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Category Archives: Professional Development
Expressing
Photo: Daniel Post Senning Is the art of the thank you note long gone or alive and well? I interviewed Daniel Post Senning, the great-great grandson of Emily post to find out. This article is in the … Continue reading
EMS Holds First Undergraduate Poster Exhibition
Materials of fictional superheroes, medical mapping, and the Telica Volcano: all are among the variety of topics covered in the posters presented on December 5, 2012. Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) held its first undergraduate poster … Continue reading
How to Ask for a Letter of Recommendation
An article in the Wall Street Journal (11/26/12) reports that Americans will return to work today after their Thanksgiving vacation and spend $1.5 billion online this Cyber Monday. It’s easy to think EVERYTHING is for sale in the U.S.! One … Continue reading
Transferable Skills Just Like Michael’s
You’ve got skills. You’ve had jobs and spent a lot of time in classrooms. Each day you’re gaining what prospective employers call transferable skills: ones that you already possess that transfer from one position to another. Don’t discount the importance… Continue reading
FIRST Annual EMS Undergraduate Poster Exhibition Announced
It’s here! New this fall is another opportunity to win cold cash. Plus you’ll gain important skills for your future academic and professional careers. You can enter even if you’re not conducting research in a lab. Experiential learning, creative activity,… Continue reading
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What Recruiters Look at On Your Resume
The article, “What Recruiters Look at During the 6 Seconds They Spend on Your Resume,” from LinkedIn’s Business Insider writer, Vivian Giang (4/9/12)reports on a fascinating study. Eye tracking, which examines eye movements to analyze the time someone spends on… Continue reading
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Tagged interviewing, job search, recruiter, resume
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Getting What You Paid For: Occupational Outlook and Hoover’s
In last week’s blog, I promised to give you more information about two of my favorite sources of information for job search preparation: the Occupational Outlook Handbook and Hoover’s Online. Both of these reliable sources are available through the Penn… Continue reading
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The Phone Is Your Friend
“I only use the phone to order take out and call my mom,” the job seeking student responded to me when I asked her if she had called the potential employer to get answers to questions she had about the… Continue reading
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Powerful Poster Presentations: Design Carefully
This week, meteorology students are attending the American Meteorological Society’s annual conference in New Orleans. Many of them will be presenting scientific posters that took them a lot of time to design. A crucial step in creating a poster is… Continue reading
Too Antsy for My Pants
Dear Del, I am scheduled for an interview in the coming weeks. I have already been given an internship offer, but I still want to feel out any other possible offers. Is there an appropriate way to bring up this… Continue reading