The current state of business relative to graduating students in 2021 is not particularly positive. The facts are:

• 91 percent of employers prefer their candidates to have work experience, and 65 percent of them prefer their candidates to have relevant work experience. [1]
• Average Student Loan debt is $37,172 and average student loan payment is $393 per month. [2]

Most students wait until their senior year in college to apply for jobs. And they need jobs to pay back their student loans.

Given these facts, what more synergistic relationship could exist than the one between...

Today I’ll share some of my favorite tips to nail your LinkedIn profile basics. 

Optimize your profile! You’ll want a profile that’s filled out and tells your story before you start to connect, post and engage intentionally. Once you do start increasing your activity and proactively showing up in your network’s newsfeeds, you’ll notice your profile views and number of connection requests will increase – so you’ll want to make sure your profile has the information you want others to see and represents you well!

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Overcommitment is sprinting into oblivion with your hair on fire.

Self-management is less about getting stuff done and more about your relationship with time.

Effect of overcommitment:

You can’t enjoy leading with a gaggle of tasks honking for attention. Relief is the fullest expression of joy for overcommitted leaders.

Overbooked leaders are riddled with mediocrity.

There’s no time to innovate; no opportunity to develop; and no timeline for improvement when a thousand puppies nip your fingers.

Nagging frustration worms into every situation when obligation exceeds capacity. Even the best of us...

There’s a growing trend for companies to do away with mandatory bachelor’s degrees for employees. While higher education is more critical for certain roles (think nursing or engineering) is it necessary to require degrees for roles such as a project manager or salesperson?

The short answer is it depends how you think about it.

Pros of hiring people with college degrees:

Their ability to think differently – In a recent Korn Ferry survey of professionals, 69 percent said the No. 1 way their college experience helped them was to increase their ability to think critically. That philosophy class you took...