Student Employment Blogs! Welcome to another edition of the Student Employment Blogs by your favorite Career Peer, Bri! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Service learning courses have been around at Indiana University for a while now, and yet very few students have taken the opportunity to learn from these experiences. While other courses like general education classes are… Read more »
Tag: Career Exploration & Student Employment
Gaining Experience through Research
Welcome to Student Employment Blogs! My name is Bri Rainey and I am an Undergraduate Career Peer in the Career Development Center. As a senior here at IU, I have learned a lot about career development and best ways to gain experience as a student. We will be bringing back installments to our Blogs… Read more »
Join us for the 2020 Virtual Fall Part-time Jobs Fair
Are you looking for a way to earn a paycheck? Do you want to start building your resume? Are you trying to find your fit? If so, join us at the 2020 Fall Virtual Part-time Jobs Fair on Friday, August 21, from 1-4pm Eastern. You must register and sign up for time slots in your Handshake… Read more »
Director’s Cut: Impressing Your Boss
Impressing Your Boss By: Pat Donahue As summer approaches, students will be starting new jobs and internships and meeting their boss for perhaps the first time since the interview. What are the best ways to make a good first impression on your boss? Here’s my super seven: Be on time. That does not… Read more »
Director’s Cut: Internships
Internships By: Pat Donahue Intern. If you have been in college for more than a day, you have probably heard your professors, career coach, academic advisor, parents, friends, resident assistant, and bus driver say that you need to do an internship. And they are right. Internships are important for three key reasons: “Try… Read more »
3 Reasons to attend the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Career Fair
1. You’ll become familiar with how to navigate a career fair. The first time you attend a career fair can be intimidating, but you will get more comfortable after you get used to the format. Being comfortable in the space can help you feel more confident in the future. You can meet with your career… Read more »
Director’s Cut: ¡Viva Resolution!
¡Viva Resolution! By: Pat Donahue Welcome to 2019! A new year is a chance to evaluate how the last year went and how you want to improve your life. For many students, it’s a chance to see where they currently are and determine where they want to be by 2020. It is a time… Read more »
Director’s Cut: How important is LinkedIn?
How important is LinkedIn? By: Pat Donahue, Executive Director for Career Development I am old. 54 years old. I wrote all my college papers on a typewriter. I only had a land line phone in college. And my primary networking tool was a Rolodex. No, not the expensive watch. A Rolodex was a device… Read more »
Director’s Cut: Thanksgiving Advice Giving
Advice Giving By: Pat Donahue, Executive Director for Career Development As a parent of two daughters at IU, I am very excited to see them for Thanksgiving. Because we live in Bloomington, I see them quite often, usually when they are borrowing the washing machine for laundry, borrowing the car to go out with… Read more »
Government: 9 Federal Job Search Tips That’ll Help You Land That Government Job
Landing a federal job can be an overwhelming—and often frustrating—process. But there’s no place to make a difference for our country quite like the government, which touches all aspects of our lives, from the air we breathe to the food we eat to homeland security to helping the homeless. As the nation’s largest employer with… Read more »