Career and life planning resources for college students, recent grads, and career-changers.
Job searching can be frustrating, demoralizing, and even dehumanizing. Dealing with constant rejection, jumping through hoops, and trying to say just the right things to impress potential employers can wear you down. You may even want to give up searching completely. But there are strategies to help overcome feelings of disappointment. A few tips and Read More …
Highly Sensitive Persons (HSP’s) can become easily overwhelmed by day-to-day activities. According to psychologist Elaine Aron who coined the term, HSP’s may be sensitive to loud noises, bright lights, and busy environments. If you’re easily bothered by things that don’t seem to affect others and you’ve often been told that you’re “too sensitive”, you may Read More …
College can be stressful, and if you’re experiencing stress you need an outlet. A good stress outlet will take your mind off problems so you don’t ruminate. Stress relievers can include physical activity, creativity or entertainment. You may choose more than one stress outlet to give yourself some variety. Some fun stress outlets: Adult Coloring Read More …
When you think of working in the medical field, you may imagine making life and death decisions in split second or delivering bad news to a patient. But many jobs in the healthcare field aren’t quite as stressful and they often come with decent salaries and job security. If you’re not up for high Read More …
net_efekt via Compfight There is no set amount of time one should stay at a job. In general, it looks bad to change jobs too often but even frequent job changes can be advantageous in certain circumstances. Many employees stay for years in a job they hate either because they fear change or think Read More …