Pathfinders

There's the old adage, it's not what you know, it's who you know.  Many times, that phrase has been uttered by those that have attained positions, wealth or fame through a relationship – and simultaneously grumbled by those that did not.  Yes, sometimes it takes a helping hand to get where you are going and […]

So you're looking for a job – well have I got a great piece of advice for you.  There are people out there that are actively looking for people like you to fill jobs at their company or at a host of companies.  And it doesn't matter if you want to go into technology, infrastructure […]

There is no greater institutionalized tool an undergraduate student can use on a college campus in trying to figure out life after school than the Career Services office.  It's there that students get help on figuring out an initial life path to forming a resume and setting up internships and networking opportunities that will give […]

As working adults, all of us have a great degree of understanding and experience on things with which we are familiar.  A lot of that experience happens to be focused on our jobs and our hobbies.  In those areas, we can offer solid advice and counsel to our children and younger adults that are walking […]

Welcome to our new podcast, Pathfinders – all about helping parents, teachers, guidance counselors and anyone interested in aiding young people with the question of what to do with your professional life after school (at any level) is over. Take a listen to the introduction from our founder, Bill Priestley, and subscribe to the podcast […]

Nestled in the Sandhills of North Carolina is a not small yet not large university.  It’s not young as it started over 130 years ago but it’s not old in terms of its facilities.  It’s certainly out of town surrounded by farms and open pastureland, but not too far, just 45 minutes south of Raleigh.  […]

For parents, the task of helping a son or daughter find a path in life is difficult in and of itself.  For some parents, that task is made monumentally tougher when the child is demonstrably more difficult to deal with.  Rebellious teens are no stranger to the developing family, but teens that take it upon […]

In the traditional education landscape, it is not uncommon for a student to take general education requirements and then move onto more specialized courses where they can exert a bit more autonomy and freedom on the content. In this model, students are given task after task to overcome in the pursuit of meeting all of […]

It’s often been said that when a person looks back over the course of a long life, the regrets they feel are not from things that they have done, but things they didn’t do.  Often times, that comes from not taking a chance early in life and doing something well off of the norm of […]

When thinking about life purpose in terms of our children, many parents like to dream big – believing that our sons and daughters can one day change the world for the better. Those emotions have fueled a lot of the great changes and progress the world has seen over the last 30 years as young […]

There is no greater institutionalized tool an undergraduate student can use on a college campus in trying to figure out life after school than the Career Services office.  It’s there that students get help on figuring out an initial life path to forming a resume and setting up internships and networking opportunities that will give […]

As working adults, all of us have a great degree of understanding and experience on things with which we are familiar.  A lot of that experience happens to be focused on our jobs and our hobbies.  In those areas, we can offer solid advice and counsel to our children and younger adults that are walking […]