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Break Is Over – Career Fair, Here We Come!!

Filed in Career Fair, Finding a Job by on January 25, 2014 0 Comments
Break Is Over – Career Fair, Here We Come!!

Welcome back!! I don’t know about you, but I spent most of my break eating, spending time with family, and watching Netflix. Not only that, but I also continued my job search!! Prior to break I had sent out about 30 letters to Physician Assistants (PAs) in my area inquiring about job shadowing. I was able to […]

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What’s For Dinner?

Filed in Finding a Job, Networking by on January 24, 2014 0 Comments
What’s For Dinner?

YOOOOOOOOOOOOO Welcome back to WPI. I finally just settled in for C term… my last term ever! I wanted to share some of my experiences from winter break. Of course I plan on writing about only the coolest stuff but smashing everything together for one blog seemed a bit too much for me… so stay […]

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New Beginnings!

Filed in Finding a Job by on January 23, 2014 0 Comments
New Beginnings!

Welcome back everyone! We’re almost a week into C-term, still trying to get back to the school mentality and the lack of sleep from Winter break. The weather is definitely not helping, and it feels like we should be hibernating instead of thinking about school. But unfortunately school is here whether we like it or […]

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2014 Is Here! What Is Your Career Plan?

Filed in Finding a Job by on January 21, 2014 0 Comments
2014 Is Here! What Is Your Career Plan?

What a nice winter break that was! Lots of sleep, time with family, and free time. Still trying to get back into the school mentality… Anyhow , 2014 is here! Time to continue with your career search or even start fresh. This could be the year to land in your dream job/internship ! Saying that, I’m every […]

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Where Should You Be In Your Career Plan?

Filed in Finding a Job by on December 17, 2013 0 Comments
Where Should You Be In Your Career Plan?

Hi Everyone, Whether you are a senior, junior, sophomore, or freshman, where should you be in your career plan? Are you up to date? There is a good way to find out ! The Career Development Center (CDC) has career plans available according to your specific year , even at the graduate level! You can use […]

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The Future Is Now!

Filed in Finding a Job by on December 12, 2013 0 Comments
The Future Is Now!

As this year progresses I keep stopping and realizing. Whoa. I’m a junior. I have one year left of my undergraduate career at WPI. It’s scary and exciting at the same time. It’s scary to think about how fast the past 2 1/2 years have gone by. I’ve become accustomed to the busy, studious college life and […]

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Take your time

Filed in Finding a Job by on December 11, 2013 0 Comments
Take your time

Yooo With all this pressure to apply for jobs, internships and graduate schools I imagine that everyone is drowning in balancing school deadlines and application deadlines. At least that was the case for me before I created my organization plan. In the past I was just barely able to hit submit on time. Hitting submit […]

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Life After College – Yes, It Exists!

Filed in Finding a Job, Interviewing, Networking by on December 6, 2013 0 Comments
Life After College – Yes, It Exists!

This past Monday I attended the Women Alumnae Panel hosted by the sponsored by the Career Development Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs, and WECE (Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering). We were lucky enough to talk to three women that have graduated from WPI in the past 10 years to learn more about life after […]

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Something to be Thankful for?

Filed in Finding a Job by on December 6, 2013 0 Comments
Something to be Thankful for?

Hey!!! Thanksgiving was last week and for some reason everything before that week in regards to my job search was moving really slowly. I applied to some places, had an interview or two earlier in the term then everything sort of hit a stone wall and just stopped. So when Thanksgiving break came around and […]

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Market Yourself & Take Advantage of LinkedIn

Filed in Finding a Job, Networking by on December 3, 2013 0 Comments
Market Yourself & Take Advantage of LinkedIn

Hello Everyone, Hope you had a great thanksgiving and got lots of rest. We’re back to help you in your job search! On that note, do you know what LinkedIn is? Have you heard of it? LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network and it is free to use .It’s a great tool you can […]

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