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J.D. over at Get Rich Slowly asked his readers what bit of advice about money they wished they’d received as they graduated from college. The answers aren’t surprising: a lot of folks wish they’d learned to budget, live within their means, and avoid debt.
Here are just a few of the responses:
I wish I would have [...]
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Garr Reynolds has just posted an overview of Dan Pink’s The Adventures of Johnny Bunko in, of course, the form of a presentation. The presentation has a manga feel to it, just like Dan Pink’s book. Very cool.
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Patti Becker, Human Resources Manager at Eaton Corporation in Lincoln, Illinois, spoke to one of my classes about employment communication (resumes, cover letters, interviewing) this week. Eaton is a global corporation with 79,000 employees worldwide. Patti has been involved with human resources at the 650-employee Lincoln plant for 20 years and brought [...]
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“Writing skills are fundamental in business. It’s increasingly important to be able to convey content in a tight, logical, direct manner, particularly in a fast-paced technological environment.”
“The skills of new college graduates are deplorable—across the board; spelling, grammar, sentence structure . . . I can’t believe people come out of college now not [...]
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Rob Maupin, one of my colleagues who teaches intercultural studies, asked me to speak to a group of his students about money. Neither Rob nor I learned anything (formally) about personal finance as college students. As could be expected, then, we made some mistakes and learned a lot by trial-and-error. Now, however, we’re trying to [...]
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I’ve just finished reading Then We Came to the End, a first novel by Joshua Ferris (no relation to Tim Ferriss). This book is original and compelling on so many levels, which I’ll get to in a moment. First, though, here’s the gist:
Start with "The Office" but replace Michael Scott with a competent but intimidating [...]
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Students seeking a summer internship should check out One Day, One Internship. The site features a new internship opportunity every day so subscribing to the RSS feed makes good sense. And these are good internships–recent postings have featured jobs with American Express, United States Golf Association, and Harry & David (whose pears are [...]
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Yesterday we looked at a common error in internship cover letters, namely, seeing the internship as an opportunity to benefit the student while neglecting to show what the employer will gain. Today we’ll write a better cover letter.
The three parts of a cover letter
As I mentioned last week, a cover letter (and resume) [...]
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I’ve been reading a lot of internship resumes and cover letters lately, and I’m seeing a trend: students are asking for internships as though the potential employer were doing them a favor.
This approach is misguided. In this post I’ll explain why and then discuss what a proper cover letter should do. Part [...]
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I shared this with one of my classes today and decided to post it here as well.
Richard St. John tells the remarkable story of his encounter with a young girl who, though from an impoverished background, wanted to become successful. She asked him how; he said he wasn’t sure, but he’d find out. [...]
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