The pressure to find the “perfect” career has many students choosing one of two costly paths: they change majors multiple times, often adding time and expense to their undergraduate degree, or they avoid the matter entirely until they’re forced to … Read more
In order to understand what a consultant does, you have to understand that different consultant specialties solve different problems. The four popular specialties are strategy, financial, information technology, and human capital (HR) consulting. Strategy Consulting In a nutshell, strategy … Read more
Did you know that STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) graduates are expected to have the highest salaries from recently graduating classes? Nationally the average is expected to be between $64,891 and $55,087 for 2016 for the top 3 disciplines: engineering, … Read more
What’s your major? What do you plan to do with that after you graduate? At this point, no matter what your year at UNC, you have probably been asked these types of questions. If you are unsure of how to … Read more
Over the past several weeks, I have been looking into the Focus 2 assessments and exploring careers and job families related to my results. This week, I decided to learn more about one of those careers by interviewing an expert … Read more
Many people enter doctoral programs expecting to build an impressive CV, earn their degree, and move on to a tenure-track, faculty position in academia. The tenure-track goal makes sense, because doctoral programs train students to develop expertise in a methodology … Read more
The Focus 2 assessments really are useful tools for determining where I should focus my attention in my job search. In the last post, I briefly described my results and determined what was accurate to my perception of myself and … Read more
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been exploring the career options that Focus 2 suggested. One of the careers that I have taken particular interest in is being a professor of some sort. That is why when I … Read more
Today I Learned… “You learn something new every day if you pay attention.” – Ray LeBlond. He isn’t wrong. To learn something, one has to pay attention. We all have had that moment where we hunker down to complete … Read more
After taking the FOCUS 2 self-examination tests, most of my results seemed like old news to me. However, there were some things that I found out that have caused me to think about my major at UNC, as well as … Read more
