Archive for the ‘Career’ Category

The Post-College Freak Out

The Post-College Freak Out
by Foram Mehta I still remember the days when you counted the years until you moved into the next block of school. As an 11-year-old, you couldn’t wait to leave behind elementary school and being surrounded by tag-playing, nose-picking, nap-taking “children” for the mature middle-school...
February 23rd, 2010 | Career | Read More

Success At Any Cost

Success At Any Cost
by Sneha Goud In the latest hit Hindi movie, 3 Idiots, main character Rancho (played by hottie Aamir Khan) encourages his two friends to let go of stress in their prestigious engineering college and pursue their dreams free from obligations. I saw the movie with my parents.  On the ride home, I told...
February 1st, 2010 | Career | Read More

Brand YOU!

Brand YOU!
by Ismath Mohideen The world’s most recognizable and respected companies all have something in common: they have all built strong, powerful, competitive brands.  Their brands could be represented by their products, services, or even the people working for them.  Take your neighborhood Starbucks for...
September 13th, 2009 | Career | Read More

Working Your Family Network

Working Your Family Network
by Sunita Dharani photographs by Thuy Ly The bonds of family-especially a South Asian family-are as tightly woven as the beads on the fabric of a designer sari. It comes as no surprise that our immediate and extended family members are bound to contribute (perhaps interfere is a better term) in every...
May 27th, 2009 | Career, Culture | Read More

Summer Internship Success

Summer Internship Success
by Ismath Mohideen This summer is the perfect time to practice what you’ve learned in school into a real-world working experience, especially if you’re close to graduation.  An internship helps develop professional skills, while making sense of all those classes and exams which certainly...
May 27th, 2009 | Career | Read More

Career Path to Happiness

Career Path to Happiness
Ismath at her graduation. by Ismath Mohideen Ladies, ever get that nagging feeling that your career has no direction? Like that college degree isn’t valuable in the real world? That you foresee religiously searching Monster.com for something that pays when you graduate, while simultaneously trying...
February 28th, 2009 | Career | Read More

All Grown Up: How-To-Guide on Becoming a Working Girl

All Grown Up: How-To-Guide on Becoming a Working Girl
by Asma Hassan A professor once told me that the only difference between being a student/intern and a professional was that you get paid for your homework… And not until I got there did I believe her! After graduation, life is definitely different. Both lives, as a student and professional, have...
February 28th, 2009 | Career | Read More

The Peace Corps Challenge

The Peace Corps Challenge
by Pooja Patel Imagine immersing yourself in a country, in a culture completely opposite of your own. Imagine a language with unheard consonants and clicks, a 60% unemployment rate, an HIV epidemic ravaging the nation, and oh, not to forget the bathroom situation is really unimaginable.  For two years...
December 1st, 2008 | Career | Read More

Beats off the Beaten Track

Beats off the Beaten Track
Aditi Kinkhabwala a sports writer for The Record, a New Jersey newspaper. by Pooja Patel Michael Jordan. Marion Jones. Tiger Woods. Lisa Leslie. Michael Phelps. Venus Williams. Jerry Rice. These sports stars are ingrained in American culture. They are synonymous in the sports they represent. Idols....
December 1st, 2008 | Career | Read More

A Passion for Fashion

A Passion for Fashion
Malati backstage with her model, Kezia. Many young women say they have a passion for fashion, but Malati Vasudevan is one of the few women who have taken a passion and turned it into a serious career path. Since she was twelve, Vasudevan knew she wanted to design high fashion and see it walk down the...
September 28th, 2008 | Career, Headline | Read More