Were you somewhere awesome this time last year? Have a few extra minutes to do some networking?
If you had a J-Term internship last year, why don’t you send your supervisor a quick email? Update him/her on your life: summer vacation, job search ordeal, fall term classes, winter break, snow (or the lack thereof as of today). Stay in touch with your co-workers.
You never know. They might be that crucial link to your future job.
“Don’t be afraid to ask questions in your job search and life in general. There are many people willing to help. But first you must be willing to ask for their help.”
With that being said…head over to MiddNet!
Do you consider yourself a good communicator? If yes, you will be putting your skills to work throughout the job search process. If not, get ready to become one because in order to be effective in your job search, you have to become effective at marketing and selling yourself.
Your product is you and your market is the segment of the employment marketplace that is a potential purchaser of your product.
Remember when you were a kid and everyone would ask you, What do you want to be when you grow up? Its interesting that in Western society we usually stop asking that question of our children after age ten. So our last response was usually in the doctor/lawyer/President-of-the-U.S. category. For many, the subject of career selection does not arise again until college graduation (and an uncertain future thereafter) is staring them in the face.
Didn’t make it to drop-in hours? Need immediate tips on cover letters? Want to know what the Career Services counselors are thinking?
Stay Alert for Midd-Specific Tips:
First up: Top 10 Mistakes Midd Kids Make on their Resume (Fri.,1/29).
Dear Class of 2010,
With your final semester just 2 weeks away, I just have one question for you:
What do you need?
Please comment on this post and tell me what it is that you want. Need tips on how to perfect your resume? Want to know the requirements for certain jobs? Curious about what mistakes NOT to make? Bored and want a pen pal on campus? Write to me!
Wonder how your professors ended up in front of your class? Former PCA Megan Nesbeth ’11 sat down with Kelly Bennion, a senior Psychology major who is busy applying for PhD programs around the country. What has she been doing that’s working?
Finance Interview Workshop Presented by
Professor Scott Pardee and Don Kjelleren.
Today, January 20, 2010
12:45pm – 2:15pm, MBH 104
This workshop was recently recommended by an alumnus from Morgan Stanley. Any Middlebury student is welcome to come even if you do not yet have an interview scheduled.
Dearest Senior, is this you?
What are you doing right now?
If you have done everything and have nothing to do now, why not come visit me at the CSO office! We have tons of books that can help you see into the future. From 2:00pm-5:00pm, we have counselors who are more than happy to answer your “I-have-no-clue-what-to-do” questions. Set up an appointment with a counselor who can help you practice your interviewing skills and polish your professional skills .
Bring in your resume for corrections! Bring in your cover letters for refinement! Bring in your cold bodies for some CSO warmth (the office is ideal temperature)!
Make this Yay-term even Yayer with a step forward.
| 1 | ACTUARY | $49,000 | $85,000 | $161,000 |
| 2 | SOFTWARE ENGINEER | $54,000 | $85,000 | $129,000 |
| 3 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST | $45,000 | $76,000 | $118,000 |
| 4 | BIOLOGIST | $39,000 | $71,000 | $148,000 |
| 5 | HISTORIAN | $34,000 | $62,000 | $111,000 |
| 6 | MATHEMATICIAN | $54,000 | $95,000 | $141,000 |
| 7 | PARALEGAL ASSISTANT | $29,000 | $46,000 | $73,000 |
| 8 | STATISTICIAN | $40,000 | $73,000 | $117,000 |
| 9 | ACCOUNTANT | $37,000 | $59,000 | $102,000 |
| 10 | DENTAL HYGIENIST | $44,000 | $67,000 | $91,000 |
| 11 | PHILOSOPHER | $33,000 | $60,000 | $105,000 |
| 12 | METEOROLOGIST | $39,000 | $81,000 | $127,000 |
| 13 | TECHNICAL WRITER | $37,000 | $62,000 | $97,000 |
| 14 | BANK OFFICER | $54,000 | $88,000 | $171,000 |
| 15 | WEB DEVELOPER | $48,000 | $60,000 | $91,000 |
| 16 | INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER | $48,000 | $74,000 | $107,000 |
| 17 | FINANCIAL PLANNER | $32,000 | $59,000 | $145,000 |
| 18 | AEROSPACE ENGINEER | $58,000 | $93,000 | $135,000 |
| 19 | PHARMACIST | $77,000 | $106,000 | $131,000 |
| 20 | MEDICAL RECORDS TECHNICIAN | $20,000 | $31,000 | $50,000 |
| 21 | SOCIOLOGIST | $41,000 | $69,000 | $122,000 |
| 22 | STENOGRAPHER/COURT REPORTER | $25,000 | $50,000 | $84,000 |
| 23 | MEDICAL SECRETARY | $21,000 | $30,000 | $43,000 |
| 24 | BOOKKEEPER | $21,000 | $33,000 | $49,000 |
| 25 | ASTRONOMER | $45,000 | $101,000 | $157,000 |
| 26 | ECONOMIST | $44,000 | $84,000 | $149,000 |
| 27 | PHYSICIST | $57,000 | $103,000 | $159,000 |
| 28 | DIETICIAN | $31,000 | $51,000 | $73,000 |
| 29 | PAROLE OFFICER | $29,000 | $46,000 | $78,000 |
| 30 | MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST | $36,000 | $54,000 | $75,000 |
| 31 | MOTION PICTURE EDITOR | $25,000 | $51,000 | $112,000 |
| 32 | GEOLOGIST | $42,000 | $79,000 | $155,000 |
| 33 | CIVIL ENGINEER | $48,000 | $75,000 | $116,000 |
| 34 | COMPUTER PROGRAMMER | $40,000 | $70,000 | $111,000 |
| 35 | INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER | $31,000 | $57,000 | $98,000 |
| 36 | PETROLEUM ENGINEER | $58,000 | $108,000 | $146,000 |
| 37 | MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN | $23,000 | $35,000 | $54,000 |
| 38 | OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST | $43,000 | $67,000 | $98,000 |
| 39 | INSURANCE UNDERWRITER | $35,000 | $57,000 | $100,000 |
| 40 | PURCHASING AGENT | $34,000 | $54,000 | $89,000 |
| 41 | PHYSIOLOGIST | $36,000 | $65,000 | $101,000 |
| 42 | NUCLEAR ENGINEER | $68,000 | $97,000 | $137,000 |
| 43 | AUDIOLOGIST | $40,000 | $62,000 | $99,000 |
| 44 | BROADCAST TECHNICIAN | $18,000 | $33,000 | $67,000 |
| 45 | MARKET RESEARCH ANALYST | $34,000 | $61,000 | $112,000 |
| 46 | LIBRARIAN | $33,000 | $53,000 | $81,000 |
| 47 | ANTHROPOLOGIST | $32,000 | $54,000 | $89,000 |
| 48 | ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTER | $28,000 | $45,000 | $67,000 |
| 49 | VOCATIONAL COUNSELOR | $29,000 | $51,000 | $82,000 |
| 50 | ARCHEOLOGIST | $32,000 | $54,000 | $89,000 |
| 51 | MUSEUM CURATOR | $27,000 | $47,000 | $83,000 |
| 52 | SOCIAL WORKER | $27,000 | $46,000 | $74,000 |
| 53 | SPEECH PATHOLOGIST | $41,000 | $63,000 | $99,000 |
| 54 | CHEMIST | $38,000 | $66,000 | $113,000 |
| 55 | PERSONNEL RECRUITER | $28,000 | $46,000 | $86,000 |
| 56 | CHIROPRACTOR | $32,000 | $67,000 | $160,000 |
| 57 | SCHOOL PRINCIPAL | $56,000 | $84,000 | $124,000 |
| 58 | RECEPTIONIST | $17,000 | $25,000 | $36,000 |
| 59 | OPTOMETRIST | $47,000 | $96,000 | $126,000 |
| 60 | TYPIST/WORD PROCESSOR | $22,000 | $31,000 | $46,000 |
| 61 | JEWELER | $19,000 | $33,000 | $55,000 |
| 62 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRER | $19,000 | $33,000 | $57,000 |
| 63 | JUDGE (FEDERAL) | $140,000 | $152,000 | $178,000 |
| 64 | ELECTRICAL ENGINEER | $53,000 | $82,000 | $126,000 |
| 65 | PUBLICATION EDITOR | $28,000 | $50,000 | $95,000 |
| 66 | ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN | $31,000 | $52,000 | $76,000 |
| 67 | FORKLIFT OPERATOR | $20,000 | $29,000 | $45,000 |
| 68 | BANK TELLER | $18,000 | $24,000 | $32,000 |
| 69 | PSYCHOLOGIST | $39,000 | $86,000 | $146,000 |
| 70 | PHYSICAL THERAPIST | $50,000 | $73,000 | $104,000 |
| 71 | MECHANICAL ENGINEER | $48,000 | $75,000 | $115,000 |
| 72 | DENTAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN | $21,000 | $34,000 | $58,000 |
| 73 | SET DESIGNER | $25,000 | $45,000 | $79,000 |
| 74 | AUTHOR (BOOKS) | $28,000 | $53,000 | $107,000 |
| 75 | HOTEL MANAGER | $28,000 | $46,000 | $84,000 |
| 76 | ZOOLOGIST | $34,000 | $55,000 | $91,000 |
| 77 | STOCKBROKER | $31,000 | $69,000 | $171,000 |
| 78 | COSMETOLOGIST | $16,000 | $23,000 | $42,000 |
| 79 | PUBLIC RELATIONS EXECUTIVE | $47,000 | $89,000 | $125,000 |
| 80 | ATTORNEY | $54,000 | $111,000 | $171,000 |
| 81 | TEACHER’S AIDE | $15,000 | $22,000 | $34,000 |
| 82 | TAX EXAMINER/COLLECTOR | $28,000 | $48,000 | $89,000 |
| 83 | JANITOR | $15,000 | $22,000 | $36,000 |
| 84 | RESPIRATORY THERAPIST | $38,000 | $52,000 | $70,000 |
| 85 | PODIATRIST | $48,000 | $114,000 | $171,000 |
| 86 | ARCHITECT | $41,000 | $70,000 | $119,000 |
| 87 | INDUSTRIAL MACHINE REPAIRER | $28,000 | $44,000 | $65,000 |
| 88 | OPTICIAN | $21,000 | $33,000 | $51,000 |
| 89 | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | $51,000 | $81,000 | $110,000 |
| 90 | VETERINARIAN | $47,000 | $79,000 | $144,000 |
| 91 | BOOKBINDER | $17,000 | $31,000 | $58,000 |
| 92 | ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN | $30,000 | $57,000 | $83,000 |
| 93 | PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS WORKER | $17,000 | $26,000 | $49,000 |
| 94 | ORTHODONTIST | $79,000 | $121,000 | $168,000 |
| 95 | NEWSCASTER | $23,000 | $51,000 | $156,000 |
| 96 | PROTESTANT MINISTER | $21,000 | $42,000 | $74,000 |
| 97 | DENTIST | $72,000 | $143,000 | $171,000 |
| 98 | PSYCHIATRIST | $60,000 | $154,000 | $226,000 |
| 99 | CONSERVATIONIST | $35,000 | $54,000 | $78,000 |
| 100 | NURSE (REGISTERED) | $43,000 | $63,000 | $92,000 |
| 101 | COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MECHANIC | $31,000 | $56,000 | $69,000 |
| 102 | TELEPHONE INSTALLER/REPAIRER | $31,000 | $56,000 | $69,000 |
| 103 | INSURANCE AGENT | $26,000 | $45,000 | $114,000 |
| 104 | ARTIST (FINE ART) | $21,000 | $43,000 | $83,000 |
| 105 | ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE | $42,000 | $62,000 | $86,000 |
| 106 | OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY/HEALTH INSPECTOR | $36,000 | $62,000 | $94,000 |
| 107 | COMPUTER SERVICE TECHNICIAN | $23,000 | $38,000 | $59,000 |
| 108 | GUARD | $17,000 | $24,000 | $39,000 |
| 109 | PIANO TUNER | $18,000 | $32,000 | $54,000 |
| 110 | CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN | $47,000 | $80,000 | $146,000 |
| 111 | AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST | $22,000 | $34,000 | $54,000 |
| 112 | CASHIER | $14,000 | $18,000 | $25,000 |
| 113 | BARBER | $16,000 | $24,000 | $41,000 |
| 114 | APPLIANCE REPAIRER | $21,000 | $34,000 | $54,000 |
| 115 | OFFICE MACHINE REPAIRER | $23,000 | $38,000 | $59,000 |
| 116 | TEACHER | $33,000 | $49,000 | $78,000 |
| 117 | SEWAGE PLANT OPERATOR | $24,000 | $38,000 | $60,000 |
| 118 | NURSE’S AIDE | $17,000 | $24,000 | $33,000 |
| 119 | HEATING/REFRIGERATION MECHANIC | $25,000 | $40,000 | $64,000 |
| 120 | SURVEYOR | $30,000 | $53,000 | $86,000 |
| 121 | ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT REPAIRER | $27,000 | $44,000 | $63,000 |
| 122 | VENDING MACHINE REPAIRER | $18,000 | $30,000 | $46,000 |
| 123 | RAILROAD CONDUCTOR | $33,000 | $53,000 | $80,000 |
| 124 | SHIPPING/RECEIVING CLERK | $18,000 | $28,000 | $43,000 |
| 125 | WAITER/WAITRESS | $14,000 | $17,000 | $30,000 |
| 126 | PHOTOGRAPHER | $17,000 | $29,000 | $62,000 |
| 127 | ADVERTISING SALESPERSON | $23,000 | $44,000 | $94,000 |
| 128 | PHYSICIAN (GENERAL PRACTICE) | $122,000 | $162,000 | $209,000 |
| 129 | AIRPLANE PILOT | $85,000 | $115,000 | $144,000 |
| 130 | AUTOMOBILE BODY REPAIRER | $22,000 | $37,000 | $63,000 |
| 131 | MAID | $15,000 | $19,000 | $29,000 |
| 132 | TELEPHONE OPERATOR | $18,000 | $32,000 | $51,000 |
| 133 | CORPORATE EXECUTIVE (SENIOR) | $69,000 | $159,000 | $171,000 |
| 134 | UNDERTAKER | $30,000 | $52,000 | $93,000 |
| 135 | FLIGHT ATTENDANT | $20,000 | $36,000 | $65,000 |
| 136 | SURGEON | $196,000 | $300,000 | $428,000 |
| 137 | BUS DRIVER | $20,000 | $34,000 | $56,000 |
| 138 | BARTENDER | $15,000 | $18,000 | $31,000 |
| 139 | FASHION DESIGNER | $32,000 | $61,000 | $125,000 |
| 140 | FURNITURE UPHOLSTERER | $19,000 | $29,000 | $46,000 |
| 141 | GLAZIER | $22,000 | $36,000 | $63,000 |
| 142 | SALESPERSON (RETAIL) | $15,000 | $21,000 | $40,000 |
| 143 | CHILD CARE WORKER | $15,000 | $19,000 | $29,000 |
| 144 | RECREATION WORKER | $16,000 | $22,000 | $38,000 |
| 145 | REAL ESTATE AGENT | $21,000 | $40,000 | $102,000 |
| 146 | COMPOSITOR/TYPESETTER | $19,000 | $32,000 | $52,000 |
| 148 | AIRCRAFT MECHANIC | $33,000 | $51,000 | $69,000 |
| 149 | SALES REPRESENTATIVE (WHOLESALE) | $27,000 | $51,000 | $106,000 |
| 150 | PLUMBER | $28,000 | $46,000 | $49,000 |
| 151 | NURSE (LICENSED PRACTICAL) | $28,000 | $39,000 | $54,000 |
| 152 | DRESSMAKER | $15,000 | $19,000 | $30,000 |
| 153 | ELECTRICIAN | $28,000 | $46,000 | $79,000 |
| 154 | TRUCK DRIVER | $24,000 | $37,000 | $56,000 |
| 155 | PRECISION ASSEMBLER | $18,000 | $29,000 | $48,000 |
| 156 | DISHWASHER | $14,000 | $17,000 | $22,000 |
| 157 | CORRECTION OFFICER | $25,000 | $38,000 | $64,000 |
| 158 | BUYER | $29,000 | $49,000 | $90,000 |
| 159 | PAINTER | $22,000 | $33,000 | $56,000 |
| 160 | CHAUFFEUR | $16,000 | $22,000 | $34,000 |
| 161 | FARMER | $31,000 | $56,000 | $104,000 |
| 162 | AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLER | $17,000 | $28,000 | $60,000 |
| 163 | ACTOR | $32,000 | $49,000 | $69,000 |
| 164 | DRYWALL APPLICATOR/FINISHER | $21,000 | $35,000 | $58,000 |
| 165 | NUCLEAR PLANT DECONTAMINATION TECHNICIAN | $24,000 | $37,000 | $63,000 |
| 166 | TOOL-AND-DIE MAKER | $31,000 | $46,000 | $72,000 |
| 167 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY OPERATOR | $26,000 | $39,000 | $69,000 |
| 168 | AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC | $20,000 | $35,000 | $60,000 |
| 169 | CARPET INSTALLER | $21,000 | $37,000 | $71,000 |
| 170 | PLASTERER | $25,000 | $38,000 | $62,000 |
| 171 | CARPENTER | $24,000 | $39,000 | $69,000 |
| 172 | TRAVEL AGENT | $19,000 | $31,000 | $48,000 |
| 173 | BRICKLAYER | $28,000 | $46,000 | $74,000 |
| 174 | DISK JOCKEY | $16,000 | $27,000 | $76,000 |
| 174 | SHOE MAKER/REPAIRER | $17,000 | $23,000 | $34,000 |
| 175 | HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER | $30,000 | $51,000 | $80,000 |
| 176 | STATIONARY ENGINEER | $31,000 | $50,000 | $75,000 |
| 177 | MACHINE TOOL OPERATOR | $22,000 | $33,000 | $50,000 |
| 178 | DRILL-PRESS OPERATOR | $21,000 | $31,000 | $48,000 |
| 179 | ROOFER | $22,000 | $34,000 | $59,000 |
| 180 | POLICE OFFICER | $30,000 | $51,000 | $80,000 |
| 181 | CHOREOGRAPHER | $18,000 | $39,000 | $67,000 |
| 182 | MACHINIST | $22,000 | $36,000 | $55,000 |
| 183 | SEAMAN | $21,000 | $34,000 | $52,000 |
| 184 | REPORTER (NEWSPAPER) | $20,000 | $35,000 | $77,000 |
| 185 | STEVEDORE | $22,000 | $38,000 | $62,000 |
| 186 | EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN | $19,000 | $29,000 | $49,000 |
| 187 | SHEET METAL WORKER | $24,000 | $40,000 | $74,000 |
| 188 | FIREFIGHTER | $22,000 | $44,000 | $72,000 |
| 189 | PHOTOJOURNALIST | $16,000 | $28,000 | $60,000 |
| 190 | BUTCHER | $18,000 | $28,000 | $45,000 |
| 191 | MAIL CARRIER | $37,000 | $50,000 | $52,000 |
| 192 | METER READER | $20,000 | $33,000 | $54,000 |
| 193 | CONSTRUCTION WORKER (LABORER) | $18,000 | $29,000 | $54,000 |
| 194 | TAXI DRIVER | $16,000 | $22,000 | $34,000 |
| 195 | GARBAGE COLLECTOR | $18,000 | $31,000 | $51,000 |
| 196 | WELDER | $23,000 | $34,000 | $51,000 |
| 197 | DAIRY FARMER | $21,000 | $32,000 | $45,000 |
| 198 | IRONWORKER | $22,000 | $32,000 | $49,000 |
| 199 | LUMBERJACK | $22,000 | $32,000 | $47,000 |
| 200 | ROUSTABOUT | $21,000 | $31,000 | $49,000 |
By Tatiana Varenik
1. Could you describe a typical day/week in this position? The typical client/customer I would be dealing with? How will my leadership responsibilities and performance be measured? These questions not only show your interest in the position, but also help you to clearly understand your role and the tasks that you would be expected to undertake.
2. Can you tell me about the opportunities for learning and development? or What is the company’s policy on providing training, seminars and workshops so employees can keep up their skills or acquire new ones? This will help you to understand where the job might lead and what skills you might acquire. It also indicates that you are ambitious and thinking ahead.
By Resumark
Are you a U.S. citizen?
Where were you or your parents born?
What is your native language?
How old are you?
When did you graduate from college?
By Ronald Mitchell
You have inconsistent fonts.
Your resume is more than one page long.
You have listed a class, task or experience for which you cannot speak for at least 30 seconds in detail.
You have an unprofessional email address listed such as theman@hotmail.com or ivybeauty@gmail.com
The bullet points under your work experience do not tell a complete story.
By Culture and Manners Institute
Ever get one of those voice mail messages where you couldn’t quite make out what the caller was saying? The person could have been mumbling or talking like his house was on fire. Perhaps the person was calling in from out where the elephants go to die and cell service was a little spotty.
When leaving a voice mail message, speak clearly with a smile in your voice. State your name, company and phone number at the beginning of the message and repeat your name and phone number at the end of the message. Say the phone number slowly each time, as if you are standing in front of the person who is writing it down. That way, the person listening to the voice mail message does not have to keep replaying the message to take down your information. Or if the number was hard to understand at the beginning of the message, the repeat number will confirm it.
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By Scott Jaschik
The job crisis for faculty jobs — especially for new Ph.D.’s looking for tenure-track jobs — is spreading.
Data being released this week by the American Historical Association and the American Economic Association reveal sharp drops in the number of available positions in their respective disciplines. Coming just weeks after the Modern Language Association revealedhistoric drops in the availability of jobs for English and foreign language professors, the data show that while new English and foreign language Ph.D.’s may have a particularly tough time finding employment, they are by no means alone.
The number of jobs listed with the American Historical Association fell 23.8 percent in 2008-9 and the total jobs listed — 806 — was the smallest in a decade. And the 23.8 percent figure doesn’t reflect the extent of the drop: A survey by the AHA of those departments that posted jobs found that about 15 percent of searches were called off after positions were listed.
And the American Economic Association, which started its annual meeting Sunday, is reporting a drop in new academic jobs listed of 19 percent in the 2009 calendar year. While plenty of new Ph.D. economists seek employment outside of academe, many of the companies that hire them are also facing financial turmoil. The drop in the association’s job postings for work outside of academe was even greater: 24 percent.
By Tatiana Varenik
20 Occupations with the Fastest Growth:
By John Q Recruiter
By Chris McConnell
600,000 over three years. 273,000 deemed mission-critical. That’s how many people the Partnership for Public Service projects the federal government will need to hire by 2012 to fill growing needs as well as replacing a baby-boomer workforce set to retire. These numbers and other hiring projections are listed just in time for some Labor Day reading in the third edition of the Where the Jobs Are report issued on Thursday.
That big number of 600,000 is the total hiring during the four years of Obama’s current term for all types of federal government positions. This is equivalent to nearly one-third of the current federal workforce.
By Culture and Manners Institute
A business card is a representation of the person, so show it respect. Do not write on a business card in front of the person who just handed it to you. When you accept a business card, look at it for a moment. If you like the card, compliment the person on the business card. Present your business card with your name facing the person. Do not cover the business name with your finger or thumb.
When working with people from other cultures, learn their business card protocol. In China, present and receive business cards with two hands. Spend at least a minute or two looking at the card, as a sign of respect. In areas of the Middle East and Africa, present and receive business cards with the right hand only.
By Joe Davidson
If President Obama’s plan to attract lots of bright people to work for the feds by making “government cool again” doesn’t quite do the trick, money might.
Congress is considering legislation to create a program that makes such good sense, you might wonder why no one thought of it before. The Roosevelt Scholars program would draw young people to key positions in the federal service with the promise of paying their college expenses.
What the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) does for the military, the scholars program would do for the civilian ranks. At least that’s the idea.
Here’s how it would work:
By Emily Long elong@govexec.com
Federal agencies are catching on to the social media craze and leveraging that technology to attract job seekers, especially young recruits. For example, the Labor Department advertises open positions on Twitter and plans to upload its recruitment videos to YouTube. The State Department regularly updates its Facebook page and maintains the @DOSCareers Twitter account. But conventional wisdom, which holds that recent college graduates and tech-savvy young professionals respond favorably to anything on the Internet, doesn’t always apply when it comes to federal recruiting.
Recruiting “can’t simply be about information dissemination rather than a real engagement, dialogue, discussion with potential applicants,” says Tim McManus, vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service. “One of the best mechanisms is to use those who have walked in the shoes. People want to see where people like them fit in.”
THOMAS COLLEGE, a liberal arts school in Maine, advertises itself as Home of the Guaranteed Job! Students who can’t find work in their fields within six months of graduation can come back to take classes free, or have the college pay their student loans for a year.
The University of Louisiana, Lafayette, is eliminating its philosophy major, while Michigan State University is doing away with American studies and classics, after years of declining enrollments in those majors.
And in a class called “The English Major in the Workplace,” at the University of Texas, Austin, students read “Death of a Salesman” but also learn to network, write a résumé and come off well in an interview.
Even before they arrive on campus, students — and their parents — are increasingly focused on what comes after college. What’s the return on investment, especially as the cost of that investment keeps rising? How will that major translate into a job?
Stockholm-based research firm Universum released there first annual Global Index of Employer Attractiveness and close to 120,000 students from across the globe weighed in on the companies where they’d most like to work.
Students from a broad range of countries including the U.S., U.K., China, Japan, Canada, Russia, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and India took the survey. Although clearly a global survey, the Top 10 is dominated by US-based companies.
By Collegegrad
In reviewing the job search timetable, you might feel somewhat overwhelmed, especially if you are already in your final year having done little in the way of job search preparation. It can be very easy to get caught in the daily procrastination of the Scarlett OHara Syndrome = I’ll think about it tomorrow.
Every day that passes is a day that could have been invested in your job search. While there is nothing you can do now about yesterday, and tomorrow is always one day into the future, you have full control over today.
Don’t put off your job search until the last minute. The longer you wait, the more difficult it will become. Take control of your life right now and begin to do the preparation for your job search.
Don’t get caught in analysis paralysis. You will never find perfection in your job search, so make your start when you are ready to give it your best. Your best is the best that you have to offer. No one (including yourself) should ever expect anything more from you. Nor should you settle for anything less.
Your ultimate goal is your new job. Yet there will be several steps of completion required along the path to this goal. The following are the basic steps in the job search process.
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
Confucius
Finding a job and finding the right job are two very different things. If you want to be successful in your job search, you should focus on finding the right job. An important key to accomplishing that goal will be to spend the time necessary to properly prepare yourself for your job search. Its not enough to sign up for a few on-campus interviews and hope for the best. An offer may come, but it may not be for the type of job you are truly seeking. Or, worse yet, an offer may not come at all.
No one owes you a job. Your degree does not get you the job. You have to put forth the effort to find it.
To fully prepare yourself for your job search, you will need to understand more about the job search process. You need to understand what is happening on the other side of the resume review. You need to understand what is happening on the other side of the job fair booth. You need to understand what is happening on the other side of the interview desk. You need to understand what is happening on the other side of the telephone. You need to understand the other side of the process. You need to understand all aspects of the process, from each perspective.
Your job search is a process. Actually, it is a multi-process, with many concurrent processes (based on multiple employer contacts) taking place at the same time. To reach the next level in the process, you need to successfully pass the previous level. So start your job search on a solid foundation by understanding how the process works and work your way successfully through each level toward your ultimate goal.
-CollegeGrad.com
Job Market Blues: A malady affecting millions of Americans during a weak job market caused by a struggling economy. Symptoms include high levels of anxiety, fear, and depression related to keeping one’s current job or finding a new job, tied to the ability to pay one’s bills and maintain a place to live and food to eat.
For many job-seekers, searching for a new job is a stressful experience. The end result, though, is usually a positive one in which the job-seeker is rewarded for his or her past accomplishments with a better job — a job that has more prestige, higher pay, and perhaps with a better organization.
But when you have to conduct a job-search in a weak job market, the stress level increases dramatically — especially if you are currently unemployed, expect to be let go from your current employer, or work in an industry or profession that has seen widespread job cuts.
