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Small and Diversify Your Job Search
Job
seekers need to target a diverse range of employers to achieve optimal
success in most markets. Students
often ignore smaller employers and focus on large firms with name
recognition when in actuality some small firms are better positioned
to hire graduates.
Senior
Job Search Strategies
Job search strategies and resources for seniors.
10
Steps to a Successful Career Change
Interested in a new job or career? Follow these ten steps to explore
career options and choose a new career within or outside your current
industry or career field.
11
Rules for Engaging Alumni
The
Alumni Association Board of Directors and Student Alumni Society
(SAS) invite you to connect with alumni to explore your career questions
and/or advance your internship/job search. See their 11 Rules for
Engaging Alumni, and work with Career Services to tap the huge potential
of Skidmore's Career Advisor Network.
How
to Find a Company Worth Working For
Many “top” companies today would likely flunk a spiritual
audit. Hidden behind the endless talk of organizational values,
are profit-driven, high-pressure labor camps trading paychecks --
and diminishing perks – for your soul. All of which means
that uncovering a company's corporate culture is a critical task
for today’s job searcher.
Students
Describe the Benefits of Internships
How do you benefit from taking part in an internship? Here's what
a few of students and recent graduates had to say.
Top
Entry Level Employers
Good news and bad news for upcoming college grads. The good news?
Planned entry level hiring is up slightly for 2006. The bad news?
The hiring results are only marginally better than previoys years.
However, there are also bright spots for entry level hiring revealed
in the survey results.
Using
the Semester Break for Networking
Class projects, papers and exams are finally completed. You're free
to focus on landing that great job after graduation. Semester break
is an ideal time to launch your networking campaign, meeting with
alumni and other advisors who can guide you and share leads.
Sustainable
Careers
Still trying to figure out what you want to do with your life? Consider
a sustainable career.
Where
the Liberal Arts Jobs Are...
Certainly almost any job in business, government, education, communications
or the arts can be considered a liberal arts job depending on the
interests, skills and experiences of the candidate. But most often
students mean - where are the jobs outside of business that would
be suitable for liberal arts graduates. Here's some suggestions
about where you can find those jobs.
Job
Market Alert
Don't panic! This job market is challenging but not impenetrable.
Unemployment for new college graduates is somewhat higher than the
long term average and recruiters will not hire as many graduates
as they did during the boom years. However, there will still be
significant levels of activity and early indications are that hiring
may accelerate during the year.
Examples
Beat Words in Job Interviews
Suggestions from Monster on how to successfully use examples rather
words while interviewing.
Nace
Monthly Article for Students
Articles on job searching, internships, studying abroad and
more.
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