I have anxiety. And not the kind you get when employee reviews come around either. I’m talking about clinically-diagnosed, heart-palpitating, mind-numbing anxiety. It sucks. But I’ve learned to live with it. The reason I’m sharing this is because the transition into adulthood is hard enough without having (...)

Like many members of Generation Y, my first entry-level job put me in a place I didn’t want to be – a cubicle. When I left the corporate world and got involved with Brazen Careerist, everything changed. For the past six months I’ve experienced the ups and downs of (...)

College campuses are becoming a fertile breeding ground for up-and-coming business owners. A recent study by The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor shows that 18- to 24-year-olds in the United States are starting businesses at a faster rate than 35- to 44-year-olds. Now is your prime time to consider opening up that tattoo parlor, bed and breakfast, or wilderness expedition center you've dreamed about.

Most of us end up hating our entry-level jobs. But I sometimes wonder, is it really the job that we hate or something else? It was only a year ago when I first stepped into the corporate world. Like any optimistic twentysomething, I walked into my first day and (...)

Maybe you enjoy working the long hours. Yes, staying late to work on a deadline project or to finish the twenty things on your task list probably makes you feel a bit nobler than your cubicle-mate (who jets out the door as soon as that wall clock strikes 5 p.m.). There’s (...)