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Getting a second degree (or finishing your first) can be a great tactic during a recession. You make yourself more employable and sit out the worst of a lackluster job market.

But there’s another secret recession-buster that works especially well for students-networking. Creating a strong network of “who you know” is one of the best ways to find a great job more quickly. And students are in a unique position to start creating a great network that you can rely on throughout your professional life.

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I am one of the co-founders of myUsearch and I graduated from the University of Colorado- Boulder in 2003.  If I would have read this before I went to school, I would have saved myself a lot of pain and heartache.    (more…)

I had a great time in college and I don’t have too many regrets. But if I could go back in time and do a few things differently with my undergraduate degree, there’s one that stands out in my mind: I’d diversify.

I was a classic liberal arts major-I put off my science and math requirements until the last possible second, so I didn’t take a geology course until I was a senior. If I’d known how cool geology was, I probably would have majored in it. But I let preconceptions about what I thought I was going to like (and what I thought I was good at) get in the way. (more…)

If I could go back in time, the first thing I would change is my college major.  During my time in school I changed my major five times.  In my struggle to “find myself”, I bounced around from graphic design, fine arts, international affairs and german, until, much to my parent’s relief, I eventually graduated with a very practical, applicable marketing degree.  But there is only one problem.  I don’t really like marketing.

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