Career Services Update - week of September 29, 2003!

 

* Mark your calendar – We have a couple of upcoming recruiting events.  On October 3, representatives from Senator Susan Collins' office will be on campus hoping to hire an intern for their Augusta location.  Also, the Peace Corps has reserved our interview room for October 6.  Stop into the Career Services office to learn more about these great opportunities.

 

* Contest News - Keep the entries coming!  Our contest board is filled with entries for this month's contest:  "What is the LEAST likely section you'll find on a resume?".  Next time you're in looking for a piece of candy, take a look at these original entries and have a good laugh.  Thank you to all have entered so far and remember, entries must be received no later than September 30.  Voting begins on October 1 and the winner will be announced in next week's update.  Winner will receive Dunkin' Donuts bucks valid at any Dunkin' Donuts - yum!

 

* Web site of the week -  The number one inquiry from students coming to the Career Services office the past week or two has got to be the cover letter.  Everyday someone comes in, frantic about the prospect of having to write one!  Of course I direct them to the Career Services page where we have lots of career related links, but another great link that we've discovered recently is JobStar Central.  This site is very user friendly and although it covers many job hunting areas, their section on cover letters is well done.  Don't forget to bookmark this site for future reference!

 

* Career Information Day – This is a new event that our office is planning to host on an annual basis.  On Monday, October 6, we will have 26 speakers coming to campus to discuss their career choices and how they used their degrees to arrive at their current positions.  These speakers are open to any interested students.  Sign up sheets are posted outside the Student Affairs office.  Some of the featured speakers range from the manager of a minor league baseball team to a recruiter from a large accounting firm.  All majors are represented.  Please call or e-mail the Career Services office for more information.

 

* Squeeze More Time Out of Your Week -

No time to re-type your resume, much less look for a better job?  Nonsense! Time is precious yet predictable. You get exactly 168 hours per week. When it’s gone, it’s gone forever. To accomplish more, take more control over your time.

Begin by doing a time analysis. For a week, keep an accurate diary of exactly where all your time goes, in detail. Be brutally honest! The results will shock you. Not only do most of us waste big chunks of leisure time, but also we squander dozens of opportunities at work to catch up or even get ahead.

Biggest Culprits?  How much television do you watch? For the average American, it’s over 22 hours a week- more than one-third of your free time. Others lose track of time surfing the Internet. Reduce each by half and you’ll have many more hours to devote to the high priority parts of your life, like your job search.

If you normally need an hour to get ready for work, can you trim it to 30 minutes? That alone would save almost three hours a week! Or wash your hair the night before, and it can dry while you write cover letters or scan the classifieds.

Get up one hour earlier each day and really use that time, and you’ll be amazed what you can accomplish. A co-worker of mine at CBS in Los Angeles wrote 90 minutes each morning before work. In less than two years he had completed a book! Reclaim wasted time to accomplish your goals. (Excerpt from The Employment Times - author:  Tom McKay)

 

* Weekly humor -

The Top 10 Fun Things to do in the Cafeteria ~

  1. Hide behind the milk dispenser. Moo every time someone gets milk.
  2. Instead of getting a fork, knife, and spoon, get three spoons. Cut your meat with them and pretend not to notice.
  3. Do not to use glasses. Anytime you feel like having a drink, go up to the liquid dispenser, wrap your mouth around it, and press the button. Complain to Dan that it comes out too fast.
  4. Dress in a toga. After getting your food, find a comfortable place to recline. Throw your utensils on the floor and start eating. Explain how you never should have trusted that Brutus guy.
  5. After getting all your food, sit down. Start arranging your food alphabetically, from left to right. Ask the person next to you whether you should put orange juice under "o" or "j."
  6. Yell to someone walking by, "I'll take two hot dogs, and my son will have some peanuts."
  7. Switch the label on skim milk with the one on whole milk.
  8. Stand where everyone empties their trays. Offer to eat everything unfinished.
  9. Dress up in coat and tie. Find a table where everyone's done eating. Inform them of the daily special desserts and take their orders.
  10. Bring in a cordless or cellular phone. Order pizza.
     
Have a great week!
 

Career Services

Thomas College

Waterville, ME

(207) 859-1106 - phone

(207) 859-1114 - fax