Yearly Archives: 2019

Building social capital with first-generation college students

Posted on October 19, 2019 by zezinez

Originally published in The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, October 2019. Education is the path toward upward mobility. Yet it is education plus social class that may determine the type of job a person is able to get after graduating … Continue reading →

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Preparing first-generation college students for their first career job

Posted on August 7, 2019 by zezinez

Originally published on LinkedIn August 7, 2019. A little-discussed reality is that many recent college graduates are underemployed. French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu called this diploma inflation, the disparity between the educational promise and the opportunities the diploma offers. Roughly 43% of college … Continue reading →

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Bilingual Employees in Demand

Posted on June 19, 2019 by zezinez

Originally published on LinkedIn June 19, 2019. A recent survey by the  American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) found that U.S. employers have an urgent and growing need to hire employees with foreign language skills. Nine out of … Continue reading →

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Employer biases that favor some college students over others

Posted on May 23, 2019 by zezinez

Published originally as a LinkedIn article May 23, 2019. We are all biased; it’s part of our human nature. Unconscious or implicit bias is when we make judgments about people or things. Through socialization, we have adopted stereotypes we believe to … Continue reading →

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Financial illiteracy has consequences for all of us

Posted on April 5, 2019 by zezinez

Published originally as a LinkedIn article April 5, 2019. A 2014 PwC research study on millennials found staggering results regarding personal finances and financial literacy. Only 24% of survey participants demonstrated basic financial knowledge. The majority were concerned with being able to … Continue reading →

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