• 2020 Star Nurses Weekly Spotlight - Chapter 5
    As a part of the recognition of the 2020 Star Nurses finalists we will spotlight nurses through the end of summer. Check back each week for more spotlights from our 92 Star Nurses.
  • 2020 Star Nurses Weekly Spotlight - Chapter 6
    As a part of the recognition of the 2020 Star Nurses finalists we will spotlight nurses through the end of summer. Check back each week for more spotlights from our 92 Star Nurses.
  • Leveraging Your Liberal Arts Degree for More Income
    When attempting to find a high paying job, there are certainly things to avoid. But pointing out the strengths you’ve developed from your liberal arts degree?
  • 2020 Star Nurses Weekly Spotlight - Chapter 7
    As a part of the recognition of the 2020 Star Nurses finalists we will spotlight nurses through the end of summer. Check back each week for more spotlights from our 92 Star Nurses.
  • Best Jobs with No College Education
    When discussing job opportunities, our culture focuses on the bachelor’s degree. We have gathered five of the best jobs that require no college education. Click to see what they are....
  • Searching for Jobs During a Pandemic: How to Make Yourself Relevant
    Whether you’re a soon-to-be college graduate or a worker laid off because of COVID-19, searching for a job during a pandemic and increasing unemployment was not in your career plan. Here are some steps you can take to make yourself relevant.
  • Guide to Navigating Writing Samples During Your Job Search
    Even if writing will not be a major part of your job description, your potential employer may want to see a few writing samples in order to gauge your attention to detail, and your level of professionalism. If you don’t have writing samples to show, you can always create them. Just make sure you ...
  • Do Internships Really Matter on Resumes or are They Just a Way to Get Your Foot in the Door?
    Internships have become an unspoken requirement of a college education. How important is it to showcase them on your resume though? Read more.
  • Does Your Major Really Matter when Looking for a Job?
    Where are you going to college? What are you going to major in? What kind of job are you going to get with that major? Will you make enough money to support yourself with that degree?
  • Recent Grads: Finding Your Niche in Healthcare
    Graduating college and entering the workforce can be a scary prospect. There are many questions new grads often ask themselves as they get ready to search for their first job. "Where am I going to work?" "Will there be any jobs?" or "How do I know I'll like what I'm doing?"
  • Transportation Planners Do It for the Community
    Got a wonky interest in all things transport, strong analytic and communication skills, and the drive to make cities better places to live? The transportation planning profession may need you.
  • The Top Schools Offering Tech programs in the DMV
    From quantum computing and smartphones to every bit of code and digital device in between, given our society’s reliance on and obsession with technology, there’s little doubt tech jobs will dominate the workforce in the very near future—that is, if the robots still allow us to work.
  • How to Stay Current in Your Career Well after College
    Even after you've graduated and landed your dream job, your work isn't done. Many things can happen along the way on your career path. Your company may go out of business, downsize, or your job skills could begin to become obsolete.
  • 6 Secrets to Landing a New Job in the Summer
    Traditionally, the hiring process has been known to move at a snail's pace during the summer, but it's not entirely impossible to land a new job during this time. Whether you're getting ready to graduate college or make your move to a new location once the kids are on summer break, we have some s...
  • Everybody Is Going Back To School—Should You?
    School supplies in the aisles, back-to-school specials, college campuses buzzing with activity … ah, another summer is almost in the books, and nostalgic feelings of simpler school days come flooding back. If you find yourself in a transitionary period of life right now, you may even be contempla...
  • Best Practices for Time Management When You’re a Grad Student with a Full-Time Job
    You’ve taken the leap and been accepted to graduate school. Congratulations! But your financial situation requires you to keep a full-time job. That’s rough, and it gets rougher when you remember you’ll need time for chores, homework, family obligations, social activities, and sleep, too. To help...
  • Does Gender Bias Still Exist in Today's Workplace?
    Learn how gender bias exist in the 21st century.
  • Education vs. Experience: What's Most Important to Employers
    When potential employers scan your resume, what are they really looking for? Find out whether education or experience actually wins them over.
  • 2021 Nightingale Award Winner - Kenneth Daniel, BS, BSN, RN
    Six winners were honored during the 2021 Star Nurses celebration and were named Nightingale Award winners. We are proud to honor them. Congratulations to Kenneth Daniel!
  • The Competition Mindset Hurts Your Career
    You may hear athletes talk about how a great competitor pushed them to do more. However, the metrics for achievement through points scored or the lowering of a personal best in a race are more absolute than the complexity of ‘winning’ life.