NEWS AND EVENTS
Starr Weekly |
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| STARR Weekly is a comprehensive list of events and career related opportunities compiled by the STARR Career Development Center on a weekly basis. | |
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| Using Online Tools to Save Time During the Search |
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| Online searching can consume so much time between distractions and trying to organization what you are finding from various sites. Check out these suggestions for maximizing your job search time online including tools for managing documents for interview, low-cost training opportunities, email communication, and online time management. | |
| Unleashing Your Creativity - Moonlighting |
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| It's no secret that job security is a thing of the past. Taking on part-time work-especially in a creative arena you've always wanted to pursue-is one way to earn extra income and begin exploring new work opportunities before it becomes a necessity, says Scott Belsky, CEO and founder of Behance, a New York-based company that develops products and online tools for creative industries. But fitting this extra work into your schedule takes planning. | |
| 'Digital dirt' can haunt your job search |
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| Just like Vegas, what happens on the Internet, stays on the Internet. How that affects your job search is up to you. Gone are the days when all you were concerned with was whether or not your resume and cover letter were error-free. Now, you've got bigger things to worry about -- like what kind of personal information is floating around online. Job seekers should not only manage how they come across in person, but on the Web, too. | |
| Managing Your Career as a Business |
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| Employment experts have some advice for the many Americans either looking for work or fearing they soon will be: Consider yourself an entrepreneur - of your own working life. The term entrepreneur is usually applied to people seeking to start their own small businesses. But those in the recruitment and employment industry say the uncertainty in the current economy means that workers need to think of their careers as their own small businesses. | |
| Pile On Mentors in Tough Times |
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| In this economy, you need to take advantage of every available resource to propel your career. Finding a mentor - and preferably a network of mentors - is an easy and smart way to get started. And, it won't set you back financially the way hiring a career coach would. Here's how. | |
| The Next Youth-Magnet City
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| If you were a recent college graduate in a recovering economy launching a career, looking for a mate or both, where would you choose to live? Six experts were asked which 10 cities will emerge as the hottest, hippest destinations for highly mobile, educated workers in their 20s when the U.S. economy gets moving again. Our panelists - demographers, economists, geographers and authors on urban issues - picked their cities based on the criteria they deem most important, from economic diversity to lifestyle. | |
| Getting Hired, Never a Picnic, Is Increasingly a Trial
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| More people are being asked to do more before being offered a position including more interviews and working temporarily for a few months, with the possibility of a permanent job at the end. "The perception is that there's lot of great talent out there, and even if the person across the table is great, there might be someone else even better" said Todd Safferstone, managing director of the Corporate Executive Board. | |
| No. 2 Jobs Dwindle Amid Cost Cutting
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| AOL Inc. and Avon Products Inc. last week embraced a hot management trend: eliminating the second-in-command. The COO position remains the most common steppingstone to the corner office, though others, notably the CFO, have gained ground in recent years. Between January 2008 and June 2009, 40 major companies eliminated the COO or president position, while only 20 added it, according to a study of 672 large public companies by Crist Kolder. | |
| Subtle Cues Can Tell an Interviewer "Pick Me"
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| It's always fun to hear hiring managers recall the most boneheaded mistakes they have seen job seekers make during an interview: showing up in flip-flops, say, or taking a cellphone call while meeting the company president. But that kind of cluelessness is rare. More common are the subtle missteps or omissions that can cause one candidate to lose out to another. | |
| American Graduates Finding Jobs in China
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| Shanghai and Beijing are becoming new lands of opportunity for recent American college graduates who face unemployment nearing double digits at home. Even those with limited or no knowledge of Chinese are heeding the call. They are lured by China's surging economy, the lower cost of living and a chance to bypass some of the dues-paying that is common to first jobs in the United States. |
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| Baruch SCDC in the News |
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| The Princeton Review on Baruch College and the Starr Career Development Center: "Baruch College consists of three schools, and although its School of Arts and Sciences and School of Public Affairs are both fine, it's the Zicklin School of Business that garners nearly all the attention here (as well over three-quarters of the student body). Zicklin offers a "very demanding business-oriented program that provides a great education in an overcrowded environment" where "it's very easy to get lost," but just as easy for go-getters to access "unparalleled internships, career, and networking opportunities to major global companies' headquarters." Because New York City is a worldwide finance capital, Baruch's connections and internships provide "a gateway to the world of finance," and it is for this reason-as well as for the fact that "tuition is about one-fourth what it is at NYU," making it "the best college value in New York City"-that students flock to Baruch. Students warn that you must be willing to "put 110 percent into your studies and take advantage of the NYC network and Starr Career Development Center" to reap all available benefits here. Those who make the effort will discover a career office that "works tirelessly to prepare its students for the working world. Not only do they offer workshops on how to make yourself an attractive candidate, they also offer counseling and even resume reviews to make sure your resume is perfect, as well as mock interviews that help you analyze your strengths and weaknesses as an interviewer." |
