By admin, on February 17th, 2009 (I originally posted these tips on Twitter. @sweetcareers)
- Speak with faculty and current students in a department about the major before you declare. These conversations can help you confirm or dis-confirm your expectations about the major.
- Picking a major that you love will be more effective than selecting a major whose job prospects seem good, but remember to supplement your degree.
- Look for ways to uniquely mix your major with your career interest. For example, I wrote about Pip’s career prospects in Great Expectations (I was an English/Psychology major).
- If you love art history, for example, but want to be an event planner, go ahead and major in art history, but look for ways to get event planning experience through internships, volnteering, and involvement in student organizations.
By admin, on February 16th, 2009 (I originally posted these tips on Twitter. @sweetcareers)
- Not sure where to start networking? Try starting with some informational interviews.
- College students have networks, too. But you’ll need to expand your network, and work to keep it active.
- Connect with your college’s alumni network by contacting Alumni Relations. Also see if your alums have a LinkedIn group which is especially helpful if you’re looking for jobs in different geographic locations.
- Remember networking is about building relationships. Even if you are a college student, look for ways that you can help your network, such as sharing recent news articles related to your field, or sharing contacts and ideas.
- Alums in your network may be interested in news about campus, updates on professors, or recent athletic events.
By admin, on February 15th, 2009 (I originally posted these tips on Twitter. @sweetcareers)
- If info interviews are intimidating, try interviewing professionals at your university. Universities employ professionals in public relations, human resources, and IT, as well as accountants, nurses, artists, curators, and other occupations.
- Once you’re comfortable with info interviewing on your campus, branch out to interview professionals in your industry of choice.
By admin, on January 26th, 2009 Create a “grab bag” resume that lists ALL of your experience, paid and unpaid, in reverse chronological order. This grab bag resume is for your eyes only (and maybe the eyes of your career counselor); never share the grab bag resume with employers.
- Your grab bag resume can be as long as you need it to be.
- Keep adding new experiences as you gain them. Even add different ways of describing your experiences.
- When you apply for specific positions, you can use your grab bag resume as a starting point from which you can begin creating a tailored, one-page resume.
- Just delete any information that is not relevant to the specific position to which you’re applying. Or, re-phrase information to make their relevance more obvious.
- Remember to re-save your newly tailored resume with a different file name – for example, naming it after the employer to which you are applying will make it easier to find later.
- If you come up with a brilliant new way of re-phrasing certain experiences, remember to copy and paste those new resume phrases back into your grab bag resume for future reference.
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