This post is part six of a series on the ten habits you should develop as a college student. You can find links to the rest of the habits in the introduction.
We’ve all experienced them: the unprofessionals. The people who stand behind the desk and smack their gum and look as if they’ve never heard of the term customer service in their life. They’re personally offended that you have interrupted their phone conversation by walking into the office and daring to ask if Mr. So-and-So is in.
You wonder how they ever got hired in the first place. I’m not really sure how that happened, but it must have been a fluke. In general, employers don’t usually like to hire people who act unprofessional, and that is why professionalism is the sixth habit you should develop while you’re still in college.
What is Professionalism Anyway?
If you want to be successful in school or in the workplace, you have got to look and act professional. Now, what is considered professional will change depending on where you are. Professional attire and even, perhaps, behavior is going to be dramatically different if you’re an intern at a law firm versus an intern at a hip literary journal. But there are some elements of professionalism that are universal. Continue reading Have a Professional Attitude…
This post is part five of a series on the ten habits you should develop as a college student. You can find links to the rest of the habits in the introduction.
I hate the moment when I sit down and I have to start writing something. I put it off for as long as I possibly can, and then I pay for it in stress later. When I finally start to write, I second guess every word I say. Case in point: I have rewritten the opening to this post about four times.
Unfortunately, students spend a lot of time writing. In fact, our writing is often the way a professor determines whether or not we have learned the course material or the way we may communicate important information in a professional situation.
Obviously, if you want to be successful, you need to have good writing skills. Although it may seem like a daunting task, you really only need a few hours a week to start becoming a better writer. Continue reading Read Broadly and Write Often…
If you’re a regular visitor of Eruantale, you might notice that the website looks quite a bit different. Yesterday afternoon I took it down for an hour or two while I switched over to version 4.0. I’m very excited about this new design. It’s the first one I have made for this site since 2008, and it was desperately in need of an overhaul.
New Features
First and foremost, Eruantale is now on Facebook! If you like the site, head over and like it on Facebook as well. I have also made it easier for readers to share posts on Facebook and other social bookmarking websites. At the bottom of each post, you’ll find links to Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, Digg, and StumbleUpon—as well as a link to subscribe to future posts.
Just below that is a blurb about the author of the post. I have a few guest posts planned in the future, so this should make it easy to find out more about who is writing the post. Finally, I have switched out the Lifestream plugin for a simple Twitter feed for now. Continue reading Version 4.0…
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