Between time on the beach and late afternoon barbecues, make sure you take some time to invest in your career this summer. 1) Pursue an internship or part-time summer job related to your career. It’s not too late to secure a position directly related to your career. Contact USF Career Services for additional assistance. 2) Speak… [Read more…]
May 22, 2012
Introduce yourself. Networking will be the least awkward during your first week on the job. Collect everyone’s business card or make notes in your copy of the employer directory to remember the topics of discussion or personal connections you made with each colleague. Take advantage of corporate events, break areas and service opportunities. This will… [Read more…]
May 17, 2012
Here’s to you 2012 graduates! May you be outrageously happy in your career.
May 10, 2012
Whatever your goals are in college, they should include academic excellence. If you aren’t pursuing a high grade point average, it might catch-up with you. Due to the high volume of applications that they receive, it is not surprising that more employers are using GPA to screen candidates. In fact, more than three out of… [Read more…]
May 7, 2012
Across the nation, college students are busy doing the dishes, walking their gold fish and reorganizing their sock drawer. This procrastination can mean only one thing: final exams are here. Use the following techniques to reduce your stress and survive the end-of-the-semester insanity. Create a game plan. Be proactive. Let your stress motivate you to… [Read more…]
May 3, 2012
How do you define and measure the success ofa life? It means many different things to many different people. Here’s how one manager defines it. All joking aside, the question remains. How do you define success and how will you know if you achieved it? If you do not examine the question, you may by… [Read more…]
May 1, 2012
Behavioral based interviews are increasingly common in the recruitment field. This interview style requires you to describe your past performance under the assumption that it will predict your future behavior. The following questions are a few examples: Give me an example of when you had several projects all due at once. How did you handle… [Read more…]
April 30, 2012
The Office of Personnel Management has published the following document OF-510 Applying for a Federal Job that outlines the information that is required in your application or resume in addition to the information requested in a vacancy announcement. JOB INFORMATION Announcement number, and title and grade(s) of the job you are applying for. PERSONAL INFORMATION… [Read more…]
April 26, 2012
Reality: The list of courses offered to fulfill general education requirements at most universities is extensive, but usually not every course on the list can be used in every major. For instance, although students in some majors may select any course from the general education science category, students in other majors, such as elementary education… [Read more…]
April 23, 2012
Can you remember the information you read the last time you closed one of your textbooks? If not, give the SQ3R technique a try. This strategy was first developed by Francis Pleasant Robinson in his 1946 book Effective Study. 1. Survey – Begin by seeing the big picture and the framework you need to organize the information. Read… [Read more…]
May 24, 2012
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