Here is the US Department of Labor’s list of unemployment rates for metropolitan areas.
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To Those who Hate on Twitter…
What’s with the beef?
Sure, Twitter is one more reason for people to be too absorbed in their Blackberrys and Iphones to have real conversations with you, but here’s the thing. Social media is taking over the world by storm. Jobs are looking for applicants who know how to tweet. They want employees who know what a trending topic is. The U.S., apparently, is attempting to utilize Twitter to engage North Korea in diplomatic negotiations.
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Midd Kids are Special #1
What’s so great about a liberal arts education? Every Midd Kid asks this question especially during their senior year when they see job posts that specifically seek out undergraduate students with a communications or business major. Well Midd Kid, let me answer your question.
WRITING SKILLS. Think about the 2 CW courses that we are required to take in order to graduate. Remember your FYS and how you had to write and rewrite essays during your first months at Midd? What about all those papers you have to write for class? Correct me if I’m wrong but, thinking back on my 24 classes (Chinese included), each class required some sort of writing, and each professor had their own specific writing preferences that Midd Kids had to cater to. Middlebury basically gives you 4 years to seriously hone those writing skills that businesses want!
Don’t believe me? Just ask Dalya F. Massachi from OpportunityKnocks.org.
Massachi wrote: Employers know that writing well will help you succeed in fundraising, marketing/outreach, advocacy, project management, administration, etc. No matter if you’re at the entry level or in senior management, strong writing skills are critical if you want to capture the interest and attention of your constituents and prospective donors. Virtually everyone working in the nonprofit sector has to do some writing at some point. And the better you can do that, the deeper and broader your impact will be. Your organization may produce great work or come up with outstanding ideas, but if you present those achievements or thoughts poorly they will not get very far.
Midd Kid, you are special. There are people out there who want you.
C&S Wholesale Grocers Info Session with Bruce Johnson ’78 TOMORROW
Bruce Johnson ’78, C&S Wholesale Grocers Executive Vice President of Human Resources and is coming to campus tomorrow, Tuesday, October 5 from 5-6 pm in MBH 104. C&S currently has a Business Analyst job opening for graduating seniors, but all students are welcome to come to the event to learn more about the company.
Screening and Q&A with screenplay writer Antonio Macia ’00 TOMORROW
Investment Bank Cover Letter Example
Since a resume always goes hand-in-hand with cover letters…
By Andrea Rice
Your cover letter is your elevator pitch tailored to the specific position and company you’re targeting. They are not always required, but if you plan on sending one, make sure it is concise and highlights key selling points. A poorly worded cover letter can knock you out of being considered.
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5 Ways to Make Your Investment Banking Resume Stand Out
Seniors! Your favorite GottaMentor Andrea Rice has your back once again.
By Andrea Rice
1. Offer proof that you can work under pressure
If you’re looking for a job that allows you to make plans to meet with friends and date during the week, this isn’t it. You can expect to work 12 -20 hours a day week after week with a smile, faked if need be, on your face. To sustain that pace for any period of time requires stamina and an ability to perform in a high-pressure environment.
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Investment Banking vs Consulting vs Marketing
Do you know what you’re getting yourself into? IBanking/Consulting/Marketing. Similar fancy words and yet…they mean totally different things.
By Andrea Rice (GottaMentor)
Within Investment Banking, I’ve worked in both corporate finance and equity research. I also spent several years doing management consulting. I get asked by people looking at consulting, finance, and marketing how they should figure out what`s right for them, so here are my thoughts.
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On-Campus Interview Opportunity for Business Analyst Position – Oct. 27
Eastern College Career Day – Boston
Need to get away? Have an urge to go to Boston on a Friday? Well here is a great way to get off campus seniors!
Eastern College Career Day (ECCD)
You will have the opportunity to interview with Boston/New England employers for jobs in fields like Accounting, Education (certification not required!), Law, Marketing, Sales, Economics Research, Consulting, Banking, Investments, Technology, and Mental Health/Human Services, and more.
When: Friday, November 12, 2010
Where: Bay Back Events Center. Boston, MA
Application Deadline: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 (11:59 pm)
Register and apply at: http://eccdb.experience.com/er/security/login.jsp
Current Best Employers
Bloomsberg Businessweek has a huge list of the current best employers (only 30 are listed in this post but you can find the whole list here.) Guess what seniors! You’re in luck. Scroll through and you will see some familiar names. We have a bunch of alums who are signed up on MiddNet who work at these companies. #20 is coming to campus and #26 already has something up on MOJO!
1. Walt Disney
2. Lockheed Martin
3. Deloitte & Touche
4. Goldman, Sachs
5. Enterprise Rent-A-Car
6. U.S. Dept. of State
7. Raytheon
8. General Electric
9. JP Morgan
10. Abbott Laboratories
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Resumania 2010
It’s that time of year…Resumania is here.
Now that you seniors have all attended the senior meeting and are all super siked to go out and find jobs, let Career Services help you with the first huge step: RESUME. Below, you will find helpful posts to get you started.
Still not sure of what to do? Come to the Adirondack House anytime from 2pm to 5pm for a 15 minute meeting with one of our counselors. 15 minutes is all they need to completely edit and perfect your resumes! This week and this week alone, ALL of our counselors will be on call to help you with your resumes. Today is Wednesday. That means you still have tomorrow and Friday to come in and get your resumes checked.
Maybe, just maybe…if you are really lucky, they may answer your cover letter/short career questions too.
**BONUS: MOJO instruction will be available as well as gift certificate door prizes!
Top 10 Mistakes Midd Kids Make on their Resumes
- TYPOS/Grammar mistakes:
- Even in the SAT’s, the spelling of your name is worth 200 points.
- This may not be an essay, but tense switch from past to present is still frowned upon.
- Not including GPA:
- If it is higher than 3.0, put it in! Otherwise, employer will presume it is lower.
- Data points are essential. Employers like numbers.
- Including too much high school info:
- It has been 4 years. There must be other things to write about.
- Only include it if:
- High school has a high name recognition
- Job/internship is in that local area
- Awesome GPA/leadership experience
- Using weak verbs
- “Worked with” is not as strong as “organized” or “managed”
- Assuming that one resume fits all
- Even if you are applying to jobs in just one specific field, depending on the employer, some experiences are more valuable than others. Continue reading
A Midd Kid Resume
Copy&Paste of a Real Midd Kid Mistake
—–Original Message—–
From: [Midd Kid Employer]
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:30 AM
To: Pidgeon, Becky A.
Subject: FW: Middlebury Resume Submitted
Dear Ms. Pigeon,
The attached cover letter from [Midd Kid] is addressed to the
[some other] Group, not [our company].
I do not know where this mistake originated, but could you please see
that it gets rectified and the letter resubmitted.
We’ll give [Midd Kid] a “Mulligan” on this.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[Midd Kid Employer]
Managing Director
—–Original Message—–
From: bpidgeon@middlebury.edu [mailto:bpidgeon@middlebury.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:14 PM
To: [Midd Kid Employer]
Subject: Middlebury Resume Submitted
Tuesday, March 09, 2010, 08:13 pm
Dear [Midd Kid Employer]:
[Midd Kid] has submitted a resume for you to review. This resume
has been attached and is for the position of [job position].
If you have any questions regarding your job posting, please feel free
to contact Career Services.
Sincerely,
Becky Pidgeon
Middlebury College
Career Services
802.443.2485
bpidgeon@middlebury.edu
Seniors, Let’s Get Started!
Dear Class of 2010.5/2011:
Welcome back to your last semester/year of college. Congratulations for coming this far! If you haven’t noticed by now, Demetri Martin is gracing posters all over the campus with 2 Important Things:
1. Senior Meeting 2011
Monday, September 13
Dana Auditorium
12:30pm, 4:30pm, 6:00pm
**All Seniors must attend ONE session in order to participate in recruiting/MOJO job listings/graduate school listings.
2. Resumania
Tuesday-Friday, September 14-17
Adirondack House
Get your resume ready for action this year!
Bring it in for editing and strategizing.
We can’t wait to see you all at the Senior Meeting!
Love Always,
Career Services
Senior Meeting Video Trailer: Angelo Fu ’10
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Senior Meeting Video Trailer: Matt Lowes ’10
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Best Places to Work for Recent Grads
Experience.com says that the following companies (in alphabetical order) are the best places to work for recent grads.
Establishing Yourself as a Working Professional
In case you missed it, you are SOOOOO LUCKY: we filmed it!
Enjoy the seminar! And, of course, you may send your thank you note to CSO addressed to “THE MOST AWESOME Senior PCA EVER.”
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Bikini check, Banana Hammock check, Business Card…double check.
Summer is ready to hit us in the face, so we have to be prepared!
Summer means:
1. Sunbathing on the beach.
2. Lemonade stands on every corner.
3. Refreshing Sprite commercials.
4. Big, bright polka dots all over dresses, accessories, and tops.
5. BUSINESS
Dear Class of 2010,
It has been a pleasure writing to you all. I hope that this blog, dedicated to helping you with your job search process, senior life, etc., has at least entertained you, if not helped you this year. Now it is time to bid you adieu with your last piece of advice. (Don’t cry! I’ll see you on the booze cruise.)
Dear Class of 2010.5, 2011,
GET YOUR GAME FACE ON! We are starting things a bit early around here because…GUESS WHAT?!…the seniors (yes the CLASS OF 2010) advise you to do so. So, consider this your first bit of advice.
MAKE A BUSINESS CARD FOR YOURSELF!
Don’t miss an opportunity to network this summer. There were so many times in the past when I’d look over at the USC Marshall School of Business student exchanging business cards and becoming chummy with the person I WANTED TO CONNECT TO thinking, “WHERE DO I GET A PEN AROUND HERE?!” When I got the chance to talk to this person, I had to write down my name and information…on a piece of napkin. Great first impression! $25 says that person lost that sad, little piece of napkin because I never heard from him again. (Oh, and business cards are like trading cards…if you don’t give one, there’s a chance that you won’t get one.)
I blamed Middlebury until I saw this: http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/news/communications/identity/stationery
So…it was my fault.
I was not prepared.
DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!
For you “always prepared” folks, check out my previous post on business card etiquette.
Do you have your “Elevator Speech”?
By The Wise Job Search
Imagine you walk into an office building for an appointment. You’re looking sharp because you’re on your way to a meeting with a recruiter on the 22nd floor. You step onto the elevator, and you notice someone that you used to live next door to in the past, but haven’t seen in years. You say “Hi” to each other, and they ask what you’re doing there. You say you’re meeting a recruiter. They say “Oh, I didn’t know you’re looking for a job… how can I help? what are you looking for?”
You now have approximately 30 seconds to tell them what you’re looking for, and give them some ideas of how they can help before the elevator door opens and either you, or they, have to step off and they’re gone!
Are you ready?
JOB HUNTERS: Marketing Assistant position available at VBT in Bristol
The Creative Services Manager in the Marketing Department at VBT and is currently looking to fill a Marketing Assistant position with a strong MIDDLEBURY (what what!!) candidate.
VBT would like to find someone who majored in the liberal arts and is detail-oriented, creative, articulate and able to manage multiple projects. Ideally, they are looking for a recent college graduate who has some work experience i.e. work study, internship, or a summer job. This position will assist the Creative Services Manager in a variety of marketing tasks from managing our small print pieces, to proofreading our promotional materials, to updating our photo archive and conducting photo research.
You want it?
GO/MOJO
DEADLINE: MAY 14
CNBC: America’s Most Stressful Jobs 2010
10. Real Estate Agent
Stress Rank: 191
Stress Score: 73.063
Unemployment: 4%-7%
Hours Per Day: 9.5
Time Pressure: High
Competition: Very High
“Real estate agents and brokers work long, erratic hours, spending much of their showing properties to clients. They must be extremely independent, and able to handle sales quotas and deadline pressures. Because they work in an extremely competitive field, successful agents and brokers are expert salespersons,” says CareerCast.com.
Life After Middlebury: Top 10 Advice from Beyond
By Dave Campbell ’09
Career Services recently held a panel discussion for graduating seniors about “Establishing Yourself as a Professional”. They asked me to share my perspective as a recent Middlebury grad. As I thought about the lessons I have learned and the best way to share them, I came up with a Top-10 List for Middlebury’s newest group of graduates.
Forget about Sex – Let’s Talk about Hair
By Frances Cole Jones
For those of you scratching your heads (Sorry, I’m in a punning kind of mood) at the title—and the topic—of this piece, here’s a newsflash: many, many people spend as much (or more) time thinking about how they’re going to wear their hair at their presentation as they do thinking about what they’re going to say at their presentation.
(And while I will admit the preponderance of these conversations tend to be with women, I have had in-depth hair conversations with my male clients, too.)
My trouble is that I can think of few people in the world less qualified to talk about hair than myself. Mine mystifies me, which is why I outsourced the whole project to my wonderful stylist, Dickey, and why I sat down with him recently to get the answers to some of your most pressing questions:
Climate Change and Methane Markets: Living Global Environmental Policy
Annenberg Speaker Ashley King comes to Middlebury College for three public events to talk about her experience as an environmental scientist working to promote climate protection policy, alternative markets and energy efficiency through the EPA and abroad.
Who is Ashley King and why should you come to these events?
Ms. King is Co-Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Methane to Markets program, and coordinator of the impact evaluation of the ENERGY STAR program and other climate protection partnership programs. King has also worked in foreign markets researching climate policy and global environmental science and as an environmental education Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine and an AmeriCorps volunteer through the Student Conservation Association.
Wednesday, April 21
The Government Goes Green: Career Conversations about Environmental Science Opportunities
12:30 pm Mitchell Green Lounge
Bring your own lunch
Ashley King will answer your questions and talk about working in the environmental science field, working for the EPA and the federal government, contributing to climate policy, and alternative fuel markets and initiatives.
Climate Change & Methane Markets: Living Global Environmental Policy
Presentation by Annenberg Speaker Ashley King
4:30 pm McCardell Bicentennial Hall 219
Thursday, April 22 (Earth Day!)
Professional in Residence: Ashley King
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Career Services Office, Adirondack House
Drop by for conversation, advice or questions.
Why is this Annenberg speaker such a big deal?
These three events are organized by Elise Hanks ’11.5, Ambassador for the Partnership for Public Service, with support from CSO. Middlebury is honored to have Elise on campus, one of only 30 schools in the country to have such a position. For more information, visit www.makingthedifference.org and www.methanetomarkets.org
The Partnership for Public Service’s Annenberg Speakers Bureau connects young Americans to the organization that connects all Americans—our federal government. By facilitating opportunities for dynamic federal employees to speak to key audiences and creating a virtual mentors network, the Speakers Bureau educates students about the many opportunities available to them in federal government and inspires a new generation to serve.
Knowledge Gap about Government
Only three percent of our federal workforce is under the age of 25. The shortage of talented young workers is costing our government new ideas and new energy that are critical to its effectiveness. To close this knowledge gap, young people need a better understanding of how government affects our
lives every day and how they can contribute to some of the most pressing challenges the nation faces—making a difference on a national and global level.
4 New Job-Search Trends
By Brigitte Yuille
Job seekers may have noticed that job boards and the traditional résumé just aren’t cutting it these days. Recruiters and employers are choosing to post jobs online at sites such as LinkedIn and Craigslist. The online option has become a cheaper alternative to the job boards because they are free.
Recruiters and employers have also become more tech-savvy and whizzes at social networking. The traditional résumé is no longer the first impression. By the time a recruiter or employer sees it they may have already Googled the job seeker’s name and/or looked them up on LinkedIn and Facebook in search of their online profile.
Most likely, this impromptu background check occurred on their mobile phone. Welcome to the digital age. Here’s a look at four of the latest job searching trends and ways you can leverage your search.
For the Asian Job Seekers
Courtesy of Susan Kim ’09.
Are you Asian? Do you need a job? Then, you might want to free your schedule for the 7th of May!
9th Annual Diversity Career Expo
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Friday, May 7, 2010
Yes, you will be missing out on Kid Cudi’s performance; but I’ll try to record parts of his show for you.
Just think of the awesome-ness that awaits you in NY:
• Unprecedented support from the Asian American community, corporations, as well as federal, state and local government agencies.
• Heavy coverage in ethnic and mainstream media.
• Working professionals in finance, transportation, defense, retail, government, telecommunications, law, healthcare, pharmaceutical, IT, consumer products and other industries will be present. Highly qualified individuals representing a variety of majors including business, political science, engineering, computer science, communications, psychology and natural science.
Think about it.
http://asianlife.com/ems/ems_main.html?mode=event_view&event_id=28
Life After Middlebury: Credit Scores
Do you have a credit card? Are you planning on making any HUMONGOUS purchases in the future? How about a house? Well then, you should have come to the last senior seminar to learn about credit scores.
At “Establishing Yourself as a Working Professional,” Mark Chaffee talked to seniors about understanding and improving credit scores. Since you have me as your PCA, you get a second chance at life: I will give you Mark’s secret information, free of charge.