Stand Out in the Job Search!

A recent Fortune magazine article beautifully illustrates how college students/grads and other job seekers these days need to get creative if they want to get hired.

“Creative” doesn’t mean resorting to gimmicks, as the magazine’s simply named “How to Get a Job” piece reveals. Instead, it calls for outworking your competitors, in terms of both research and demonstrating—specifically and clearly—what type of problem(s) you can solve for the hiring organization. (more...)

How to Ace an Interview

An interview gives you the opportunity to sell yourself to an employer—it is the best possible opportunity for an employer to get to know you and about your experiences before you get hired. Interviews can be an intimidating experience for anyone, both students and experienced adults alike. Please use these following interview tips to prepare for an upcoming interview and to make yourself the best possible candidate for the job! (more...)

Student in the Spotlight: Your PCA Christine

My name is Christine Gebbia. I am a junior at CU majoring in Psychology and Communication. I have been given the opportunity to intern for Northwestern Mutual-Denver as their Recruiting Assistant. Since I am a Peer Career Advisor at Career Services, I know how important internships are once you graduate, so I decided to attend the Spring Career and Internship Fair in 2009 to try and land an internship. Prior to dressing in business attire and heading into the fair, I researched the companies attending the fair.

Once I chose a few I found interesting, I formatted a “career script” to present myself and two types of resumes- a general resume and resumes specific to internships and companies I found on Career Services Online.

Once printing my name tag (they print one by scanning your Buff Card if you have an account on CSO), I headed over to the few booths I researched. One of the tables was Northwestern Mutual-Denver. Emily Faust was the recruiter at their table, so I went up to her and introduced myself using my career fair script. This is how our conversation went: (more...)