Let’s face it, networking is a skill and it’s a hard skill to master. However, despite how hard it might be to some, it is critical to learn in order to advance your career and professional development.
Networking can happen anywhere at any time so it’s always good to know the basics and have a solid understanding of what to say when the occasion arises. It’s not just about attending career forums or formal conferences, networking can happen at a …
The Bentley Consulting Group provides its members with a community that works together to help each other achieve their goals through projects, case studies, short courses, events and more. They built an amazing website that highlights their upcoming events, current team leaders, partnership organizations and it allows interested students and companies with a venue to connect with them.
To learn more, please visit their website: http://www.bentleyuniversityconsultinggroup.com
Did you internship get canceled because of COVID-19? Here is how you can add it to your resume!
Studying abroad is a coveted and treasured college student experience. When coming back from abroad, many students say that their life has been changed, personally or professionally. Studying abroad definitely widens your horizons, but should it be on your resume? When faced with this question, I would almost always say yes.
Opposition to studying abroad may call it a “student vacation,” but fails to mention that while abroad course-work may be lighter or less intense than the classes you regularly …
In any size of internship program, there are often shining stars who get offered full-time positions with the company (or internships again next year). There are three things that all of these students have in common with each other that allow them to reach this level of success.
1. Cooperation
These students are always cooperative with upper-management adding on extra tasks to their daily work or projects, recognizing that to stand out, they have to be as fluid as the …
Goals are incredibly important to plan and strategize where your career is going. Make sure your goals are both for the short term and the long term. Another big tip is making sure that they are S M A R T – specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and timely.
Some good career goals to start with are:
Sign up for CDI
Network with 5 new people
Develop a new technical skill
Land an internship
Find a reliable mentor
Get a good …
As you may know, Bentley University’s Undergraduate Pulsifer Career Development Center has ranked #1 in the nation yet again. At Bentley, students are always seeking more on how exactly they can bring their career development to the next level. Career development is also something that can be worked on at any point during your time as a student or far beyond. It’s a never-ending improvement.
Career development doesn’t have to be intimidating, it can be fun! There is so much …
Being the new person is never easy. Let these talks help you in walking into your workplace with your shoulders back and head held high.
What Ted Talks are in this playlist? All of the following PLUS MORE —
10 ways to have a better conversation
When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations — and that most of us don’t converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked …
As the summer comes to an end, get yourself ready for future employment opportunities and virtual recruiting events!
Interviewers want stories. Imagine this and tell me what would better capture your attention. I want a job and you are my first-round interviewer. You ask me to talk about a point on my resume.
I talk a little about what it is exactly, whether it be a club or coursework, with several sentences on what I have done for it.
VERSUS
I launch an engaging and passionate conversation about a specific project that I fearlessly dove into, complete with …
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