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Ron Caruthers's Articles in Career

  • Warning: Students, What You Post On Facebook Could Haunt You!
    So, if you've been working hard to get into college-have busted your rear getting good grades, studied late at night for the SAT, polished and perfected your essay, and prepared for campus interviews-you're not done just yet. Let's talk about how NOT to let a stupid photo or two ruin your chances of getting in….or worse.
  • Lose Your Parents for Your College Interviews
    You definitely shouldn't let your parents try to accompany you into the interview. In fact, it's better to keep them out of the building altogether. Parents can only hurt; they never help.
  • Interviewing for College in Style
    When preparing for your college interview, take the time to be presentable. Follow these tips to give a good first impression.
  • Ideas to Make the College Admission Process Easier
    College application season is upon us again. If you are a high school senior, or the parent of a high school senior, you need to know how to make the admission process yeild the results you want. These are a few tips I would recommend.
  • How to Be Prepared for Your First College Interview
    Being prepared for the interview is your best bet that it will go well. Follow this advice from the nation's leading college planner.
  • Does Your Child Have a Bad Case of Senioritis (aka the Senior Slump)?
    This is the time of year that some kids really begin to slack off. If you are applying to any sort of competitive school, meaning pretty much anything other than a community college, they WILL be looking at what classes you are taking your senior year.
  • Could Your Internship Lead To A $2.2 Million A Year Salary?
    I'd like to highlight a real life success story from someone who followed the exact same steps that I encourage all of my students to follow, and it will give him a $2,200,000 a year salary for the next five years.
  • 7 Tips to Make the Most of Your College Visits
    If you are even thinking about going to college in the next few years, visiting your potential colleges is one of the most important steps that you can take.
  • 29 Tips For Aceing The SAT
    I thought I'd give you some of my tips and suggestions for acing the SAT. Yeah, I know that some of them are obvious, but I've got to include them all in case they're NOT obvious to other people.
  • 10 Job Search Mistakes for College Students (and Others) to Avoid
    Well, you've spent tens of thousands of dollars on your student's education, and now they're ready to head out into the real world, but there's one course they don't seem to teach in college: 'How to Land a Real Job in the Real World,' so students often make a number of mistakes that slow their progress down and make it harder for them to find employment than it has to be.