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Make sure you’re doing this in your job search — especially if you’re early-career
It’s time to go full “Love Island” on your job search. That doesn’t mean having future employers surveil your every move in hopes they’ll pick you (yikes). Think of it more like building and leaning on relationships so that a hiring manager might give your job application their vote. That approach is often more effective than expecting your résumé to do the talking for you. “People hire people, they don’t hire paper,” said Andy Chan, who leads Wake Forest’s Office of Personal and Career Development. It’s important to try to ground your interactions with an employer in relationships, he added.
July 16, 2025
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What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values
“To understand the federal government’s true priorities, follow the money. After months of saying his administration is committed to clean air and water for Americans, President Donald Trump has proposed a detailed budget for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 2026. The proposal is more consistent with his administration’s numerous recent actions and announcements that reduce protection for public health and the environment,” writes Wake Forest’s Stan Meiburg.
The article originally appeared in The Conversation.
July 17, 2025
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