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"Matthew Brink, Career Services Center director, said he stresses to students the importance of networking with professionals and potential employers before they graduate. "Stick to a very steady dose of networking," Brink said. "Get in touch with a very high quality contact who can open doors and can introduce you to other folks and their network that can lead you to opportunities.""

Unfortunately, this advice comes in as students are actually graduating...

Will we be a country of high-volume and low quality? Or can we become an economy of quality and price premium? Whether it's drinking, buying computers or choosing what industrial policy to support, we are in the process of answering those questions.

"Losse eventually reactivated her Facebook account. Rejecting it altogether felt, to her, extreme. But she approached it this time with a new wariness, not as a place to make and maintain friendships but one where a new author could cultivate a public image. Along the way Losse has found a point of balance, a mix of technological connection and disconnection that, for now, suits her. "You can't get away from it. It's everything. It's everywhere," Losse said. "The moment we're in now is about trying to deal with all this technology rather than rejecting it, because obviously we can't reject it entirely. "

I found this article on Facebook quite interesting. It makes you think about how much personal versus professional you want out there!