Aug02nd

The Three Pillars of Leadership By: Yu-kai Chou

Under: Careers, Experienced Hire, Personal Branding, Undergraduate, Workplace

Throughout my career, I have been leading people who are older than me. In some occasions, these people can be more than a decade older. It wasn’t always like that. When I was a younger, I was the kid who everyone makes fun of while I worked my butt off to try to become accepted [...]

Popularity: 30% [?]

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Jul22nd

Harvard BR Article on MMORPG Developing Real World Leaders By: Yu-kai Chou

Under: Fun, Life Coaching, Undergraduate

Future Delivery is about productive gaming. The more hours you play a game, the more successful your real life would be. There is a whole industry called “Serious Gaming” (obviously coined by non-gamers, because real hardcore gamers would never let that pass) that is about using gaming in real world functions, such as educational games [...]

Popularity: 33% [?]

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Jun28th

Networking: finding the common interest By: Yu-kai Chou

Under: Life Coaching, Networking, Undergraduate

Networking and building relationships with people is one of the most essential things one needs to do to become successful. When you want to contact someone and meet up(newly met professional or old friend), you want to find a common interest to make the meeting pleasant and enjoyable for both. Maybe you both like golf. [...]

Popularity: 53% [?]

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May09th

Outside the Comfort Zone: the Harmless Dragon By: Yu-kai Chou

Under: Careers, Experienced Hire, Life Coaching, Networking, Now What?, Undergraduate

Networking is tough, mainly because you are forced to cross through your comfort zone. Engaging and talking to strangers can be rather intimidating. However, the fear of reaching out is essentially based on illusions. In reality, there is really nothing that could be lost (assuming you don’t need to interact
with the person in the long [...]

Popularity: 100% [?]

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May01st

The SIX things you must have for good Networking By: Yu-kai Chou

Under: Experienced Hire, Life Coaching, Networking, Now What?, Personal Branding, Undergraduate

Networking, or building relationships rather, is one of the most important concepts in becoming successful. Nothing can be done on your own, and the stronger your connections are, the more resourceful you are, and ultimately, the “luckier” you become. Here we will share the core concepts of good networking.
Networking starts with the Self
In order [...]

Popularity: 72% [?]

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Apr20th

I have a low GPA, now what?!? By: Jun Loayza

Under: Now What?, Undergraduate

At least one undergraduate student pulls me aside at each of our events and asks me this question.  Each one has a sad but eager look on their face, hoping to hear me say that they are not defeated and that they have a fighting chance.
If you are a 1st or 2nd year, RAISE YOUR [...]

Popularity: 67% [?]

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Apr20th

a must read for graduating seniors By: Jun Loayza

Under: Life Coaching, Now What?, Undergraduate

If you’re a graduating senior and you haven’t secured a job yet, you better get off your butt and go get one!  Once you graduate, you are considered an experienced hire.  This means that your resume gets put in the same pile as MBAs or professionals with 5+ years of experience.  I’ve spoken to many [...]

Popularity: 63% [?]

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Apr04th

Interview w/ Kevin Poff from Mercer By: Jun Loayza

Under: Careers, Life Coaching, Undergraduate, Workplace

We sat down with Kevin Poff from Mercer Human Capital Consulting to talk about Mercer and why they are an ideal firm to work at.  Kevin did an amazing job explaining and articulating all of Mercer’s benefits; equally important, Kevin explains what type of person would not enjoy working in a consulting [...]

Popularity: 45% [?]

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Mar30th

Take an unpaid internship with a startup By: Jun Loayza

Under: Now What?, Undergraduate

Students usually take the wrong approach when they begin to think about searching for an internship. The typical student looks for an internship that is paid, structured, and with a well known, brand-name company. While having a brand-name company on your resume can help you get a job during your full-time recruitment, I feel that [...]

Popularity: 30% [?]

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Mar21st

5 Steps to Connecting with Your Interviewer By: Jun Loayza

Under: Experienced Hire, Interview, Undergraduate

The best interviews are conversations.  What I mean by this is that the interview was NOT in the question then answer, question then answer format.  Instead, you and the interviewer actively engaged in a conversation and you connected through similar interests outside of the work place environment.  The biggest mistake that students and young professionals [...]

Popularity: 27% [?]

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