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Getting Your Foot in the Door
A popular saying related to getting noticed with your potential employer(s), “Getting Your Foot in the Door” is easier now than ever before. How you ask? Well, through Social Media (i.e. Linkedin.com...
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Be a Smart Job Seeker with your Smart Phone
The next time you’re looking to get a free app for your smart phone… don’t get Angry Birds or Tetris, download an app for your job or internship search. Two apps that I just downloaded myself are from...
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What Employers Want
Fresh off the presses from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) we learn that what employers want hasn’t really changed. According to the Job Outlook 2011, NACE the skills employer...
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Everything I Need to Know I Learned from my Middle School Year Book
“Betsy, you’re cool. KIT, Debbie” At first I wondered, what in the world does “KIT” stand for? Then I realized it means “Keep in Touch”, and instantly Middle School Aged Betsy was so much cooler. But...
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Job/Internship Searching while Studying Abroad
Over the past few months I’ve received emails from students who are studying abroad and expressing their stress of missing all the fall recruitment activity. I often tell them that a little stress can...
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Career Lessons We Can Learn From Mary Poppins
Another Pop Culture Edition to Career Development… If you haven’t heard already, Disney’s “Mary Poppins” has gone Broadway and our very own city of Chicago is currently hosting a limited run of what I...
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Employer Spotlight: Q&A with Accenture Systems Integration Consulting Analyst...
Accenture is hiring interns! Login to CareerCat to apply for: Student Empowerment Programs (CareerCat ID: 91262 & 92056) *Deadline: Jan. 19 & 24 Technology and Systems Integration Group Analyst...
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Employer Spotlight: Q&A with Accenture Systems Integration Consulting Analyst...
Accenture is hiring interns! Login to CareerCat to apply for: Student Empowerment Programs (CareerCat ID: 91262 & 92056) *Deadline: Jan. 19 & 24 Technology and Systems Integration Group Analyst...
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Career Advising Series: A guide to finance & consulting internship recruitment
By members of the NCA finance & consulting industry team, including: Career advisers Maggie Smith and Jose Santos (serving students in WCAS), Rachel Garson Taylor (serving Kellogg CPU students),...
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On-Campus Recruiting FAQS
Geni leads employer development strategy and oversees the Employer and Strategic Outreach Team By Geni Harclerode, Director of Employer Recruitment and Engagement Late September marks the beginning of...
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5 Ways to Manage Stress During Your Job or Internship Search
By Matt Formica, Assistant Director, Student Career Advising, serving students in Medill and Weinberg Finding a job or internship is hard work and can cause a significant amount of stress in a...
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Beyond a Job Board: Incorporating Additional Strategies into your Internship...
By Maggie Smith, NCA assistant director of student career advising, serving students in Weinberg. During any internship or job search, strategy becomes an important question. Where will you search? How...
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Job searching while in short-term master’s programs
By Brett Boettcher, NCA associate director of professional program strategy & management, serving students in the School of Professional Studies and master’s students in The Graduate School....
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Transferable skills: What they are and why they matter
By Laura Myers, associate director of student career advising, serving students in the School of Communication and Bienen School of Music. Leadership. Ability to work in a team. Communication....
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Pay attention to “the little things” in your job/internship search
By Rachel Garson Taylor, M.A., LPC, NCA assistant director of student career advising, serving students in Kellogg Certificate Program for Undergraduates. At some point, you have probably heard a...
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How to Network as an International PhD
By Elysse Longiotti, M.A., M.S., Assistant Director, Student Career Advising, serving doctoral students in The Graduate School. Note: This post is part of NCA’s blog series for international students,...
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How to Break into Arts Administration
By NCA’s Arts & Media Industry Team with the help of LaWanda May from the Chicago Children’s Museum and Darius Epps from the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts Have you been thinking...
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What you should know about the arts & entertainment job/internship search
Savannah Christensen, marketing & communications intern for NCA, interviews Laura Myers, associate director of student career advising for students in the School of Communication and Bienen, to...
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