High School to College: A Smooth Transition

It’s your senior year in high school and graduation is just weeks away. You’ve gotten your college acceptance letter, a whole new wardrobe, and everything for your dorm room is ready…

7 Best Blogging Platforms

Everyone’s got a blog these days and depending on your topic of choice, you can make a pretty sizeable name for yourself online. Now, you probably won’t garner any accolades…

3 Simple Grammar Tips to Improve Your Writing

As an editor, I encounter certain grammatical mistakes time and time again. Errors aren’t necessarily a reflection of a writer’s intelligence – it makes sense that with all the quick,…

5 Steps to Help You Study Smarter, Not Harder

Students of all ages can benefit from learning how to best absorb the information they need to know. Whether you’re in high school, college, or just needing to pass a…

9 Things to Do Before the Interview

Got an interview coming up in a few days? Now’s the time to prepare. Sure, you can just wing it, and you might be fine—but taking the time to get…

Writing for the Web: 5 Essential Tips

The growing digitization of publishing, along with the poor economy, has resulted in numerous layoffs and closures across newspapers and magazines in recent years. With the demise of traditional publishing…

7 Ways to Put Some Fun into Your Boring Job

Work is a necessary evil, at least if you like to eat. And it can often be boring as heck. Although the necessity to work may not go away, you…

5 Twitter Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Career

Using Twitter to build your personal brand and increase your exposure and influence is an excellent way to take your career to the next level. However, all is not perfect in the…

10 People at Work You Should Avoid Like the Plague

Most companies have employees that are difficult to manage and challenging to work with, but did you know that some of those negative personalities are extremely common? They’re not specific…

5 Free Ways to Get a Job Using LinkedIn

Looking for a job? If you work in a professional field, then LinkedIn is a great place to find your next career. Just open a free LinkedIn account, create your profile, and…

25 Common Interview Questions (and How To Answer Them)

Job interviews are auditions. You need to deliver the performance that the hiring manager wants to see or you won’t [nextpage title="Next Page" ] get hired. Unfortunately, most people aren’t…