Archive for August, 2008
Battling 1st Day Jitters
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I can remember it clearly. My mother stood there holding my hand as I cried. She handed me my Scooby Doo lunchbox and told me that she wanted to hear all about it at the end of the day. I […]
Interview Tips
First things first: you sent in your resume, passed some a preliminary screening, and here you are with an interview for the job you reeeeally want. Congrats! This is a competitive job market, and you should be proud to have an interview. Done celebrating? Good. Time to focus. Just because you got the interview does […]
Online Student Roadmap
Would it help to step through an example?
What I do is write each goal on a 3×5 index cards, then lay them out together on the table to see what patterns and strategies appear, what needs to be broken down further, what should be done in some sequential order, what has a fixed deadline, what […]
Changing Careers
When it comes to college, there are usually two main reasons for getting a degree (or pursuing an advanced degree). The first is to advance in a career position. The second is to change careers. I have been in both positions and they can be equally intimidating. As a fresh out of high school student, […]
Setting Goals
What better source than a PhD candidate who has ‘been there, done that’ to help you through the fine points of goal setting? More than anyone wants to know about SMART and goal setting.
By now, it should have occurred to you that all these topics about college reading, writing, study skills and strategies are interrelated. […]
