3 Ways To Build Your Personal Brand As A Career Counselor
Posted on December 29, 2014
This post was updated to bring you the most up-to-date tips, October 2020. More employers than ever are using video to interview candidates from across the country. Students and job seekers are tweeting links to their portfolios to employers. The modern digital world is moving fast, a …
How To Help Students Tap Into Alumni Networks
Posted on December 1, 2014
(This post was updated on 6/22/2020) Using alumni networks is an ideal starting point for any college student’s career. Whether you’re a professor, adviser, or career counselor, you serve as an excellent resource for your students when it comes to networking. Because of your position, …
5 Reasons Why Blogging Will Make You A Better Career Counselor
Posted on September 29, 2014
Career counselors, you’re probably wondering, “How can a newsfeed of gifs and memes possibly make me better at giving career advice?” Well, if you use your professional blog that way, it probably won’t. Image Courtesy of PixelsAway Sixty percent of businesses use a business or company …
Can’t Find a Job? 5 Secret Alternatives You’re Overlooking
Posted on October 28, 2013
A recent Gallup poll indicated that only 43.6 percent of Americans ages 18 to 29 had a full-time job in June 2013. That’s right — more than half of young Americans are un- or underemployed. This further proves how hard it is for young professionals to not only enter the workforce, but …
Key Strategies Your Career Services Center Should Implement
Posted on September 23, 2013
This post was updated in September 2022 As a member of the career services center, you have the unique opportunity to mold students into solid working professionals. You have the capacity to create the leaders of tomorrow. You have it in your hands to be a mentor to those with little …
It Pays to Get a Jump Start on the Job Search
Posted on July 7, 2008
“Brick walls are there for a purpose…the brick walls are there to stop people who don’t want it badly enough.” Prof Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon University. What are your student’s brick walls when it comes to the job search? Perhaps it is not having an easy to use web service that c …
Keyword Tips for MY JOBS
Posted on November 6, 2007
An Important part of the job search process is for students to complete self assessment exercises to ‘Know thyself’. Using their marketable skills as search words will help students get the most out of the “MY JOBS” function in CareerShift. Here’s a quick exercise to use as an example …
MY CONTACTS Tips
Posted on May 2, 2007
When you are using CareerShift.com to develop networking contacts inside an organization, you may want to use a few of these tips: (1) Say you find a Sales job in My Jobs that you are interested in. Click on the “Find Contacts at This Company” link and you will probably find close to …
Introduction
Posted on February 14, 2007
Hi, My name is Mark and I may be new to the Blog world, but I’m not new to the Employment world. In my Blog, I’m going to try to give you my thoughts and perspectives on what it takes to get a job and manage your career successfully. My entire career has been in Human Resources and I …