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First Job
What to Expect for Your First Job: Fact vs. Fiction
By Rocco Brown-Morris | 5 Comments | November 19, 2012
Will you work long hours? Be stressed all the time? Feel like the office gofer? Let’s work out the truth about your first job. Read »
6 Tips for a Smooth Transition from College Life to the Professional World
By Rocco Brown-Morris | 3 Comments | October 18, 2012
Feel like the professional world is drastically different from college life? Here’s how to navigate your new normal. Read »
How Important Is Your First Job? Your Brazen Peers Weigh In
By Alexis Grant | 6 Comments | October 6, 2012
Here are some of the responses we received from our September Run-Around. You all rock! Read »
The Run-Around: How Important Is Your First Job?
By Alexis Grant | 5 Comments | September 17, 2012
It’s your turn to blog about this topic, and we’ll share your post with the Brazen community. Read »
Why Your First Job Out of College Doesn’t Matter—But the First Team You Work With Does
By Dan Oshinsky | 2 Comments | August 28, 2012
What really matters early in your career? The people you work with. Read »
4 Tips for Transitioning from College to Your First Job
By Sarah Greesonbach | 6 Comments | August 21, 2012
Feeling nervous about that first day of work? Here’s how to get started on the right foot. Read »
4 Unexpected Lessons You’ll Learn From Changing Careers
By Andy Netzel | 9 Comments | August 9, 2012
A career transition will teach you more about yourself than you expect—and it could happen sooner than you think. Read »
Why Your First Job Out of College Is the Most Important of All
By Allie Gray Freeland | 10 Comments | July 31, 2012
Five things you’ll learn during your first year in The Real World, and how they’ll carry you through your professional life. Read »
How to Blog Your Way Out of That Entry-Level Job
By Cassie Boorn | 13 Comments | July 16, 2012
You CAN skip that coffee-fetching, envelope-stuffing job and get hired for a more challenging position. Here’s how. Read »
Where Should You Move After Graduation?
By Jessica Stillman | 5 Comments | June 8, 2012
When choosing your post-graduation home, consider these cities’ cost of living and availability of jobs. Read »
8 Lessons for College Students Preparing to Enter the Real World
By Claire Sullivan | 8 Comments | May 16, 2012
Here are a few nuggets of wisdom that will help you land your dream job when you get that gentle kick into the working world. Read »
6 Tough-Love Tips for Getting Hired After College
By Erin Palmer | 24 Comments | December 28, 2011
Bad news, college kids: Your dream job isn’t going to fall into your lap. The good news? You can go after it if you know how. Read »
The Run-Around: Landing Your First Job (Plus Your Next Topic!)
By Team Brazen | 10 Comments | December 6, 2011
Lots of advice and anecdotes about landing your first job, plus how to get your blog post featured on Brazen next month. Read »
How To Deal With First Job Blues
By Vina L. | 12 Comments | September 20, 2011
You probably won’t be in love with your first job. That’s just the way it is. But you need to stick it out for a little, so here are some strategies to help you do that. Read »