29 Life-Saving Tips They Didn’t Teach You At College Orientation 

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Anna BorgesBuzzFeed Staff

Campus life can be stressful sometimes. Here’s how to look after your mental health the right way. We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community and a few mental health experts to share the best ways to take care of yourself in college.

Whether you’re dealing with issues like depression or anxiety or just want to protect yourself against the overwhelming thing that is college life, here is everything you need to know about taking care of your mental health on campus.

And quick heads-up: These tips are great places to start thinking about and taking care of your mental health. But they are by no means an all-encompassing guide to handling depression, anxiety, or other disorders in college. We’ll be tackling each of those in more detail in the future and will update this post with the links when they’re up.

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4 Reasons Why Networking is Difficult, and Solutions for Making it Easier

BOB MCINTOSH  |  July 21, 2016 

It never fails: When I mention that networking is the most effective way to look for work, my workshop attendees’ faces go blank. Their eyes are suddenly glued to the tables. Their bodies slump back in their chairs.

In other words: They don’t like hearing what I have to say. But the fact remains that networking is the most effective way to find a job, and it’s how you get referred for a job that isn’t advertised.

So why do my workshop attendees see networking as a painful act? What’s with the resistance?

Check out these four reasons networking is difficult and how to make it easier!