Archive for September, 2012

Job Search Strategies for International Students

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Job Search Strategies for International Students

Today I decided to talk about something that caused me trouble since my freshmen year for job search. Although job search and hunt is a little bit more complicated and time-consuming for international students. don’t be discouraged. You have all the resources you need to find a good internship or job. Although some companies do […]

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Why Do You Go to School?

Filed in Finding a Job, From the Staff, Life at WPI by on September 28, 2012 0 Comments

Hey…   I feel like the answer to this question is pretty obvious but I don’t know how many people actually agree with me… My answer is pretty simple: I go to school to get a degree to get a job. I imagine that is everyone’s answer but yet everyone’s actions contradict that… Isn’t that […]

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How good a piece of paper can represent you?

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How good a piece of paper can represent you?

There is never a limit for modifying your resume and make it look and sound better. When you first start college, there is not too much to put on this one piece of paper and reading upperclassmen’s resumes might be a scary experience. Seeing the projects they did and the internships they had might discourage […]

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Testing Your Flaws with InterviewStream

Filed in From the Staff by on September 26, 2012 0 Comments
Testing Your Flaws with InterviewStream

Crap, I stuttered. Stop doing that thing with your hands. and if you say ‘umm, uhh, or like’ one more time, something bad’s gonna happen. Regardless of how confident and experienced we are in our work, presenting it to an employer’s another story entirely. The CDC’s new tool, InterviewStream, is here to help. Using InterviewStream […]

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Fall Career Fair Takeaways

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Fall Career Fair Takeaways

Last Wednesday was a day full of career-related activities. I helped out CDC for setting up for the career fair, then I got dressed up myself and went out there to find the employers that would like to hire me for their companies. My major is Industrial Engineering, and most companies that attend the career […]

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Career Fair Experience

Filed in Career Fair, Finding a Job, From the Staff by on September 25, 2012 0 Comments

Yo! Other than midterms, Last week was awesome! Check this out: I don’t work out at all so the brand new Rec Center didn’t mean much to me until I attended the career fair. Career fairs are always fun for me but this year was really fun. A lot of people always say that the […]

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How to Get a Ticket for a Company Interview?

Filed in From the Staff by on September 20, 2012 0 Comments

Hello Everyone! Yesterday was an exciting day for campus, because the first career fair of the year took place. Upperclassmen got all dressed up, going around with their resumes, planning what they are going to say to employers. Some of them were more prepared then others, they already had a list of target companies, their […]

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OK, Career Fair’s Done. Now What?

Filed in Career Fair, Life at WPI by on September 20, 2012 0 Comments
OK, Career Fair’s Done. Now What?

This year’s Fall Career Fair hit 179 employers in our new Sports and Rec Center, two huge improvements to the event. Two things:  1) if you went to the Career Fair, that’s awesome!  and 2) whether you did or not, your job’s not over yet (unless they gave you a job on the spot, in […]

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Back into Everything!

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We’re all well into A-term and I haven’t introduced myself yet! My name is James and I am a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in organizational leadership. I will be blogging about my experiences searching for jobs and marketing myself. I’ll tell you all about the CDC services I use and hopefully […]

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Career Fear Relief!

Filed in From the Staff by on September 12, 2012 0 Comments

Yo! The career fair is quickly approaching… kinda like a speeding train. I imagine that standing in the path of a speeding train is pretty scary… A bunch of people are pretty worked up about the career fair, but I must admit using the resources from the CDC really help relieve those career fair fears. […]

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