When Kendall Herbst switched from working as a Conde Nast fashion editor to getting her MBA at MIT, she found she had a lot less time to think about what she was going to wear (a feeling we know all too well!). But Kendall still wanted to feel fashionable. So, Kendall combined her fashion and…
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Kate White
Go big or go home. It wasn’t just the career secret that led former Cosmopolitan Magazine Editor-in-Chief Kate White to write her oh-so-gutsy cover lines. It was the secret that put the magazine squarely in the No. 1 spot in the world, and catapulted her career. Kate shares this secret — and more — in detail in…
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Jayme Moye
A bicycle changed Jayme Moye’s career. The Boulder, Colo. resident had spent 10 years in the tech sector, using her degree in business management and information systems to work with a large accounting firm. It wasn’t her passion, but it paid the bills. Then Jayme joined a women’s cycling team and started racing. As the…
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Devin Tomb
Shortly after graduating from Penn State this spring, Devin Tomb received the kind of job offer most of us only dream of — editorial assistant at Glamour magazine. She accepted the job and in June began working for the women’s glossy. In her job she gets to do things like pitch articles, answer reader mail,…
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Carol Schmidt
Meet Carol Schmidt, editor-in-chief of Mountains and Minds, Montana State University’s magazine. Carol also serves as the assistant director of the MSU News Service. In her job she gets to conceptualize the magazine from start to finish. This means she can shape stories and watch them come to life on paper, which she will tell…
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Maghan McDowell
Not only is Maghan McDowell one of the most fashionable girls around, but she’s pursued her dream of working in the magazine industry without abandon. During college she freelanced for more than six publications, including Business Week and COED. And did I mention she had five internships by the time she graduated? Let’s just say…