Recent Articles
The Major Maze: Why I Should Have Taken DMC
Major decisions are tough. And more often than not, people find out through tiring experiences where they want to be, instead of planned action. Well, I was one of those people! Those STUDENTS, specifically. Actuarial to industrial to information systems and now to engineering management. I didn’t come into WPI knowing my major for sure; […]
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 […]
Why Do You Go to School?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Career Fair Experience
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 […]
How to Get a Ticket for a Company Interview?
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 […]
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 […]
Back into Everything!
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 […]
