If you’ve made it to this blog, chances are you have reached a pivotal moment in your life: The moment where you have made the decision to embark on a new career or begin the job search process. My goal is to provide you with as much information as possible to help you feel prepared and ready to navigate your career and/or college journey.

If anything from COVID-19 is sticking around in the world of recruitment, it’s the virtual interview. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, unless you were interviewing for a position that would require relocation, the virtual interview was quite rare. As a career services professional, I hardly ever spoke with students and graduates about how to prepare for this type of interview. It is now 2022, and the virtual interview is here to stay.

“Do I really need to submit a cover letter? Like, really, do I HAVE to?” “What would happen if I submitted the application without it?” Those are the most common questions I have heard from students about writing cover letters. My personal favorite? “What is a cover letter?” and the response after I explain it, “Who has time to read or write that?!”

Trust me, I KNOW. They are time consuming. They are repetitive. They are, well, not fun to write. BUT they ARE necessary.

When was the last time you refreshed and updated your resume? Do you even have a resume? You’re resume, like it or not, is just one method of how an employer formulates their first impression of you, and you want it to be the absolute best representation of you as it can possibly be

Let’s face it. There is no shortage of employment opportunities out there in 2022. If you are looking for a job, they are a dime a dozen. Especially if you are looking for retail, restaurant, and hospitality opportunities. Yet, despite this fact, employers are still stating that they are having a hard time finding qualified workers. So what gives?! Check out my article below to see the top eight competencies employers say are a MUST for workers in 2022.

Believe it or not, many individuals struggle with gathering their employment references, for two reasons. The first: they are not prepared ahead of time. The second: they use the wrong people (usually unknowingly). Creating a solid list of references starts before typing up the document. You should be planting seeds ahead of time to ensure you have the right people, quality people, to speak on your behalf. Let’s walk step by step through the process together.

What is culture? And how do you know if you are about to walk into a toxic environment? Sometimes, you won’t know the details of your new work environment until you are in it, which is something we’d like to try and avoid at all costs. But sometimes, there are ways to identify if the company you are considering for your future employment is all it’s cracked up to be.