Over the past few months, select FolioFLY student members had the opportunity to work on an incredible real world publishing initiative. Those members were selected to write for an important promotional book for the hotel industry, and not only enjoyed a first class resume builder, but also learned some important business etiquettes along the way.
And even though it’s sometimes difficult to learn from someone else’s experiences, I thought I’d share a few of the lessons this particular group of students found eye-opening – something that you just can’t learn in …

 A parent recently told me her son’s teacher refused to let him submit a project in a different format that was more interesting to him, because “she doesn’t teach that way”. The high schooler asked if he could do the same project to achieve the same lesson objective, but through a creative writing instead, since this is where his interest lies. The student’s mother contacted the teacher who confirmed her son’s story – she would NOT consider any other project format for any of her lessons.
So the mother contacted the …

 According to writer Alex Neville from the latest issue of the Johns hopkins Newsletter, “Students graduating from college this year (2009) may find obtaining employment in an oversaturated job market to be extremely difficult.

Companies that responded to a 2009 National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Job Outlook survey expect to hire 22 percent fewer college graduates from this year’s graduating class than in 2008.”
This statistic is important because even though the economy is in a questionable state, there’s actions students and new grads can take to build their resumes …