills on their own. Read the rest of this entry »
The CAP Center on College and Internships
There are so many different resources and services that college’s offer and too few students reap the benefits of using them.
“What’s frustrating is that students don’t take advantage of our services,” said Harold Thompson, Assistant Director of Rowan University’s Career and Academic Planning Center. Thompson was referring to the variety of workshops, academic advising assistance and career building services the CAP Center offers.
“There aren’t enough students who realize how much we can help, we always welcome a bigger flow of students coming in and asking for our services,” said Thompson, Read the rest of this entry »
Steps To An Internship
The process of finding and obtaining the internship in the field of your interests will be very helpful to you in the near future. Much like the job process, you have to find exactly the type of internship that adheres to your major or possible future career. You can find these by searching the web at places like internships.com or you can take initiative and search directly for the company you want to intern with. (Today, having an internship doesn’t guarantee that you’ll have a position in the company you interned with when it’s over.) Read the rest of this entry »
Education Vs. Experience
If you think that you have all the time in the world to apply and get the career you want because you’ve got at least a few months left in college, here’s some harsh advice: time is running out.
“Classes NEVER beat experience…“ 
