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Career Centers: Brush Up on the Best Practices in Today’s Job Market

by Heather Huhman on September 1, 2010 · 0 comments

With many schools back in session, students soon will be heading to your center asking for advice and resources for their internship or entry-level job search. It’s important to keep up with the best practices in the market in order to be your student’s best advocate and support system. Do you know everything there is [...]

To Offer or Not to Offer?

by Sara Gonzalez on August 31, 2010 · 0 comments

Wouldn’t it have been your dream to have a job offer for full time employment before you headed back for your senior year of college? With a company you’ve interned with, so you know their corporate culture? Better yet, in this job market? I imagine most of you said yes, I know I did! Well [...]

Values of Success, Part 2.

by Robert Shindell August 30, 2010

Welcome back to another Monday! Last week I started this blog series after reading a blog post by my good friend John Spence. In it he highlighted five key “Values of Success”. As the school year begins, I thought it might be a good idea to look at each of these values over the next [...]

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“Kids Today!”

by Rachel I. Reiser August 26, 2010

Last Friday I got an e-mail entitled “Kids Today!” from my friend Frank, who is the Founder and President of a multi-national business that is a leading provider of administration software for benefit and investment organizations. And apparently, for the first time in their 25+ year history, they began recruiting recent college grads. And boy, [...]

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Using Twitter as a Recruiting Tool

by Heather Huhman August 25, 2010

Twitter can be a powerful tool to add to your strategy of recruiting candidates. With millions of users logging into Twitter every day, it’s a great way to get the word out about your job openings and, possibly, find a qualified candidate to fill each one. Here’s how to get started: Set up an account. [...]

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Gen Y, Entitled or Misunderstood?

by Sara Gonzalez August 24, 2010

I read a lot of articles about how Gen Y is over parented, over scheduled, and over validated. Frankly I agree. We were, and to a degree, I still am. Then I read articles about how to interact with Gen Y in the work place and a common theme among experts is to offer plenty [...]

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Values of Success…

by Robert Shindell August 23, 2010

Last week I was reading a blog post by John Spence. In it he highlighted five key “Values of Success”. As the school year begins this week, I thought it might be a good idea to look at each of these values over the next couple of weeks to set the foundation for a great [...]

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Back From Vacation With a New Perspective

by Dave Cofer August 20, 2010

I am just back from a week of vacation in northern Michigan and I have returned with some new thoughts and perspectives. They are the product of both “getting away” and having some time to truly think as well as the opportunity to do some casual reading. While probably not a top priority for many [...]

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The Downside of Parental Connection

by Rachel I. Reiser August 19, 2010

A little over a week ago, Chicago Tribune reporter Angie Leventis Lourgos wrote an article entitled “Are students, parents too connected?” in which she asserted “advice [is] just a click away, but some say easy access hinders independence.” This could not be more true. And it isn’t such a new phenomena. In fact, a few [...]

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Tailor Your Recruiting Strategies to Gen Y

by Heather Huhman August 18, 2010

Members of Generation Y are known for being enthusiastic, tech-savvy and hardworking. They’re also going to be vital in your workplace because many Baby Boomers are retiring and Gen Y will soon fill those positions. However, they also tend to be a little pickier about where they work. They want their work to be meaningful, [...]

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