Are you currently looking for a job or internship? If so, you might want to check out GovCentral’s “The 10 Worst Job Hunting Mistakes.”
Below are some of their recommendations:
Fall Family Weekend has begun. Maybe you are freaking out because just found out that your friend’s brother has the exact job that you want or you just remembered that you have an interview on Monday.
If you haven’t made it to any of the CSO’s workshops and if you can’t make it into the CSO today for drop in hours from 2:00 to 5:00, check out the CSO Resource Page. There, you can download a copy of the Networking Workshop or the Interviewing Workshop.
Since we go to school in the middle of Vermont, it is quite likely that there will be a few companies that will not be on campus for interviews. So, knowing how to nail a phone interview is something that will come in handy.
Being in your own environment is one benefit of the phone interview; however, you can definitely be a bit too comfortable. For example, sitting in your pajamas with a wad of Big League Chew probably isn’t the way to go.
Before the interview, call the CSO (x2061) and schedule a practice interview. The CSO has drop in hours 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday and they would love to help you find how to best present yourself (even if the interviewer can only hear your voice). It is a great way to practice your responses to common questions and learn how to tailor your answers for the specific job.
Also, check out Bright Green Talent’s 7 Tips for Mastering the Art of the Phone Interview. It is a great post on an even better blog. For a phone interview, they recommend that you have your resume in front of you as well as notes on your strengths and weaknesses. They also believe that getting dressed up will help put you in the right frame of mind.
Check out this weekly tip from the Green Career Central Newsletter.
Tip of the Week: Moving from the Electric Grid to the Smart Grid: What You Need to Know Now
Why should you check it out? Because “It’s going to be a big influence on every industry as the specifics of the smart grid unfold. You must have a general understanding of this sector, at a minimum.”
It turns out a lot of us already have tools we need for a job search! Check out this great article “Leveraging Social Media in Your Nonprofit Job Search: Q&A with Beth Kanter, Author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media” to learn how to utilize your social networking prowess.
Also on the site is a list of Social Media Resources for Nonprofit Job Seekers. It is worth while to see the various blogs, books and articles that they have compiled including a page that lists the non-profits on facebook.
Once you are there, take some time to poke around Bridgestar.org it has some great resources for moving into the non-proft sector!
If you are interested in ways that people are promoting the goals of geotourism, check out the winners of the National Geographic Geotourism Challenge 2009. The site features various businesses and projects which promote sustainable tourism–from a carbon neutral airline to environmentally friendly river trips. It is a great read if you want to learn more about the variety of available green solutions or if you just want to learn more about geotourism.
How many times have you visited Career Services and the counselor looks over your resume and tells you that the bullets under your Experience section should be quantifiable? But what if your internship or volunteer job was only for a brief time frame and you weren’t around to quantify the results of your hard work? Read more
This summer, NOI will invite 60 bright, diverse graduating college seniors, recent campaign staffers, and career-change professionals to Washington, DC for an intensive week-long, all-expense-paid training. BootCamp will cover everything you need to know about campaigning, new media, online organizing, technology in order to work in the progressive movement. Participants, drawn from a highly competitive pool of applicants, will learn from the top practitioners in their field by day, then apply the lessons learned in the context of a simulated campaign in the evenings.
Application Deadline: May 20, 2009
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Welcome to the Middlebury Careers in the Common Good (CCG) blog! We will use this portal in lieu of our regular newsletter to communicate with CCGers about career resources, jobs, and internships. If you haven’t done it already, be sure to create a profile on MOJO and select “Careers in the Common Good” as a special interest area. This will ensure that you are always alerted to Midd-friendly jobs and internship opportunities, and can follow the CSO events calendar.
Points of Interest:
The left hand side bar features links to websites and resources salient to Careers in the Common Good. Use these to further expand your job and internship search, as well as learn about the CCG sector.
– Use categories to ease site navigation. The categories will indicate the type of post and the general field it is associated with. For example, all job postings will be in the “Jobs” category, and if that job is in the Environmental sector, it will also be in the “Environmental” category.
– The tags indicate specific interest areas, companies, and other details.
– Feel free to leave a comment on the blog with questions, suggestions, or feedback.
Drop-In Hours at CSO are Monday – Friday 2:00 – 5:00 PM and Wednesdays 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.