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When applying for a position, you might be required to take an online assessment as part of the pre-selection process. More and more employers are using assessments as a cost-effective method for predicting which job candidates would be a good... Read More
For college students, it is just not your professor or your supervisor who can give you constructive feedback to grow and improve. You, too, can give constructive feedback to fellow students working together on team projects, work colleagues, and even... Read More
The work we do through FirstGen Ahead is needed more than ever. A newly released report from the Boston Foundation estimates a 60% gap between the current capacity to offer career development services to low-income college students and the projected... Read More
Education and mentorship have played foundational roles in Viola Morse’s life and career trajectory. Her family moved to the U.S. when she was a child to rejoin family that had been disrupted due to World War II. Viola and her... Read More
By Sebastien Cayo, Junior, Case Western Reserve University Networking and learning are continuing themes for our FirstGen Ahead cohort. At our January peer meeting, which was facilitated by Mariane St. Juste (a member of the first FirstGen Ahead cohort and... Read More