Is there a specific company within your area of interest you have always dreamed about working for? Are you ready to start taking the necessary steps to get your foot in the door? Than follow these tips of advice and you will be heading in the right direction to land that dream job! Confidence is [...]
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Friday, May 3rd, 2013How Girl Scouts develops career skills
Friday, March 15th, 2013March 12, 2013 is Girl Scout Day! On this exact day back in 1912, the first Girl Scout meeting ever was held with a group of eighteen girls in Savannah, Georgia. Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low assembled this group of girls because she believed that all girls should have the opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and [...]
The Millenial Generation
Friday, March 1st, 2013The Beloit Mindset List, created at Beloit College in 1998, is an annual publication that aims to reflect the world-views of the year’s entering college class. The appeal for this list is widespread, mainly because it’s helpful for those who wish to gain a better grasp of what our generation is all about: teachers, advisors, [...]
Groundhog Shadow or Job Shadow?
Friday, February 1st, 2013When the month of February begins, many are eager to know if the groundhog will see his shadow or not. According to legend, if the groundhog sees his shadow, winter will continue for six more weeks. Since 1996, however, the beginning of February has also marked a new holiday and initiative called National Groundhog Job [...]
Service Will Help Others and You
Friday, January 18th, 2013“Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. As a Career Advisor, I often work with students who are dismayed by the resume writing process. They don’t have experience directly relevant to their field of interest, and it seems like they need experience [...]
Career Development- A few resourceful tips
Thursday, November 15th, 2012Career Development refers to the skills and experiences that can help you grow personally and professionally. Here, at Career Services we offer a wide range of services that can help you attain this value knowledge that can be helpful for you when seeking a career: Beaver JobNet Beaver JobNet is OSU Career Services’ online career [...]
Working Outside of Your Field: How to Transfer Skills from Your Major to Get Any Job
Friday, October 12th, 2012The most daunting aspect of your senior year of college is not the heavy course load or the thought of no longer being a college student. Rather, it has to do with the job search – the long and arduous process of looking for a career that can simultaneously utilize your unique talents and your [...]
Confessions of a Career Changer: My Wavy Path Forward
Monday, June 11th, 2012Hi, OSU Career Beavers blog readers. It’s Finals Week of spring term 2012, and I’ve been writing to you all year about my changeable and wavy career path. I’ve taken many roads! Since graduating with my undergraduate degree, I’ve been an actor, a waiter, a receptionist, a creative writer, a college composition instructor, a gas [...]
Confessions of a Career Changer: Always Learning
Monday, April 30th, 2012Welcome to week five!!! The Career Fair last week was a huge success, and we’re inching closer and closer to the end of this academic year. As we do, I’m inching closer to the end of my story of a Career Changer. Or maybe not the end, but I’m definitely inching closer to my present [...]
