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Millennials have heard it all before.

They are technology addicts and would rather fire off illiterate text messages than entertain a deep thought. They are narcissists darting from one virtual stage to the next. They have zero attention span.

Those are only a handful of the unflattering media assessments millennials have been hit with in recent years. There’s plenty more where those came from: show-offs, shameless, and selfie-absorbed, for a start.

Jobs and internships are often extremely competitive. A resume could be your golden ticket — if it’s done right. And that means starting to think about it long before it comes time to share it with your dream employer. Every high school and college student needs to have a resume. And build upon it as […]

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There is an adage in the organizational behavior world that posits that employees don’t leave organizations; rather, they leave bad managers who create and perpetuate toxic work environments. Instead of “sick” buildings, where workers develop physical maladies because of emanations from poorly ventilated insulation or carpeting, these are emotionally toxic environments that at times can border on abusive. 

It’s amazing how quickly high school flies by. One day, you’re trying to decide what clubs to join, and the next you’re walking an aisle to Pomp and Circumstance. Now that you’re in your final semester of high school, there’s only one significant obstacle lying between now and then: that little matter of final exams. […]