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Content Series: Graduating During This Economic Climate
Graduating During This Economic Climate: Part 1
Submitted by Ericka on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 03:55
You did it!
Your days of slaving away over midterms, finals and procrastinating on projects are finally over. Whatever your work ethic, as long as it got the job done, it brought you to a monumental milestone in your life-graduation day.
Graduating During This Economic Climate: Part 2
Submitted by Ericka on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 12:30
For recent grads, no matter what you majored in, odds are you’re trying to figure out how to conquer this economic monster known as the recession. It threatens to leave you jobless, hopeless and aimless in the pursuit of your independence and career happiness.
I know the first time I stared the demon in the eyes, I felt paralyzed. How do I get my foot in the door to becoming a journalist? Who’s really hiring writer’s right now? What type of pay should I expect? Is writing really going to pay the bills? Did I pick the right major to bet my life’s stability on? Doubt, fear and uncertainty became an overwhelming cocktail of emotions to take down.
Graduating During This Economic Climate: Part 3
Submitted by Ericka on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 15:47
Life is what you make it.
These simple words have gotten me through many challenging situations in my lifetime. They’re actually helping me now as I keep my eyes on the prize of reaching my career goals after graduation. We took the time to see how our glass was half empty in respect to reaching our dreams in this dwindling economy. So now let’s take a look again at the dilemma we grads find ourselves in but with a more optimistic pair of eyes.
