Career
Services Update - week of November
4, 2002!
And the winner is... Ron Dexter! Ron will receive two free
Papa John's pizzas for his entry in
the October Career Services contest. Ron's winning entry in the 'What NOT
to say in a job interview' contest was this:
"No
matter how obvious you may think it appears - Never, and I do mean
NEVER, ask a woman when the baby is due! She might not be
pregnant... it's a shoe better left uneaten!"
*The National Association of College and Employers (NACE) has
provided us with interesting results from recently polled employers. They
asked employers where they go to find new hires. We've listed their
findings as follows:
Top 10 Places Employers Find New Hires
1. Internship
program 6. Through faculty contacts
2. Co-op
program 7. Internet job postings (own company
web site)
3. On-campus
interviews 8. Job postings to career offices (printed)
4. Employee
referrals 9. Student organizations/clubs
5. Career/job
fairs 10. Internet job postings (campus web site)
Another
survey revealed the Top Qualities/Skills Employers Seek:
1.
Communication skills (verbal & written) 11. Detail oriented
2.
Honesty/integrity 12.
Leadership skills
3.
Teamwork skills (works well with others) 13. Self-confidence
4.
Interpersonal Skills (relates well to others) 14. Friendly/outgoing
personality
5.
Motivation/initiative 15.
Tactfulness
6.
Strong work ethic 16.
Well-mannered/polite
7.
Analytical skills 17. GPA
(3.0 or better)
8.
Flexibility/adaptability 18.
Creativity
9.
Computer skills 19.
Entrepreneurial skills/risk-taker
10. Organizational skills 20.
Sense of humor
*
INTERNSHIPS. We know that employers use them as their number one
hiring tool. We also require that you have completed one to qualify for the
Guaranteed Job Placement Program. What is an internship? How do you learn
about them? The Career Services Office has scheduled an informal internship
discussion to be held in the auditorium on November 13 from 1:30 - 2:30.
Please plan on attending this meeting!
*
Graduate School/Brown Bag Lunch Series - Seniors, what will you do
when you finish your program at Thomas College? If you are thinking about
applying to graduate school, please attend our luncheon on Thursday,
November 7, in the board room. Tom Edwards, Pat Karush, and Karen Wagner
will discuss the process of applying to grad school.
*
Congratulations! The
Putnam Investments
Management Team states that they were "very impressed with the promptness
and professionalism of the candidates during the interview process."
Congratulations to the students who recently joined Putnam:
Nicholas Adams, Amanda Atcheson, Nicholas Blais, Kimberly Colwell,
Lindsay Fairbanks, Jeffrey Fargo, Eric French, Neill Grant, Melissa Johnson,
Deserae Levesque, Corey McDonald, David Stewart, and Josh Strassburg.
*
The MESDA Computer Technology Job
Fair is an opportunity to meet
Maine's leading technology companies. Find out more about current and
upcoming opportunities. Be sure to post your resume on the
MESDA Job board -
all exhibiting companies will receive a CD of the resumes in this database.
Be prepared and bring a supply of resumes to hand out as well. This is a
FREE event for Job Seekers and Students. (Thank
you to Chris Rhoda for submitting this info to the Career Services office)
Career
Services humor...
A young
executive was leaving the office at 6 p.m. when he found the CEO standing in
front of a shredder with a piece of paper in hand.
"Listen," said
the CEO, "this is important, and my secretary has left. Can you make this
thing work?"
"Certainly,"
said the young executive. he turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and
pressed the start button.
"Excellent,
excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine. "I
just need one copy."
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That's it for
this week! Be sure to e-mail or call if you have any additions for our
weekly update. Have a great week!
Career Services
Thomas College
Waterville, Maine
(207) 859-1106 - phone
(207) 859-1114 - fax