Career Coaching – Sammy Zellner

October 12, 2020October 4, 2020

6 Do’s and Don’ts of Virtual Meetings

Whether it’s a conference call at work or a video chat with friends, virtual meetings are a part of our daily routines now more than ever before. And, as more and more business are transitioning employees to full-time work from home, virtual meetings are likely here to stay.

There’s definitely a learning curve when it comes to virtual meetings, and with them brings their own challenges. Did you accidentally double mute yourself on the meeting app and your phone? Are so many people talking at once you can’t understand anyone? Did your computer freeze up or your internet cut out?

It can be difficult to navigate these roadblocks that we have not had to face before. Today, I want to share with you my top 6 tips for hosting and attending virtual meetings so that you can rock your next one!

September 14, 2020September 13, 2020

How I Set Up my LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn is definitely one of the top social media platforms out there today. I like to think of it as the “Facebook for professionals” – you can still share posts, join groups, and like pages. However, your LinkedIn profile is most likely going to look a little different than your Facebook profile.

I realized that I haven’t had a thorough comb-through of my LinkedIn profile recently, so I figured I’d go through with you how I set up and updated my LinkedIn profile! Here is how I set up my LinkedIn to get the most visibility.

October 21, 2019October 20, 2019

Top 5 Tips to Transition from College to Your Career

Picture this: you just completed your first day of your first “real job”. Maybe you had a new hire orientation; maybe your boss had you dive straight into your responsibilities. Regardless, it is now 5 PM, and you are heading home for the day!

To me, the greatest part of coming home from my first day of work was the feeling of “I don’t have anything to do until tomorrow.” No homework, no studying. Any extra work I needed to do could wait until I went in the next day. The amount of free time you gain once you start working can be shocking – I know it was for me!

The transition from college to your career is huge. Your schedule changes, your environment changes, and overall your life is overall going to change. It can be easy to let your job take over your life if you don’t give time to your outside of work priorities. So how do you keep your balance in transitioning from college to your career? Here are my top 5 tips to help as you start your first “real job”.