When your students begin interviewing for a job how will they know if the company is a good fit for them? There are questions they can ask to help determine if the company is the right culture fit. Here are 10 good questions your students should consider asking: 1. Why is this position available? Why Read More
We try and let you know when we find out about scholarship opportunities available for your students. Here are a couple new ones: Walter Morales Scholarship for Urban Education Improvement This scholarship is available for students in the United States who are currently enrolled in a University or High School, and have plans to attend Read More
About a month before the first big college application deadline, I spent a good deal of time on the phone, sending emails and responding to parent requests to review drafts of college essays students had already written. They wanted someone to look the essays over, edit them, send the students on their merry way. That’s pretty typical Read More
Cyberbullying has become a major problem in schools. Here is a great video you can share with students to help fight Cyberbullying.
What do your students do after they have gone on an interview? Do they follow up and thank the person(s) that interviewed them? Do they know what they should say? Only a 1/4 of all people who have been interviewed take the time to send a follow up note/e-mail. Following up can set your students Read More
If yes, we found a resource that lists a number of scholarships opportunities specifically for students pursuing a career in Nursing. Here are a list of some of the scholarships available and a link to the complete listing with information on how to apply to each: AfterCollege/AACN Nursing Scholarship Program Amount $2,500 American Cancer Society Read More
LINK for Counselors has now been published for 7 years. Looking for a past issue? We have all our prior issues available for download free as PDF’s (and our latest issue in digital format). Here is the page on our website where those can be viewed or downloaded – https://www.linkforcounselors.com/publication/
Your students will participate in many interviews during the course of their work life. Have they prepared for the questions they will get and how they should answer them? Here are 12 of the toughest interview questions and tips on how to answer them from Flexjobs: 1. What is your current salary? FlexJobs’ coaches advise Read More
ACT published a easy to use College Comparison Worksheet that makes it easy for your students to compare the pros and cons of the Colleges they are considering. The items to include to compare the schools they are considering are: Location, Size, Environment, Admission Requirements, Academics, College Expenses, Financial Aid, Housing, Facilities, Activities and Campus Read More
Apply for Scholarships and Develop a Scholarship Calendar Many students and parents concentrate on applying for college, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and then wait for the colleges to send them a financial aid offer. After the dollar amounts offered do not meet their needs, then they reach out to people Read More
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