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Pathways to Careers
On March 27th, the Minnesota Private Colleges Career Consortium held its ninth annual Pathways to Careers event. Held every year, the event cycles through three different topics: Communications, Arts, and Bioscience. This year focused on Communication careers. Using only alumni from Minnesota private colleges, the professionals made up four different panels: Advertising/Marketing, Broadcast Journalism, Public […]
Using LinkedIn to Find a Job!
Seniors: Did you know that 86% of employers use http://www.linkedin.com to find candidates for their open positions? It is a great tool for job searching! LinkedIn.com is like a Facebook – for your professional life. Creating a profile is free. Once you do that – be sure to go to “Groups” and search for Gustavus Alumni – request to […]
Careers in Food
Named the #1 Employment Site for the Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industry, Careersinfood.com is a valuable and user-friendly website that connects many aspects of the food and beverage industry to people in a variety of expertise. With over six thousand companies currently on the site, including Coca-Cola, Papa John’s, and Cargill, Careersinfood.com is a great […]
Making Connections at the Job Fair
Making connections at the job fair From the MNPCC Newsletter March, 2012 Related Newsletter: March 2012 In a sea of black suit jackets, crisp white collars and oversized plastic nametags, hundreds of undergraduates filled the Minneapolis Convention Center on February 21 and 22. Résumés in hand, they eagerly visited the booths of more than 170 local […]
Applying on-line is easy, but not always effective!
Some ideas to make yourself a person, not one of a million electronic applications: Use www.simplyhired.com– it will search the employers of your Facebook friends for job openings, if you see one you like, click on it and send a message to your friend for more info Use www.linkedin.com– go to MORE and visit the […]
Internship Fair Recap
Last Wednesday, the Center for Servant Leadership held its annual Internship Fair. With over twenty different companies and organizations attending, students were able to meet with representatives to learn more about potential internship opportunities. For those who are not necessarily business savvy, though, making a good strong impression may be easier said than done. However, […]
Health Profession School Panels
Health Professions School Panels Wednesday, March 14, 3 – 4 pm Gustavus Heritage Room Interested in learning more about professional school for medicine, dental or pharmacy? Plan on attending these panels with current students in the medicine, dental and pharmacy programs at the University of Minnesota. Find out more about the pre-health professions program by […]
Internship Fair
Gustavus Internship FairWednesday, March 7, 201211:30 am – 2:30 pmHeritage Banquet Rooms Organizations Attending: Amicus Publishing Black Rabbit Books Brite Idea Marketing and Consulting Cigna Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys Gustavus Library Habitat for Humanity of South Central Minnesota INROADS Jeane Thorne Kids Against Hunger Lurie Besikof Lapidus and Company Northwestern Mutual […]
As our world is becoming increasingly computerized, more companies are using technology to sort through potential job candidates. In fact, the Wall Street Journal reports that some employers are looking at a candidate’s online presence, not résumé, when considering him or her for a position. With this in mind, many people have begun to build […]