Written by Bob Cassella ’73 The latent flaw in most professionals’ kitbag is their inability to write well—which is second only to their inability to realize it…When you consider that your first contact with most people in your professional life is in the written form of the language (resume, email), it seems counterintuitive that more […]
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The Lost Art of Networking
Networking events can be a bit awkward if you’ve never attended one before. Here are a few tips to make sure you’ll have a successful event. Think Marathon – Don’t show up with the expectation you’ll meet the CEO of the company you’ve always wanted to work for and he is in desperate need of […]
Comedy is Not Pretty
Written by Jim DAmico ’92 I love my day job, but my passion is comedy. I’ve been a working stand up for several years; have done group improvisation, written and produced short films, put on stage shows, etc. Comedy really gets me excited, and it’s taught me a lot of great career lessons. Lesson #1 […]
Interviewing is a lot Like Dating
Written by Charlie O’Neil ’94 Someone once told me to think of interviewing like dating. It can be exciting or a huge let down and you’ll feel like your whole life hangs in the balance. In order to make the best of the process there are a few rules you need to know. Getting Set […]
20 Ways to screw up an interview
Finding a job is hard enough without shooting yourself in the foot. Most people know enough to come prepared to an interview, but some people still don’t get it. Here are twenty ways to guarantee not to get a call back. 20 ways to screw up an interview. What’s the worst interview experience you’ve ever […]
What Alumni Connections Have Meant to Me
By: Allyson Murphy ’15 When I originally joined the Student Alumni Association (SAA) I had no idea what I was signing up to do, or even what the club was really about. The table at the student fair had free candy and two smiling faces, which as a rook you don;t see very often, so […]
24 interview questions you don’t want to be asked!
Written by: Charlie O’Neil ’94 I remember my first “real” interview after I decided to leave the US Army and try my hand in Corporate America. It was a high tech start-up full of the smartest grads from all the big name schools. I had prepared for all the standard interview questions you could think […]
You had me at hello
Written by: Ed Hennessy ’86 I watched Jerry Maguire the other night having not seen it in at least 10 years. It struck me that the answer for many of the people I talk to, who are in the midst of a job search and just not getting the results they are looking for, is […]
Is this the company for you? How to tell if you’re a fit.
Written by: Michelle (Wood) Kanavos, MS, ANP, BC, Nurse Practitioner – NU ‘81 Congratulations! You got the interview – now what? Touch up your resume, press your outfit and shine your shoes. Think you’re done? Not by a long shot. Most new graduates are so concerned with getting a job, any job, that sometimes they […]
Do As I Say, Not as I Did
Written by: Michelle Wood Kanavos, MS, ANP, BC, Nurse Practitioner, NU 81 Picture it: Florida, summer, warm weather, shorts, summer shirts and sandals. We had just been transferred to Ft. Walton Beach (Hurlburt Field). I was enjoying the great weather and my children being home at the end of summer. August came, the kids went […]
