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America’s youth needs you, Stephen Colbert.
With an eye-watering percentage of America’s college graduates either unemployed or under-employed, the American dream will be out of reach for most of an entire generation of young, red-blooded Americans. Without your help, the product of the most esteemed university system in the world will not be able to buy a house in a gated community before the age of 30, drive a foreign car or work for Apple, a company which makes the most insanely great products – overseas.
Awareness of this plight must be raised in the way only you can. 
It seems every week some major magazine or newspaper comes out with their Top 10 (or 50 or 100) list that sucks every student or job seeker into reflective angst. Well, here’s the truth…
These lists make for traffic-driving articles for bloggers, ammunition for your parents (“My daughter, she could have been a doctor!”) and great bathroom reading for you. However, when deciding your career path, you should consider avoiding these lists like a stalker on spring break:
Sometimes you land your dream job with your dream company and then realize “Oh sh*t – this place is more dysfunctional than my family!” You panic: “What the hell do I do now?”
I’ve done this more times than I care to recall. I can find the perfect job, with a great company, only to find the culture is not conducive to you performing your best (to put it delicately).
Here are steps you can take – before the interview or accepting that job offer – to minimize organizational culture shock:
1. Informational Interviews
Informational interviews are increasingly used to identify potential employment opportunities [...]
Everyone talks about the importance of networking to find that coveted first professional position. However, after speaking to many students this past year, it is clear that when it comes to networking… many young professionals don’t know where to start.
We do, and we give this advice: “networking starts at home.” No, we’re not talking about working for mom or dad directly (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
Internships, like many relationships in your career and life, all eventually come to an end. However, they don’t all go as well as you may have expected. Sometimes, an internship just doesn’t work out – and you may need to leave earlier than originally expected.
If you find yourself in a challenging mismatch of expectations, how you leave your internship – no matter the circumstances that lead to the decision – is just as important as your performance during your internship!
You landed an interview for a position you really want. You meet all the stated requirements and you’ve got the requisite experience. You’ve prepared for the interview, nailing down your responses to all the tough questions you expect to be asked.
Then the interview begins – and the questions asked seem to come out of the blue.
