Lauren Marinigh

Building Your Personal Brand

By Lauren | August 16, 2023 | 0 Comment

Your personal brand can be the entry way to several new and exciting opportunities professionally and personally. Taking time to build your own personal brand is a long-term commitment but one that will help accelerate your career into the right direction. About a year ago I started to focus more on my personal brand. I […]

Tips on Networking for Introverts

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Networking can be intimidating. You grow up your entire life being told to not talk to strangers, and now suddenly that you’re an adult they encourage you to talk to strangers for career development? In an age where most of us are used to connecting through email and online, face-to-face conversations with strangers don’t come […]

What I Wish They Told Me (And Didn’t Tell Me) About Being Laid Off

By Lauren | November 25, 2020 | 0 Comment

What I wish they told me when I was laid off

Nothing really in your life prepares you for losing your job. Back in 2018, I was completely shocked when my employer at the time laid me off (along with hundreds of others). Not only had they just confirmed our jobs were safe a day before, but I never really had a plan, or thought about […]

A Guide to Being Laid Off

By Lauren | August 12, 2018 | 0 Comment

If you’ve been following me over most of 2018, you’ll know that in February of this year I was laid off from my job working as an Account Manager at an online publisher, Diply. My career has always been one of the most important aspects of my life, and being laid off completely shocked me […]

The Layoff: Two Months In

By Lauren | April 13, 2018 | 0 Comment

Two months ago I was laid off from my job due to changes Facebook made to their algorithm, and my job heavily being impacted by those changes. Two months ago I stopped having a regular 9-5, stability, and a job that I loved going to every day. It’s seriously hard to believe that it’s already […]

Getting Personal on Being Laid Off

By Lauren | March 11, 2018 | 4 Comment

I’ve been trying to figure out a way to write this for a few weeks now. A way that I could put down on paper what’s been running through my head. Do you ever feel like you have so much to say but yet you just can’t say it? That’s basically how I’ve felt about […]

Building a Winning Resume as a Recent Grad

By Lauren | November 6, 2017 | 1 Comment

Writing your resume as a new graduate can be challenging. Your resume that you had to get part-time jobs as a student, aren’t really going to stand out when applying for a career. However, you’re probably thinking that you have nothing else you can add to your resume, which isn’t the case. Most new graduates […]

Ten Things on Your Resume You Need to Remove

By Lauren | August 28, 2017 | 0 Comment

Writing a resume can be a daunting task for many people. It’s probably one of the most important documents you’ll have throughout your life, yet I’m still surprised at how many people have not figured out how to write one. With the wide array of resources and templates available online today, there’s no reason you […]

Tips for Staying Organized

By Lauren | March 20, 2017 | 0 Comment

Growing up I was a busy kid. I danced competitively for over ten years and on top of that, attended school, had a part-time job and all those other things that come along with being a kid. I missed out on parties because I was busy in the dance studio, I didn’t eat dinner at home […]

Networking Tips for Introverts

By Lauren | March 15, 2017 | 0 Comment

I’ve talked about how much I hate networking before. As an introvert, networking is just too uncomfortable for me. However, I obviously see the value in networking as a young professional and when I actually do force myself out of my comfort zone I never regret it. But how do you overcome that initial anxiety of […]