A Career Planning Course for Parents Many college students struggle with deciding on a career path. Parents can help their college students through this process, either by sitting back and being patient or offering advice and encouragement.
A Parents' Guide to Career Development One of the most valuable things parents can do to help a student with career planning is listen: be open to ideas, try to help your student find information and be nonjudgmental. Here are 10 ways you can help.
Freshmen and Sophomores: Ready or Not, Your Career Has Begun Preparing for your son or daughter's career doesn't begin during their senior year in high school. In fact, it has probably already begun! The decisions make and the things they do as a freshman and sophomore greatly impact their ability to reach their career goals.
Hovering Parents Enter Career Air Space Trend watchers have dubbed some mothers and fathers "helicopter parents" because of the way they hover over their childrens' every decision and try to handle life steps instead of allowing their adult children solve the problems.
How Will Your Online Profile Affect Potential Job Offers Your son or daughter’s friends may not be the only ones looking at their MySpace and Facebook site—more than one-quarter of employers responding to a survey have Googled an applicants' name or checked a candidate's social networking site.
