10 Business Careers You Should Know

Read Time: 7 minutes At A Glance You don’t have to become a CEO or start a company to build a career in business. The same career can exist across fashion, music, sports, healthcare, tech, and more. Choosing a path means finding both the work and the industry that interest you. At its core, business… Read More

10 Engineering Careers You Should Know

Read Time: 6 minutes At A Glance Engineering careers can involve designing machines, infrastructure, medical technology, environmental solutions, and much more. The major branches of engineering solve very different kinds of problems, and many overlap with one another. Knowing what different engineers actually do can help you figure out which parts of the field you… Read More

10 Medicine & Health Careers You Should Know

Read Time: 6 minutes At A Glance There’s no single way to build a career in medicine and health science. Medicine includes many different careers beyond becoming a doctor. Understanding the major paths can help you make sense of a much bigger field. You already know you’re interested in medicine and health. Now it helps… Read More

Could Your Creative Interest Become a Career?

Read Time: 5 minutes At A Glance Creative interests can lead to highly specialized careers you may not know exist yet. Professional creative work combines artistic judgment with skills you can learn and develop. Hands-on experiences can help you build new skills and discover which parts of creative work you actually enjoy doing. Studio Ghibli… Read More

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Is Business the Right Career Path for You?

Read Time: 5 minutes At A Glance Your fit may have less to do with a “business personality” and more to do with the problems you naturally want to solve. Business careers can involve marketing, finance, operations, management, entrepreneurship, and much more. Testing those interests through real projects and career exploration can help you narrow… Read More

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Is a Career in Law Right for Me?

Read Time: 5 minutes At A Glance Legal careers involve far more research, writing, analysis, and preparation than courtroom arguments. The work you enjoy can tell you more about your fit for law than whether you match a particular “lawyer personality.” Exploring the work behind an argument can help you decide whether law deserves a… Read More

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Erika Lecaj

I loved the NSLC so much. I can’t imagine a better experience.

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Is Medicine the Right Career for Me?

Read Time: 4 minutes At A Glance There isn’t one personality type that makes someone a good fit for medicine. Strong science skills matter, but so do communication, teamwork, and adaptability. Hands-on experience can show you which parts of medicine actually interest you. Whether you’ve been watching The Pitt, asking your biology teacher a long… Read More

NSLC Becomes First Pre-College Program to Earn MESH(+) Seal for Student Well-Being

Recognition establishes National Student Leadership Conference at the forefront of student well-being and holistic youth development CHICAGO, IL — The National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) has been awarded the MESH(+) Seal by the Alliance for Camp Health, becoming the first pre-college, on-campus program in the United States to earn the distinction. The MESH(+) Seal recognizes… Read More