Week 9, can you believe it?? The Career Changer is back to tell the penultimate episode of her wavy career path, a career path that continues on in this moment, as I sit here at my desk in Career Services at OSU. But cutting right to it, when I left off last time, I was [...]
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Confessions of a Career Changer: The Return to School
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012Confessions of a Career Changer: MFA to Find Your Passion
Monday, April 16th, 2012Welcome back, everyone! Can you believe that we are already in the third week of spring term? Hope your courses are going really well, and you’re enjoying warmer, sunnier weather every day. So, I’m the Career Changer, Jessica, and I’ve been writing all year about my wavy career path to illustrate that the straight path [...]
Confessions of a Career Changer: Teacher, Teacher!
Monday, March 12th, 2012Can you believe it is week ten? This term has flown by for me; I wonder if it has for you too. Terms didn’t fly by like this in my previous graduate degree. We were on semesters! Sixteen weeks to delve deep into subject matter or get tired of subject matter that no longer interested [...]
Confessions of a Career Changer: What do you love?
Monday, February 27th, 2012Career Changer, Jessica, here, ready with another episode in the tale of my wavy career path. Last episode, I was in Colorado, working at the Gifts & Gas, when I decided I would go to graduate school. I made this decision for a couple of reasons, some good and some not so good. First, as [...]
Career Services Resource Library
Monday, March 28th, 2011Here at Career Services, not only do we offer professional one-on-one career counseling, resume/cover letter critiques, mock interviews, and career assessments, but we also house a new well-renovated, cozy space that serves as the Career Resource Library. The new Resource Library has been a great addition to the lobby of Career Services and it offers [...]
Undergrad to Grad, Midwest to Northwest
Monday, January 10th, 2011Born and raised in small town Iowa, I grew up watching many people follow a similar path. Most completed some form of college while also meeting a future spouse, found a job in the Midwest, and settled down in time to begin a family. Beginning college at the University of Northern Iowa, I too thought [...]
Have you thought about Graduate School?
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Posted by Rachel Erickson, OSU Senior and Career Services Career Assistant There are many benefits to gaining a graduate degree. I am sure almost everyone has seen the statistics about the average difference in income among high school graduates, Bachelor degree graduates, and Master degree graduates. However, getting a graduate degree might not be best [...]
Is an MBA right for you?
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Posted by Anne Lapour, Career Counselor Yes, we’ve heard. The economy is less-than-stellar these days. Maybe you’re struggling a bit with the job search. You wouldn’t be alone if you are. But we promise…there are jobs out there. However, many students are considering graduate school in light of our economic woes. The decision to attend [...]
