Going for the Bachelor's: Ten Steps to an Easy Transfer

According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, approximately 4 million freshmen start college each Fall.  One-third of all college students in the U.S. switch institutions at least once before earning a degree, says a report released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.  That's a lot of students jockeying for an acceptance letter from their number one college choice.  If

Beyond Textbooks and Exams: Learning Soft Skills on Campus

"Emotional competence is the single most important personal quality that each of us must develop and access to experience a breakthrough.  Only through managing our emotions can we access our intellect and our technical competence. An emotionally competent person performs better under pressure."  --Dave Lennick, Executive VP, American Express Financial Advisers


At the risk of stating the

Top Ten Tips for Developing Soft Skills

No doubt your goal is to complete your college degree and get a job that you will enjoy.  As mentioned in my last blog entry, these days you need to be more than technically skilled to make it in the workforce.  Here are some practical tips for building and strengthening soft skills while working on your degree; doing so will better position yourself for career success.




1.  Strong work ethic