Professionalism

When starting a new job, there is so much to learn and it can be plain overwhelming.  It seems like everyone knows what’s going on and what everything means except you.  Even when people kindly say, “let us know if …

Waiting to hear back from someone you’ve reached out to, perhaps several times, can be frustrating, especially if you feel like you can’t move forward with planning or even just feel a sense of closure until you receive a response.  …

It’s 8:30am, you just walked into the office of the company of your dreams. You’re interviewing for a position you’ve wanted since, well, you can’t remember when. You had to get up early today. Typically, your day doesn’t start until 10am, …

We as individuals are not perfect.  We as individuals make mistakes. We as individuals will do something wrong at some point.
Walt Disney was fired from the Kansas City Star in 1919 because, his editor said, he “lacked imagination and …

As many students discover before graduating, the familiar academic structures of rubrics and exam questions phase out when transitioning from student to professional.  Ambiguity gradually seems to become the new norm where “it depends” is, annoyingly, the most common response …