By: Lashauna Harris Salary can be a touchy subject to deal with in your job search. There is somewhat of a stigma associated with simply discussing it. What type of salary can you expect? Well, that seems to have become a forbidden question these days, but it really shouldn’t be. Dealing with this detail of [...]
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Dealing with Salary Expectations
Posted by uncccareer on April 18, 2012
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Reconnect with your Long Lost Network
By Kate Grove So, it’s the middle of the semester, you’re either about to graduate or you’re counting the days until summer vacation and you need a job or an internship, fast! You’ve lost touch with your old contacts because the semester has been crazy and you haven’t really had time to keep in touch. [...]
Posted by uncccareer on April 5, 2012
http://uncccareer.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/reconnect-with-your-long-lost-network/
How to Prepare for Any Interview – The Top (and the Only) Three Questions You Need to Know!
By Anna Salas In preparing for upcoming interviews, you may feel overwhelmed by the possibility of being asked any of a number of hundreds of interview questions that recruiters have asked potential employees in the past. “Describe a situation where you had to talk to someone or a group who was causing a problem” or [...]
Posted by uncccareer on March 12, 2012
http://uncccareer.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/how-to-prepare-for-any-interview-the-top-and-the-only-three-questions-you-need-to-know/
My Objections about Objectives!
- by Mercedes Fiorillo Most students do not understand what an objective is. An objective is a tool that the resume builder can use to showcase their wants, goals and skills for applying to a certain position. Typically students will understand that part but then create something like this: “Accounting student looking for an internship [...]
Posted by uncccareer on February 21, 2012
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Internships Increase Your Chances of Getting Hired Following Graduation!
By Anna Salas According to a study done by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), 42.3% of graduating seniors who completed an internship received at least one job offer, whereas only 30.7% of graduating seniors without internship experience received an offer. It has also been found that as a result of completing an [...]
Posted by uncccareer on February 6, 2012
http://uncccareer.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/internships-increase-your-chances-of-getting-hired-following-graduation/
Wake Up! It’s Mock Interview Time!
With Mock Interview day approaching, I thought it would beneficial to write about interviewing. Then I realized that if you are reading this, you are probably reading lots of articles about interviewing-making another article about interviewing redundant. So, I thought it might be useful to tell you why I believe in mock interviewing- from a [...]
Posted by uncccareer on January 20, 2012
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Some Productive Ways to spend part of your Holiday Break
By: LaShauna Harris Seasonal Employment/ Mini Internships During break everyone will be out and about doing their holiday shopping and taking vacation time to spend with family. This is the perfect time for you to step in and pick up the slack. Nearly every retailer has begun hiring seasonal workers to support an increase [...]
Posted by uncccareer on November 16, 2011
http://uncccareer.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/some-productive-ways-to-spend-part-of-your-holiday-break/
From Facebook to Fully Employed
By Kate Grove, PCA In December 2009 The Nielson Company conducted a survey to find out how much time the average person spends on social media/social networking sites. The results were shocking. They found that the average person, globally, spends up to 5.5 hours on a social media site every day. The average American spends [...]
Posted by uncccareer on November 7, 2011
http://uncccareer.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/from-facebook-to-fully-employed/
Placing Values in Your Job Search
By: LaShauna Harris Did you know that finding the right job starts with finding yourself? With the economy in its current state the priority in our job search has dwindled down to just securing a decent income. There is not as much concern about finding a job that is major related, with growth opportunity, or [...]
Posted by uncccareer on October 25, 2011
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