Career Confession: Speed bumps hurt
I recently found myself extremely stressed about work. Just completely overwhelmed. You know the feeling when you think your eyeballs may roll right out of your head as your brain explodes? Yeah, I had...
Category: Work
Career Confession: It’s not all competition
This post should probably start with a little disclaimer: I’m a very competitive person. I come from a long line of competitive people and we tend to find a little bit of competition in...
Diversity In Your Workplace
When you hear the word, “diversity,” what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Race? Ethnicity? Gender? Age? These are usually the most popular terms that come to many people’s mind,s and...
A Few Things I Learned From my First Real Job
What did you learn from YOUR first job? Follow The Home Depot Careers on Twitter @homedepotcareer and use the hashtag #FirstRealJob for a chance to win to a $100 Home Depot gift card. Enter to...
Career Confession: I’m underpaid.
Dear world, I am an underpaid employee. I don’t like it. I have to suck it up. Sincerely, Poorest Meghan Yep. I said it. I work way too hard for the teeny paycheck I...
Why Everyone Needs Some “Me Time”
I’m not an anti-social person. I thoroughly enjoy my time spent with friends, family, coworkers, etc. I could never survive life as a hermit in the woods with no communication to the outside world....
What Would Your Career Makeover Look Like?
Meet “Christina.” She is 23, majored in Marketing and is 6 months into her first job as an Account Executive. When she interviewed, she was under the impression that she would be doing brand...
How to Ace a Phone Interview
You’ve finally decided that you’re ready for the next step in your professional career. You’ve been searching job boards and applying to jobs that sound interesting to you. Finally, a note back from an...
Surviving Graduate School
Deciding to go back to school is a big decision and what makes it more complicated is that there is never a perfect time. For me personally going back shortly after completing my undergraduate...
Career Confession: I didn’t learn this in college!
I’m one of the few people in my generation who has a career that directly correlates to what I studied in college. I still keep in touch with several of my professors and thank...