By Amber Alarid, [Joining Vision and Action] This week, I am continuing to share career advice from myself and my fellow JVAers that we feel is most useful to young professionals. This is the advice we have received and cherish, the advice we wish we would have heard sooner and/or the advice we give to [...]
By Amber Alarid, [Joining Vision and Action] If you’re ready to shake off the old and bring in a new season, then start with this week’s spring cleaning tips. From propelling your career forward, to raising money for your favorite charity, spring cleaning can have a number of benefits to young professionals and the community. [...]
By Amber Alarid, [Joining Vision and Action] The holiday season is upon us and whether it be in celebration of Hanukah, New Year’s or Festivus (thanks, Seinfeld), the holiday party invitations will be rolling in. While we all know that the company holiday party is not the place to let your hair completely down, there [...]
By Amber Alarid, [Joining Vision and Action] The holiday season is upon us and as you already know, there are numerous opportunities to give. With a long list of friends and family for whom you must buy gifts and a range of worthwhile causes to which to donate, the list of financial obligations during the [...]
By Katy Snyder, [Joining Vision and Action] In the last week or so, a firestorm has been brewing over the validity of some of the stories in Greg Mortenson’s books, Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools, and the financial practices of his organization, the Central Asia Institute (CAI), which builds schools in Afghanistan [...]
by Collin Lessing, Joining Vision and Action Today the staff at JVA is joining people around the country in wearing purple clothing as part of a movement to raise awareness for the bullying-related suicides that have taken place in recent weeks. The loss of these youth following bullying related to sexual identity has broken our [...]
Jackie Vanderburg, Aaron Holland-Plum, Jeffrey Smith, Thomas Fristad and Emily Stanley at JVA’s Intern Going Away Party By Jackie Vanderburg, [Joining Vision and Action] Intern Supervisor With the summer coming to a quick end and schools getting ready to reopen, [Joining Vision and Action] is sad to say goodbye to one of [...]
by Ashley Kasprzak, JVA Consulting I recently heard the story of actor Andrew Koenig’s death in Canada and I thought, “Whoa, that story is uncomfortably too familiar!” Next, I realized that my brow was furrowed, jaw clenched and I was trying to calm myself with great big sighs. My father, a very wonderful dad and [...]
