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Why I'm Going to Grad School + Is Grad School Right for You?

4 Reasons to Embrace a Job Outside Your Comfort Zone

6 Pieces of Professional Advice for New Graduates

4 Tips to Help You Come Down the Learning Curve

You’ve probably started a new job at some point in your life. Whether you floundered through the transition process or eased your way into them, you had to figure out your new role and new working environment. I’m here today to help you get through the transition process and help you ease your way down that learning curve.

What, Why, and How to Ask for an Informational Interview

Are you looking for a new job or an internship? I'm sharing informational interviews 101 to help you further your career development and hopefully get to your next step.

10 Ways to Build a Positive Relationship With Your Manager

Have you ever heard the phrase "learn how to manage your manager"? I was confused the first time I heard this. Manage my manager? Shouldn’t he or she be managing me?  As I worked through my college internships and jobs on campus, I tried to understand this concept.

Then I graduated college and entered the real world. I quickly learned that if I was going to be successful in my first year of work, I was going to need a good working relationship with my manager.

I realized that "managing your manager" meant you should build a good relationship with your manager so you have a mutual understanding of success and expectations.

3 Things Corporate America Expected Me to Know Out of College

College: My senior year of college was a blissful year. I had locked down a full time job by December and by spring quarter I was out at happy hours and going out with my friends every weekend (and Wednesdays…and Thursdays). My blissful times ended as I graduated, relocated to Southern California, and started my career with a PepsiCo. 

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Corporate Chic - A Business Lesson into Blogging & The Importance of the Third Piece

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A Business Lesson into Blogging & The Importance of the Third Piece 

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3 Tips on Time Management

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It’s not easy being a modern woman of the 21^st century. It’s awesome that in the present, women are encouraged to seek out careers, pursue higher education, and start families at the same time. I’m definitely not ready to start a family, but I am establishing my career both in aerospace and in fashion blogging. Additionally, I’ve decided to go back to school. I am working towards getting my Marketing Management Certificate from the University of Washington. But between work, school, and blogging, plus spending time with my family, boyfriend, and friends, my schedule is full. I’ve been out of school for two years and I’ve realized that “figuring out” my life is a never ending process.

Luckily I’ve learned 3 main lessons to help me with time management. In order to prevent myself from getting too stressed out and help the loved ones in my life not feel neglected, here are three things to try: