Looking to get some restaurant and tourism experience but want to enjoy your summer, too? If you are studying hospitality and tourism, there are unlimited ways to gain experience that is relevant to your industry.
Restaurant/Service
This may be the most prevalent and easily attainable option. Almost every restaurant/bar is hiring at any given time – [...]
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Make Your Summer Resume Worthy: Restaurant & Tourism Experience
Make Your Summer Resume Worthy: Entrepreneurial Projects
When looking to spend your summer adding to your resume and building your professional portfolio, there is no better way than taking on an entrepreneurial project. Show your prospective employers how you chose to spend your free time because that can be just as telling as your job history.
Maybe you’re in the tail end of [...]
Finding a College Roommate
So you’re ready to earn that degree now, right? Even if it’s an online degree, you’re still going to be living the life of a student and trying to keep costs manageable. Whether you’re attending an on-site school, or an online college, you’re still going to have to live somewhere and it is possible to [...]
Dorm Decor on a Budget
Let’s face the facts, college isn’t cheap. Granted, attending an online school or online college can take some of the bite out of the cost, but even an online degree can set you back more than a few of the old green bucks. No fear though future professionals, your dorm room can still look swanky, [...]
Getting Cash for your Textbooks
Once you’ve finally earned that online degree, what do you do with all of your textbooks? Think about it, if your degree took a couple of years, that’s going to equate to an awful lot of books, and a stroll around any book store will quickly tell you that they are anything but cheap. The [...]
Dressing and Preparing for an Interview
*This is first in a series of posts regarding interview preparation and job seeking tips for recent graduate.
Ever heard the saying, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression”? This could not be truer than in an interview setting. Over half of someone’s initial impression of you is based on how you [...]
Tips for Paying Off Student Loans
You’ve graduated! The job that you just started is great and you love your new apartment. It beats the dorm life, right? Now you ask yourself, “What’s next on the agenda?”
Then it hits you – tackling your student loan debt.
Most students graduate with some amount of student loan debt. According to Finaid.org, the [...]
Is This Your Year to Start A College Degree Program?
With summer fast approaching “back to school” season, it’s time to put some serious thought into whether or not you could benefit from starting a college degree program, or finally finishing a degree you’ve already started. There is no yes or no answer, since everybody’s situation is different, but there are some very compelling [...]
What to Study: Career Path or Intellectual Path?
Recently I was asked by a soon to be college student in my family what I thought about a certain online college which offered courses in AutoCAD drafting which she was interested in taking. Her dilemma was between taking a more traditional course of study in literature, philosophy, and other courses that she wasn’t [...]
The Pros and Cons of Campus Based Class Versus Online Class
One of the most difficult decisions to make regarding a Westwood College education is whether to attend classes at one of their seventeen campuses, or to take them online. This dilemma is a fairly new phenomenon, unique to 21st Century students.
The most important factor to consider is your own availability. If you have [...]
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