I have anxiety. And not the kind you get when employee reviews come around either. I’m talking about clinically diagnosed, heart-palpitating, mind-numbing anxiety. It sucks. But I’ve learned to live with it.

I’ve worked just three days in the “real world,” and I can already see a couple of differences between this job and the one in college.

I’ve tried to keep my interviews interesting. Our interview process is fairly extensive and I don’t want to be remembered as the boring person. I want to have interesting questions and an enjoyable conversation.

There is absolutely more behind a successful career than simply passing your college classes for four years. What are you doing to stand out?

Regret phone calls are never pleasant, but remember they’re more painful for the candidates than they are for you.

As many of you know, I live/work in Madison, WI now. Sort of. Because I actually live/attend school in Chicago. Sort of. Confused yet?

The most important thing I learned in college was how to pick myself up from failure. At this point in your life, if you don’t know how to fail what do you really know?

In my first few weeks, my co-workers were throwing away stuff I had printed before I got to the copier, hiding important files of mine, spreading poisonous rumours about me, and tearing pages out of a law report in the library they had heard I was looking for (all the while thinking they were unwatched).

Advice is based and framed on personal world views, experiences and biases. Everything is about perspective, so it’s important to try and see where the advice is coming from before taking it as gospel truth. Yes, this includes advice coming from parents, mentors, religious leaders, bosses, friends, blogs, etc. […]

It’s much easier to get the necessary information when buying a car than it is when selecting a job. That’s why it’s important that you put the extra time and energy into making sure you have a good fit before taking a job. It may save you from getting a lemon.