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Many universities will ask if you have
participated in activities outside of school. Warning: Church and
ethnic organizations typically do not count. If you teach Sunday
school or volunteered at the Polish festival, good for you–but this
information does not belong on a college application. Colleges are
looking for secular (non-religious) and inclusive (not ethnic)
activities. To fulfill this college-entrance requirement, try
volunteering as a reading tutor at your local library, or working as
a candy-striper at a nearby hospital. |
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Is there another reasons to join "outside"
groups? Yes...networking. |
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For some reason, "networking" is a dirty
word among many high school and college students. When many
people think of networking, they imagine people in business suits
"using" people. |
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In a way, networking is about "using"
people. But this doesn't make it bad. First of all,
networking works both ways. That is, people use each other in
ways that benefit them both. Everybody wins. |
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Say that Sasha is a musician, and once she
gets to college she will be majoring in...of course...music.
Sasha gets along well with the music teacher at her school.
She mentions that she needs a job. The teacher tells Sasha
that her friend manages a local music venue, and tells Sasha to send
the venue a resume, and that the teacher will call her friend.
Sasha sends in her resume, the teacher calls her friend, and within
a few weeks, Sasha is working at the venue. The teacher's
friend now has a good employee. The teacher is happy because
the teacher is helping a student to fulfill her dreams in the
teacher's favorite subject. The student is happy because she
has a job she really likes. |
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It doesn't end there! Now that Sasha
has a job at the venue, she can help her friends' bands play gigs
there, and can even help other friends get jobs at the venue.
If Sasha is smart, she will continue meeting new people through her
job. When she graduates, her new work skills, along with her
networking contacts, could help her get her dream job. |
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Remember:
Networking is not just about handing out business cards and
harassing people for jobs. Networking is about forming
friendly professional relationships with people in your chosen
field. They can help you, and you can help them.
Everybody wins.
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