Love this Ted Talk! Not everyone knows exactly what they want to do in college, and that's perfectly okay. Don't settle for just any job, find what your passionate about and turn it into your career!
"The things we have in our head that we think are impossible, are just milestones waiting to be accomplished."
We could all use a little inspiration to kick off our new year. Sheryl Sandberg the current COO of Facebook and author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead shares her three pieces of advice for women aiming to reach the top in the workplace in this TED Talk.
Sanberg's coined phrase "lean in" has caught on in the discussions about women in the workplace. To lean in, in the words of Sandberg, means to not pull back when it comes to your professional career when you want to start a family. This challenges the idea that women cannot achieve their professional ambitions and be a mother at the same time. Take a look at this video for her simple advice on how to do both.
Throughout your college career your resume becomes an essential tool to have for your career building future. This one piece of paper explains who you are and what you can bring to the table for an internship, job opportunity, or even to share with a mentor. As I've developed my own resume there are some tips and tricks I have found that helped me create a solid resume:
1. Use a template! There a millions of resume templates on the web these days. Many of them are free. They taking care of the formatting for you, so you can focus on content and wording. Below is an example of a simple yet slightly unique resume.
2. Experience doesn't have to be paid! You may feel that you do not have a lot of formal job experience related to your career field. However, a leadership in a club on campus or volunteering for an organization can be just as relevant as a formal internship. It is all about how you describe your responsibilities and tasks.
3. Use your school's career center! Most colleges have a career center with staffed professionals who's job it is to help you prepare you for life after college. This includes developing your resume. Take advantage and seek out advice from one of your career counselors. They especially can help you with wording when it comes to describing your work experience.
4. Customize your resume for the job you want! Some work experience will be more relevant than others depending upon the job or internship you are applying for. Take a look at what the employer is looking for in a candidate and make edits to your resume accordingly.
Entering the job market after college can be a tricky task,
especially as a woman. The endless applications to fill out and interviews to
attend can feel overwhelming. The following video shows just how different the
expectations are for women especially in the interview process.
Being a strong and educated woman in the workplace is
certainly not easy. Yes, it is 2016 and a lot has changed over the years but
the concept of working mothers and women serving as company executives is still
relatively new. Unfortunately, women are still held to very different standards
in the workplace and therefore they are expected to display their achievements
and strengths differently than men.
My challenge to you is to think about how can we fix this?
Do you think the women in this video come off to strong? Why do some perceive
them so differently from the men with the same responses?
