Posts by Pittsburgh Young Professionals
5 Places to Wine Down in Downtown Pittsburgh: Happy Hour Edition
If you’re looking for a perfect way to end your workday, there’s nothing better than drink specials to quench your thirst, discounted appetizers to hold you until dinner and catching up with your friends or co-workers over happy hour! Pittsburgh has some of the best happy hour spots but with friends living all over the city…
Read MoreTraveling While Living Your Best Professional Life: Travel Tips from Kelvin Isom
One of the questions I get most often is, “how to save money for traveling as a young professional?” Before I started traveling, I too thought of travel as a once a year treat – something that was too expensive to enjoy more often. I understand how it could It seemed crazy that someone could…
Read MoreThe Top Podcasts for the Busy Young Professional
Let’s be honest. Between building a career, establishing a professional network, and maintaining a daily routine that challenges even the best schedulers, the life of a young professional hardly leaves time to rest; let alone read a 200 to 300-page book. So, what is an eager to learn young professional to do? Listen to a…
Read MoreGet Involved in Your Community!
As we enter into the month of April we start to slowly come out of our winter hibernation. We dream of warmer weather and signs of life start to return back to the area – birds chirping, flowers blooming, and the trees beginning to bring back that lovely green we have missed for months. …
Read More5 Ways to Be More Productive When Working From Home
In today’s work culture, more businesses are turning toward remote work and allowing their employees to work from home offices. This shift towards remote workers has increased employee satisfaction, freed up office space, and studies have shown that remote workers are more productive than office-based employees. One reason for this uptick in productivity is because…
Read MoreHow to Get the Most Out of Your PYP Membership
My one-year annual contract with Pittsburgh Young Professionals (PYP) is just about up. It’s made me think about the benefits of membership and if I should register for another year. Being a part of PYP has certainly been worth my time. But I also think it’s an organization where you get out of it what…
Read MorePYP Announces their new member benefit: The Small Business Scholarship
Pittsburgh Young Professionals is proud to announce the Small Business Sponsorship. This unique sponsorship was created to provide our members working for small companies and startups the opportunity to raise awareness of their brand across the Pittsburgh Young Professional’s Network. The Small Business selected to receive the award will receive the following items for 2018: Company’s…
Read MoreHow old is too old?
Reese Witherspoon regrammed a post from @therosepepper. The post is a picture of a sign saying “I’m 2 old 2 wonder if Kiki loves me. I’m still trying to find out if Annie’s ok.” I died laughing, then found myself aimlessly browsing through the comments where the hilarious @jmollard says, “still trying to convince ms…
Read MoreNetworking Is a Dirty Word
The word networking has a bad reputation, and I think most of us can understand why. If you’ve attended more than a dozen networking events, you’ve probably experienced what I call the “on-site seller.” Picture this… You walk into a swanky new downtown restaurant with the hopes of making meaningful connections. You sign in, receive…
Read More5 Ways Young Professionals Can Make Their Resumes Stand Out
As we seek jobs and pursue careers, showing attention to detail can make or break an opportunity at a job. A poorly-executed resume can be a hindrance in the application process. But a well-formatted resume that is crafted to the job description at hand? That can be enough to get your foot in the door.…
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