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I love good stories about college-age entrepreneurs who made it big with their start-up companies.  This list by Wallet Pop includes the obvious (Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook notoriety) and some you might not have heard of before. Monster recently posted a pretty extensive article about hot jobs that didn’t exist back when our generation was growing...

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Ugly Betty on her first day at Mode. You composed a cover letter that has the potential to win a literary award, you totally connected with the person who interviewed you, and then of course... YOU GOT THE INTERNSHIP! Take a deep breath my friend, because the hard part is over.  Now, all you have to do is make a great first impression and...

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Honestly, when I decided to join a sorority my freshman year of college, I wasn't exactly thinking about how being a member was going to help find me an internship somewhere down the road (more like how cute each chapter's shirts were).  During recruitment, all of the sororities filled my head with thoughts of the lifelong friendships...

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Yup, that's me! I recently came across an article by College Candy about why you should be excited to head back to campus this fall, and I found it really interesting.  I personally am gearing up to go back to school and have been experiencing mixed feelings of excitement and dread about going back.  On one hand, I’m excited to be reunited...

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A couple weeks ago I gave you several tips for wrapping up your summer internship… one of those tips being, “ask for a letter of recommendation”. Truth is, asking for a letter of recommendation (LOR) is a lot more complex than I made it seem in my one paragraph tip. I myself am currently in the process of gaining LORs from several contacts at former...

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You got the interview. You got the internship. You got the business-ey wardrobe staples. You got through the first couple weeks without walking out....or crying (good for you!). How do you make sure you don't lose your personality in the process? Besides making yourself memorable to your boss/coworkers, having a unique office style is important to...

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