Last week, I received an email regarding mentors: “I struggle with keeping in touch with ‘mentors.’ We have great conversations, and I get a lot of insight, and we talk for a few months, sometimes a year or so, but then it drifts away. And......
I dread interviews. 90% of the time, the interviews consist of the same mundane flow. I ask the questions, the candidate responds. The candidate waits until the end to ask questions, but I can predict what those questions will be before the interview even begins.......
A lot changed for me this year. I went from being a solo founder leading an all-women team, to being a co-founder and CEO to two men. I went from bootstrapping a business to finding myself in back to back meetings with VCs and angels, raising for......
Should students work? Will it help them improve classroom performance? For decades, there has been debate around this question. Some fear that working negatively impacts grades and overall classroom performance. Others believe that career exploration through work experience promotes self-awareness and allows students to improve classroom......
A Career Administrator allows high schools to ensure students are both college and career ready. In 2015, California received over $119 million in Perkins funding to support college and career-readiness programs. According to the Massachusetts’ Department of Education, “being college and career ready means that an......
. The 2014 Gallup Student Poll found that: Only 33% of high school students said yes to having learned something interesting in the last seven days, and 20% said yes to having fun in school. These findings, along with research conducted on classroom performance, make it clear......
I spend most of my time working with students, so I was excited to spend the first half of last week at a conference with only adults. Within eight hours however, I felt drained. Everyone shares their frustration with kids being disrespectful, inconsiderate, and insensitive.......
The majority of students I meet understand how crucial mentors are for them, but share a common struggle: “How do I actually find a mentor?” To alleviate this struggle, LinkedIn has rolled out a Career Advice Mentoring Program. The LinkedIn Mentoring program will “connect users with......
We want the best for our kids. We want them to do well in school so we help them with their homework—even if that means getting stuck doing a lot of it ourselves. We want them to be well-rounded so we load up the minivan......
While some educators and parents believe that exploring career options should start as early as possible, others believe it’s best for students to not “worry” about career options until college. Regardless, most students are tasked with making big decisions related to career options, like which......