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How to Be The Youngest One in the Office
It’s a fact: as a young grad out of college, it can be a challenge to establish yourself in the workplace. Sure, it’ll be easier once you’ve had a few jobs and years of experience under your belt. Your...
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Work Appropriate: How Not to Behave on the Job
During the hectic work week, you’re caught up thinking about everything you should be doing. But no matter how busy, tired, or stressed you are, don’t let what you shouldn’t be doing slip your mind,...
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10 Ways to Avoid the First Day Jitters
If you’ve just secured your first job out of college and you’re feeling a little anxious, you aren’t alone. In fact, the feeling isn’t much different than the “first day of school jitters.” But some of...
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Rookie Mistakes: 5 Extremes to Avoid
Congratulations, you landed the job! If you’re like most, you’re probably a little nervous about making a great impression during your first few weeks. As you’re navigating a completely new workplace,...
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Office Bliss: How Happiness Can Fuel Success at Work
We’ve all heard it: “If you love your job, you’ll never work a day in your life.” But how easy—or realistic—is that? Unfortunately, actual happiness at work is not nearly as common as the catch...
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5 Job Skills You Didn’t Learn in College
You’ve completed all the required coursework, amassed a crazy amount of knowledge, and earned a pristine new diploma, but did those new letters behind your name really prepare you to enter the real...
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The Job Skills You Learned from the Liberal Arts
If you didn’t major in business, the transition from college to the working world can feel like a plunge into a no-man’s land of incomprehensible jargon. Sure, you can speed-read a research brief and...
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Internship Horror Stories (and How to Avoid Them)
At their best, internships are a great way to make connections, gain new skills, build experience on your resume, or boost your grad school applications. And at their worst? Well, you might end up...
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Age is Just a Number: How to Graduate from “New Kid” Status
It’s a rite of passage: You turn 21, and you finally have that coveted ID that says you’re really an adult. When you take that shiny new card out for a spin to your favorite (er, soon-to-be to be...
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How to Deal: Where’s the Fax Machine Again?
Being new on the job can be tough. As someone who’s had countless internships and has started a new job three times in the past few years, I know that being the “new kid” can have its occupational...
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How to Deal: Being a Grown-up—Without a Grown-up Plan
Being “a grown-up” is a pretty vague concept, even once you’re technically “grown up.” When I was younger, I thought growing up happened around age 25. (I’m not sure if this was because my parents...
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Internship Week at The Daily Muse
Ready to kick off your summer internship search? You’ve found the perfect place to start! This week, we’re bringing you a week’s worth of great advice for scoring a great internship and succeeding once...
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From Intern to Colleague: 3 Secrets for Landing a Full-Time Gig
You know that internships can be a great way to get some practical experience, make new contacts, and learn about what you want (and don’t want) in a job. But here’s a secret: Internships can turn into...
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5 Ways I Was a Terrible Intern
Anyone who watched It’s a Brad, Brad World on Bravo this past season is familiar with the celebrity stylist’s assistant, Lindsay, who famously took a break from her day’s work to pose in a tiny white...
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Dos and Don’ts to Ace Your Virtual Internship
To get a job in the real world, I knew that getting an internship was a good first move. The problem was fitting one into my already hectic schedule: The requirements of many internships—travel, 40...
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Unpaid Internships: When You Have to Ask Your Parents for Money
No one really debates whether or not college students should seek internships—that’s pretty much a no-brainer. What is often up for debate, though, is whether it’s a good idea to take one that’s...
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Landing Your Dream Internship (and Job): Expert Advice from YouTern
When you’re looking for an internship, the last thing you want is a job that will have you making copies and fetching coffee. That’s the last thing Mark Babbitt wants, too. Determined to make the...
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What I Wish I Knew When I Graduated College
This spring, colleges around the country are holding commencement ceremonies—the official process of pushing young adults out of the educational nest and into the real world. I remember this stage of...
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Career Lessons From 4 Iconic Graduation Speakers
Graduation season is a time for optimism. Graduates and their families celebrate achievements and look ahead to the world of possibilities. And famous, iconic speakers take to the podium, bestowing...
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Headed Back to School? How to End Your Internship Right
You’ve put in your time, learned the ropes, and added some fantastic bullets to your resume (and, yeah, maybe made a few coffee runs). Now, it’s the end of the summer and your internship is coming to...
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4 To-Dos for Your First Year on the Job
When I started my first job out of college (actually, while I was still in college), the idea of working someplace every day for an entire year was a bit terrifying. Although my course schedule was...
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8 Keys to Acing Your Editorial Internship
Congratulations! You’ve scored one of those crazy-hard-to-come-by internships at a magazine, newspaper, or publishing company. Welcome to the ranks of editorial interns everywhere—you’ll be reporting...
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Your Guide to Your First Week on the Job
You walk through the revolving door of the lobby toward the elevator, soaking in your surroundings—there’s not a familiar face in the building. You straighten out your suit, press #12, and take a deep...
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3 Ways to Kick off Your New Job the Right Way
Starting a new job is tough, no matter how you slice it. For me, the hardest part was figuring out how to implant myself, feel comfortable, and fit into my new culture—while (of course) still trying to...
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Simple Ways to Fight the New Job Jitters
Starting a new job is incredibly exciting (translation: incredibly nerve-wracking). Figuring out the ins and outs of your job description is only the tip of the iceberg—organizational culture, new...
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The New 9-to-5er’s Guide to Office Lingo
You’re a week into your first corporate gig when your boss stops by your cubicle, coffee cup in hand (à la Office Space), and casually mentions, “Hey there, with the restructuring last week, we’re...
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Thrown Into the Deep End? 4 Ways to Survive Sink-or-Swim Training
On the first day of my new corporate job, I expected a strategically laid out, step-by-step training plan, which would flawlessly transition me from timid newbie to confident, competent professional....
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4 Myths We Tell New Grads
I’m sure you’ve heard the news: Millennials are the worst generation in history. We’re “deluded narcissists,” not to mention unprofessional, entitled, and unemployed. Or are we? I’m here to tell you...
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3 Ways to Impress When You’re the Youngest One in the Office
We’d all like to be known in the workplace for our talents alone—but, as new professionals, we rarely get that opportunity right off the bat. First, we get the fun honor of being the less-experienced...
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3 Great Reasons to Attend Conferences as a New Grad
As a new grad, it can be easy to think that the years of lectures and classrooms are behind you—but not so fast! Even though you’re out of your structured schooling years, it’s important to keep...
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Starting Your First Job? How to Stay Organized and Sane
Like many other young professionals, I have a jam-packed schedule. A typical week for me consists of working at my 9-to-5 job, volunteering at two nonprofits, happy hours and hikes with friends,...
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10 Must-Reads Before Starting Your First Job
We’re not going to lie: Starting your first job is like nothing else you’ll ever experience. Even if you held down a full-time internship in college, there’s something about being at that office every...
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5 Mistakes Not to Make at Your First Job
Even if you graduated with honors and were a superstar during your summer internship, starting your first job can bring on a whole new set of challenges. You have a big learning curve ahead of you, you...
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How to Ask for Time Off at Your New Job (the Right Way)
Ah, summer. The time of year when your thoughts turn to tan lines and drinks with little umbrellas in them—unless, of course, you’ve just started a new job. In which case, you’re probably staring...
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Landed a Consulting Gig? 5 Things to Do Next
So you got through the resume screening, aced the case and behavioral interviews, and received an offer at a consulting firm—congrats! Once your offer letter is finally singed, sealed, and delivered,...
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How to Turn Your Start-up Internship Into a Job
If you’ve ever thought about working for a start-up someday, you probably already know that interning is a great way to get experience. Think you may want to work in fashion, edtech, or health? Intern...
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How Not to Crash and Burn at a New Job
Everyone has experienced buyer’s remorse: A shirt that looked great in the fitting room just isn’t quite as flattering in your bedroom mirror. Or worse, a job that seemed like a perfect fit during the...
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3 (Surprising) Mistakes to Avoid at Your First Job
As a new grad, you’ve probably been intensely focused on finding that perfect first job. (And if you’re just getting started, good news! NPR recently reported that the job outlook is brighter for you...
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How to Be a Rock Star at an Uninspiring Job
As a recent college graduate, I spent a little over a year “learning the ropes” in an entry-level position at a thriving international nonprofit. I believed in the mission and learned so much about the...
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The Perfect Fit: Choosing the Consulting Firm for You
If you’ve decided consulting is the career for you, the first hurdle isn’t getting through the application process—it’s figuring out which type of firm you want to work for! Consulting is a huge...
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5 Epic Career Lessons I Learned in My 20s
My 30th birthday is a few days away, and, according to prevailing traditions, I should be making a fuss over it. Milestone birthdays like these call for parties and cocktails and reminiscing and, at...
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What You Must Do the Night Before Starting a New Job
Remember the night before the first day of school when you were growing up? You had your outfit all picked out, your backpack packed and put by the door, the locations of your classrooms and names of...
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How to Pitch Yourself as an Expert to the Media
A friend of mine recently called and said she was about to draft a pitch promoting herself as a food expert to several broadcast outlets. She asked if I would take a look once she was done. Several...
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15 Ways to Impress Your Boss on Day 1
No one expects you to know everything on your first day—or your first month!—on the job. But that doesn’t mean you can’t impress your new employer and co-workers even while you’re still figuring things...
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45 Pieces of Career Advice That Will Get You to the Top
When it comes to your career, sometimes it feels like you could use all the advice you can get. From picking the “right” career to actually excelling in it, there’s certainly a lot to learn. And that’s...
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4 Surprisingly Useful Job Skills I Learned From a Cupcake Shop
When I started my first post-college job as the manager of a bakery, I thought I had it made. (Come on, doesn’t everyone want to run a cupcake shop?) Fast forward a year later, when I was applying to...
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2 (New!) Free Classes That Will Boost Your Career
A few months ago, we opened the doors to Muse University, a brand-new way to think about professional development. Think: No long manuals, no books to read, no lame training videos—just smart, sharp...
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