Five Ways To Support Your College Student’s Career Development This Summer

There is a request I make of the students in my business professional development class at the beginning of every semester: You don’t have to get an internship but promise me you will do something this summer related to career development. We spend the rest of the semester talking about how they can do this.

But as much as I offer my guidance and training as an instructor, career choice is by far the topic that students mention their parents’ influence most often. Because one or both parents...