Finding a Job

T-Minus 156 Hours Until the Career Fair

Filed in Career Fair, From the Staff by on September 9, 2015

Hey Everyone, Thanks to all those who attended the Resume & Career Fair Tips workshop that Gianna and I presented last night. It was my first workshop and I’m really happy with how it went, hopefully you guys learned some tricks on how to prepare for the upcoming Career Fair and on how to improve […]

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Career Fair, Deadlines, and Coffee

Filed in Career Fair, Life at WPI by on September 8, 2015
Career Fair, Deadlines, and Coffee

The Fall Career Fair is only 8 short days away! My countdown has begun, and the stress is piling on. I need to start going through Job Finder and determining which companies will be hiring Actuarial students… I looked quickly last week and there were applications already posted! I’m planning to go to the RESUMAZING […]

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New Job, New House, New Summer

Filed in Finding a Job, From the Staff by on May 25, 2015
New Job, New House, New Summer

Hey Everyone!!  WE DID IT! Summer is FINALLY here. Congrats to all you graduates! And to all the underclassman – I’ll see you in the fall! Although I love WPI, I’m glad to have a bit of a break…and some nice weather (finally)!  So last Sunday, I made the move up to good old Portland, […]

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Hello from a new Peer Advisor

Filed in Finding a Job, From the Staff, Life at WPI by on April 28, 2015

Hello, everyone! My name is Kayla Mulready, and I am one of the newly hired Peer Advisors! Along with Matt and Jacky, I am currently in training for the 2015 to 2016 school year. I am super excited to start officially working as a Peer Advisor in A term. What I’m most looking forward to […]

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Having a Successful Summer Internship

Filed in From the Staff by on April 27, 2015
Having a Successful Summer Internship

Hey Everyone, In one week, you will be free for the summer, not bound by any academics for almost three whole months (unless you are taking summer classes). Most of you already have an internship lined up for this summer, and if you are like me, you are probably nervous about what to expect, especially […]

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Transitioning to the Real World!

Filed in From the Staff by on April 23, 2015

Hey Everyone! I hope you enjoying this nice 3 – day week. Today I wanted give you some details about the workshop I attended last week, it was called Transitioning to the Real World. It was really for seniors who are about to graduate and go out to the real world on their own, but […]

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The Senior Job Search

Filed in Finding a Job, Life at WPI by on April 18, 2015
The Senior Job Search

This article is to all of my fellow WPI seniors out there: I cannot even count the number of conversations I have had with people worrying about not having a job yet. “Only X people in our major have found a job yet….” “I have been rejected X times….” “We only have X days until […]

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Job Hunting Through Networking

Hey Everyone!! So two weeks ago I went to the Life Sciences Career Fair. I talked to a few companies and gave out some resumes. It was a pretty good event, I had some good conversations with employers but I wasn’t sure if it would come to anything. One company I spoke with informed me that they had already hired […]

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Dress to Achieve!

Filed in From the Staff by on April 4, 2015

Hey Everyone, I hope all of you are having a fantastic D term so far! I cannot believe that we are already done with 3 weeks, meaning almost done with half of the final term for this school year. Today, I wanted to remind you about the basics, which is your professional wardrobe for anything […]

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Panel Interviews

Filed in From the Staff, Interviewing by on March 30, 2015

Hey Everyone!!! I hope everyone has had a good start to their D-Term! I can’t believe it’s almost summer…even though it feels like winter will never end. I walked outside and there was snow today. It’s practically April and there is snow on the ground! Crazy! So a topic that has been brought up to me recently […]

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