By Shun McGhee
Contributor, Career Services
With more people working remotely, email is used for even the most ancillary communication. Since being able to effectively communicate using email is essential, I have come up with a few rules to help people do just that – be clear, be concise, and be level headed.
By Shun McGhee
Contributor, Career Services
Every so often circumstances happen that cause me to look back over my life. While looking in the rear view mirror, I try to see if I am progressing. Sometimes I discover I need to continue on the path I am traveling. Other times, I see that I need to take a new route. Having repeated this several times I noticed three reoccurring themes I think could be helpful to young professionals.
By Shun McGhee
Contributor, Career Services
When pursuing your career aspirations, you will undoubtedly encounter people that do not see your vision or believe you can obtain it. Do not allow their fear and doubt to transfer to you. The ability to overcome objection is just one of the many tools you need to have at the ready in your career tool box.
By Shun McGhee
Contributor, Career Services
On a hot and sunny day in the 90’s, my mother and aunt drove me to West Virginia State University. During that seven-hour ride to “State,” I thought about attending college and all it entailed, and I realized I had not chosen a major. I confessed this to my mother, and I asked her what she thought was a good major. She replied, “You should major in business because most professions will have some type of business fundamentals associated with it.” So, I declared Business Management as my major. I’ve found that I’m not alone in this situation; many of the students I’ve spoken with have chosen a major blindly.
By Shun McGhee
Contributor, Career Services
Ultimately, it is just as important to prepare for success after college as it is to prepare for success during college. By taking the suggestions offered here and doing some of your own research, you can place yourself in really good position to obtain gainful employment after graduation.
By Shun McGhee
Contributor, Career Services
My corporate rearing taught me the more I stayed out of my boss’s office, the better it was for me; I considered it as the equivalent of staying under the radar. I saw closed-door conversations with management as a necessary evil and never something an employee should request. Boy was I wrong.
By Shun McGhee
Contributor, Career Services
The other day, I was watching a commercial showcasing the talents of an up-and-coming designer of men’s clothes. I tried looking the designer up on the internet to I could learn more about his apparel, but I was unable to find the company’s website. How could he have been exposed to such a big advertising opportunity when he did not even have a website?
By Shun McGhee
Contributor, Career Services
Are we willing to do any networking yoga? In other words, when is the last time you stretched yourself and learned something new in an attempt to broaden your network and grow professionally? This is vitally important, and by continuing to use Russell as an example, I can illustrate just how critical it is.
By Shun McGhee
Contributor, Career Services
Generally, the phrase “fake it ‘til you make it” has a positive connotation, meaning that while you may not have the job or position you want, you should always maintain the type of confidence a person who has grasped his goals would have. This sounds great, but how do we exact this rule without losing ourselves? Doesn’t faking rebut the wisdom imparted on us as kids to always tell the truth? Does faking it until we make it include living a lie?