Get Connected!

Come to Curry Connections and get connected! Explore internship opportunities, majors, minors, campus resources and more! Paint a pumpkin, drink some cider, talk to a professor, hear from an employer, enter to win a prize, and get connected!

Curry Connections
Miller Field House
Wednesday, October 28th
11:30-2:00

Recent grads!

Here's some great info on using LinkedIn!

Launch Your Career with LinkedIn
Ok, future movers and shakers. Here it is. Your defining moment. Why are you here?
Get. Job. Now.
Your LinkedIn profile is your connection to over 35 million professionals in the business world. Use it to show the world who you are. To help the world find you. This network will not just help you find a job, but GET a job.
Get Started with Step 1
http://grads.linkedin.com/

Seniors! Graduation is closer than you think!

Dear senior...are you convinced that graduation is still a lifetime away? Are you aware that in less than 8 months you'll be jumping into the professional world and leaving the comfort of college life behind??

If you've been hiding your head in the sand, it's time to pull it out, dust it off, and come on down to the Career Services Office. The sooner you start working on your resume and researching career opportunities, the less stressful your spring will be. If you wait until the end of the year, you may find yourself unnecessarily stressed out about your job search.

Remember: The amount of time you spend in the Career Services Office is inversely proportional to the amount of time you'll spend living in your parents' basement.

Come visit us!

~Elizabeth

"Procrastination is Opportunity's Assassin"

~Victor Kiam

Check out this great video tutorial on how to best use LinkedIn for recent grads!
http://grads.linkedin.com/

Don't get "Twitter Fired"

I just read this interesting article on MSNBC. Check it out. It's a must read for anyone using Twitter.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29796962

Join our Facebook Group!

Want to stay connected to Career Services? Join our Facebook group!

In this economy, flexibility is key

I've been hearing frequently from many of you that your biggest fear is not finding a job "in my major." After 4 years of college and several years of concentrating on a specific major, of course your focus is on finding something that matches what you've studied. What you are missing however, are all the jobs out there that don't perfectly fit within a specific major. In this tight job market, these jobs cannot be ignored. You need to open your focus to a broader list of possibilities and consider alternatives to your first, second, or even third choice job. This doesn't mean that you should give up your dream of becoming a police officer, or public relations person, or psychologist, but you should be willing to apply to positions that may be very different from the type of job you've always pictured yourself doing. This also doesn't mean that you should apply to jobs that you are not qualified for, or not interested in. You don't want to find yourself taking a job, just to take a job.

On March 31st from 12-3pm in the Parents' Lounge, we will be holding our annual Career Fair. Employers who are actively recruiting recent grads will be there to speak about their open positions. This is the perfect opportunity to speak with employers from a variety of industries. Half of the employers attending are recruiting students from all majors. This is your opportunity to see what's out there beyond the jobs in your major. If you choose not to attend because "there was no one there from my major" then you will be missing out on possibly the only opportunity you'll have before you graduate to speak to employers in person. If you don't consider other alternatives, you will not only be limiting yourself so narrowly that finding a job may be impossible, but you will also risk missing an opportunity to discover something new.

~Elizabeth