Now that you’re job searching, the college application process is probably long forgotten. There are some similarities in the processes, but applying to college is much more structured and standardized than applying for a job. Structure and standardization doesn’t mean easy. Applying to college can be daunting for even the most well groomed students who have had access to best tutors, college counselors, and coaches that money can buy. Talented students who come from low-income families face the same challenges, but they often face them alone without the guidance of people who have been through the process before. The Quest Scholars Program offers two programs, QuestLeadership and QuestBridge, to help high-achievieng, underserved students get into in some of the country’s top colleges and universities. Continue reading about Quest Scholars Program…
The July after I graduated from high school, I went on a weeklong church missions trip to Washington, DC. During the trip we interacted with two distinct groups of kids. There were the “street kids” - the kids who lived in the area of the church we were staying. They were fun to be with, but you could tell that they were headed for trouble. Living completely unsupervised lives, these kids would ring the doorbell of the church in the middle of the night, use language that most adults would be embarrassed to use, and often grope the girls - not a good sign of things to come for a 4 or 5 year old kid. The second group of kids were the kids we worked with in a nursery school program. They were some of the sweetest, most polite kids that I’ve ever met. It seemed obvious that the free nursery school program for these kids was working. Still, these children faced an uncertain future. As we were leaving the school to go to a local pool to teach the kids how to swim, many of the children said what’s up to a guy standing on the street corner. I thought it was nice that there was such a sense of community for these kids, until one of the teachers told me that this guy happened to be a crack dealer. Despite this startling fact, it still seemed that these kids were headed on the right track. I don’t remember the name of the nursery school program that I worked with, but Bright Beginnings appears to be doing similar work to help provide better futures for impoverished children in the DC area. Continue reading about Bright Beginnings…
Today, I saw on Twitter that recruiting Blogger and HR SEO extraordinaire, Joel Cheesman, is looking to add a journalist to the Cheezhead team. Yes, we’ve found a new job searching tool here at One Day, One Job. It’s not the most practical thing for college students to use, but we’ve already found a few internships and entry-level job opportunities in a week of use. In case you don’t know, Twitter is a social networking site / time waster that is best explained to college students as a combination of Facebook’s status updates and walls. All messages have to be 140 characters or less, and there’s not much more to it. Finally, the networking part of social networking is paying off! If you use Twitter, you can follow me here. Continue reading about Cheezhead…
Gorilla Nation, no that’s not the same as Red Sox nation. It’s actually an online advertising sales representation company. Through partnerships with web publishers, Gorilla Nation manages to reach approximately 35% of the web audience. That’s 60 million unique visitors each month looking at ads on Gorilla Nation partner sites.
Web publishers need to make money. Ads may be annoying, but they are the reason you don’t have to pay to sit and watch YouTube videos for 3 hours. Internet advertising isn’t going anywhere, so why not learn to enjoy it? Gorilla Nation takes responsibility for a site’s entire ad inventory. They customize ad campaigns for their publishers, as well as developing unique sponsorship opportunities. Some of Gorilla Nation’s top clients include: Teen Hollywood, Pink is the New Blog, MovieWeb, JoBlo, Marvel, FHM Online, Playboy, HipHopDX, She Knows, Cooks.com, The Huffington Post, and Style Hive. Gorilla Nation’s customized approach allows publishers to make the most of their traffic, but it also provides much more interesting advertising to end users. This also works out well for advertisers, who get more impact from their media buys. Continue reading about Gorilla Nation Media…
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