Transitions From College to Work

It was a picture-perfect day two weeks ago for Tufts' Commencement!  Perfect weather!  Perfect timing!  Perfect Goodbyes!   Always a memorable time of happiness and thanks, certainly tears of joy and separation, and always a bit of fear balanced by the excitement of the unknowns for both those graduates who have jobs and more so for those who have not yet landed that perfect mix of work, location and compensation. 

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Real Life Learning from David Meerman Scott this Wednesday!

At the end of every semester, I end with "The 3 Rules of Jack" which focus on life lessons.  Rule #2 is to consistently practice life-long learning in everything that one does.  Maybe that's an advanced degree (60% of my students do this post graduation). Maybe it's an individual work-related course, or perhaps it's pursuing a personal love of painting or sailing, learning another language, or in my wife's case, welding.  After watching two generations of students and many, many generations of friends, those individuals that are the most stimulating, those that have the most fun, and those that live the longest are those who stretch themselves to continuously learn.

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