Meetup Groups can help you build your network naturally. If you’re not familiar, Meetup is the “world’s largest network of local groups.” People use this website (more than 25 million users in 180 countries) to organize meetings and social activities and to meet up with new people (hence the name). It’s an easy way to […]
Most college students have probably heard before how important it is to build a network. Sounds like a good idea. But how exactly do you do that when you haven’t even started your career? It’s true that you’ll start to build a network naturally when you begin working. In the workplace, you will meet coworkers […]
I was just 17 years old when I started my first semester at Front Range Community College. Starting college that soon was not in my life plan, but neither was becoming a mother at such an early age. I had just finished my junior year of high school when I found out I was going […]
If you’ve been encouraged to look for an internship before your college career is over, take it as smart advice. An internship is one of the best ways to gain real-world experience. Not only will this help you strengthen your résumé and build professional skills, but an internship also has numerous other benefits: You can […]
If you find yourself strapped for time to fit in all of your studies and homework, one way to gain back some time is to limit distractions like social media and other time-sucking websites. Here are seven great tools to help you minimize those time-wasters and get more done: RescueTime: It’s easy to think that a […]
So you’ve decided to go back to school. For whatever reason it didn’t work out in your late teens or twenties: kids, work, finances. Here you are, walking into a college for the first time in 17 years, or maybe the first time ever. Maybe your classmates are close to your kids’ ages. They dress […]
As a college student in the digital age, you are lucky to have a lot of advantages. For every organizational, study, or time management need you may have, there likely is an app—or several—that will help you stay on top of your many responsibilities. Whether you could use a lot of assistance or a little, […]
Early in their senior year of high school, or perhaps earlier, many students begin deciding where they will start their college career. Not me. I never thought about college until two months before graduation. Graduating and Clueless I always knew that I wanted to grow up, get a great education, and have a great career, […]
