The First Real Job Blog welcomes submissions of story ideas, guest blogs and and bylined articles that serve our purpose of supporting and inspiring the next generation of leaders. Our blog is dedicated to college students and recent graduates and all submissions must provide useful information to help early career professionals in their quest to land a job and/or thrive as they grow their career.
Share your experience and expertise with our community! Please see the First Real Job Blog Submission Guidelines below.
Content
Our Blog focuses on four key areas that are crucial to our community of ambitious students and early career professionals who are looking to build a career. We welcome guest writers who are professionals as well as students and recent graduates who can share the challenges they have faced and what has worked for them. Additionally, while our blog focuses on providing practical guidance and valuable resources (No fluff!) our community is comprised of busy, ambitous, up and coming leaders. Most importantly, they are HUMANS, so don’t be afraid to have some fun with your writing, and while we embrace technology we are looking for human experts and experiences, not purely AI generated content!
- Land it : Strategies for finding and securing that first job, from resume tips to interview prep.
- Launch it: Guidance on starting strong in your new role, making first impressions, and setting up for success.
- Love it: Tips for helping early career professionals to find joy in work and passion for their career.
- Leverage it: Advice to support career growth and opportunities
Length and Format
- For readability and accessibility purposes, we ask that submissions are between 500 and 950 words in length. Each submission should include an introduction that is 2 paragraphs.
- Please submit your post as a Word document (.doc, .docx) or a link to a Google document.
- We encourage you to include 1-2 high-quality images/photos (JPEG/PNG) with your submission. These may be ones that you have taken yourself, or that you have the rights to. When submitting, please provide an appropriate caption, with date taken and appropriate credit.
- Keep your title brief, ideally no more than 8 words and/or less than 75 characters. Titles are what grab a reader’s attention. Please ensure that the title clearly communicates the topic and conveys the essence of the piece to the reader.
- Please use hyperlinks in your text to provide resources for follow up sources. We recommend not including more thann 5 links per article.
- All content must be submitted in English.
- We encourage authors to use section headers in bold font to break up the text and guide the reader.
- We ask that all authors include a short biography (100 words max), Please also provide a link to your LinkedIn page and/or professional website, as well as any relevant social media handles (if applicable), where readers can follow up with you for any additional information.
Please submit using the form below or email your submission as a Google Doc or Word document to [email protected]