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5 Things New Graduates Should Do To Plan Their Careers
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EDUCATION

5 Things New Graduates Should Do To Plan Their Careers

Today’s graduates start their job search with a belief that they should enter their company or industry of choice immediately after graduation. At least that’s what we’ve observed in our experience advising thousands of college students over the years on how to launch their careers. Research has shown that younger millennials and older Gen Zers – that is, those born between 1990 and 1998 – are motivated by roles that are meaningful and where they can be given responsibility quickly. They tend to change jobs often and are looking for ways to move up the ladder and increase their salary at a faster pace than other generations currently in the workforce. From what we’ve observed, they are instructed by their parents and career advisers to look for opportunities that align with their passion...
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Recent College Graduates Can Enhance Their Online Job Search 6 Ways
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EDUCATION, Journalism

Recent College Graduates Can Enhance Their Online Job Search 6 Ways

When recent or soon-to-be college graduates begin to seek employment, many inevitably turn to job-search and networking platforms on the internet. The platforms include some that are college-based – such as Handshake, Symplicity GradLeaders and 12twenty – as well as networking platforms like LinkedIn and PeopleGrove. With COVID-19 having moved job searches more and more into the virtual realm, these platforms are playing an increasingly crucial role in the quest for employment. From my vantage point as a veteran college-based career services counselor, I have also observed that many students and recent graduates don’t make the most of what these platforms have to offer. With that in mind – and in light of reports of bleak employment prospects for new college graduates – here are six tip...
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The Time 100 Are Dominated By Graduates Of Elite Universities – Why And What It Means For The Rest Of Us
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EDUCATION

The Time 100 Are Dominated By Graduates Of Elite Universities – Why And What It Means For The Rest Of Us

When Time magazine released its annual Time 100 list of the most influential people around the world in September, The Cornell Daily Sun – an independent newspaper run by students at Cornell University – wasted no time in trumpeting the fact that three of the school’s alumni had made the list. The three “Cornellians” were billionaire tech investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith, Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen and Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the U.S., who has become a household name since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Although it may be notable that three graduates from one of America’s top universities has made the Time 100, in some ways it is hardly surprising. As researchers who specialize in higher education and gifted students, we have analyzed the educatio...
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COVID-19 could shrink the earnings of 2020 graduates for years to come
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COVID-19

COVID-19 could shrink the earnings of 2020 graduates for years to come

Before the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses and schools to close, high school and college graduates from the Class of 2020 could have expected to graduate into the strongest job market in 50 years. Now, due to massive economic fallout, the Class of 2020 is at risk of graduating into a recession. This souring economy has important implications for more than 3.5 million students expected to graduate from high school in 2020, and the more than 1.3 million students expected to graduate from a two-year or four-year college. The social distancing that has upended business as usual is causing a wave of layoffs and furloughs, with an unprecedented 3.3 million new unemployment claims filed in the week ending March 21. And that’s just the beginning. Experts predict the unemployment rate wi...
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