February 2013
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New Career Development Newsletter
Check out the February 2013 Career Development News & Notes for students, alumni, faculty, staff, employers and parents. Let us know if you’d like to get involved or if you have any questions or comments.
Be safe and enjoy Spring Break!
- Todd Reale, Assistant Dean for Career Development
Using your Career Development to the fullest...
Have you ever wondered how Career Services can help you? I know many students may walk away from the Career Center with more questions than answers. This does not mean that their visit was for naught, but quite the contrary. If the Career Center simply found the internship and did all the work for the students that visit, these students would not learn any valuable skills. Todd and Ann both...
December 2012
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Best time to start thinking about your career or...
For many students, coming into college means they have four years of worry-free education and fun. After all, college is all about discovering who you are, isn’t it?
Well, yes, it is, but there is far more to your bachelor’s degree than just “discovering you” and “having fun.” In fact, college is meant to prepare you for the real world—that place we decided to skip when we came to Bellarmine. ...
What CPA’s Are All About
Career Peer Advisors are the newest entity of Bellarmine University’s Career Development program. CPA’s are students helping their peers with career development techniques. We are available to jumpstart processes which will ultimately make a student’s career choice in closer reach.
Whether it is getting your resume started, finding out what you can do with your major, practicing for an interview,...
November 2012
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Making Your Resume Stand Out
Your resume will often be the first and only thing hiring personnel will see before making a decision of whom to interview. You must essentially sell yourself to a complete stranger and make yourself stand out from all of the other job candidates in a single page! Don’t fret! There are several things you can do in order to set your resume above the rest.
First, make your name standout. Your name,...
Career Development Events for the rest of Fall...
Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos<http://www.nph.org/> is an international non-profit organization that operates children’s homes throughout Latin America. They offer year-long career-specific service positions to college graduates from around the world. Bellarmine University Admissions Counselor Carrie Draught will discuss her year of service in Guatemala. She worked in a communications...
October 2012
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Interview Process Step-By-Step According to Sara...
You probably have heard multiple processes on how to go through an interview cycle and the ins and outs of a good interview. Some are based on your career field, major or just helpful hints to make the process easy. I have heard lots of these and have applied them to many of my own interviews, but along the way I have come up with some of my own steps that have really helped me to...
September 2012
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Welcome Back Knights!
The Career Development is back in full gear for the start of the 2012-2013 school year! We would like to take the time to say we hope you all had a great summer and are enjoying your classes thus far. Bellarmine students represented our great school this summer through internships, job opportunities and studying abroad and you too can have those opportunities if you come visit the Career...
April 2012
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Summer Job Hunt
Hey readers! It is getting close to the end of the school year. Finals are quickly approaching and those last minute papers and presentations are being thrown together. I am sure most of you are not thinking about summer yet, oh wait… That is ALL we can think about! With summer comes freedom, social time, vacations and opportunities to further your professional development!
With the...
February 2012
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Spring Cleaning...For Your Facebook!
Welcome back readers! We hope you enjoyed our last blog about Bellarmine University Career Development! We are looking forward to keeping in touch with you about upcoming events going on around campus. Hopefully you took the time to go “Like” our page on Facebook, but if not… Go do that right now! (Cough, cough… www.facebook.com/careerdev) This past week we had a drawing on...
January 2012
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We're Back!
Welcome readers! We are excited to inform you that here at Career Development we are getting an online makeover! We encourage you to check back with us often for updates on events going on around campus and other interesting information related to career development. Also, if you haven’t already taken a look at our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/bucareerdev) or Twitter page...
