Career fairs are a great way to identify career opportunities, but your efforts shouldn’t stop when you remove your name tag and head back to your car. Here are four things you should do following the event to make the most of the connections you made and to increase your chances of success:
A resume is a marketing tool used to highlight your applicable work, education, experience and skills. When crafted successfully, it should increase your chances of getting an interview.
Getting ready for any career fair—be it in-person or virtual—takes some advance planning. With the Virtual 2019 Spring Career Fair coming up on March 14, below are some tips to help you get the most out of your virtual career fair experience.
For the in-person University of Maryland University College (UMUC) 2019 Spring Career Fair on Thursday, March 7, an exclusive app is available to provide students and alumni access to tips to prepare for success, a list of participating employers and the open jobs they are looking to fill, directions, and so much more. Continue Reading
The 2019 Spring Career Fair will be here soon! The in-person Career Fair will be hosted on Thursday, March 7 at the College Park Marriott, and the virtual Career Fair will be hosted on Thursday, March 14.
Transitioning from military to civilian status can be stressful and challenging. To better prepare and make yourself more marketable, you will need to know how to effectively job search, create a resume, and interview.Continue Reading
Lifestyle experts have great tips, but most don’t understand our UMUC community. We aren’t just balancing work and family. We’re balancing school and sometimes job searches. For this reason, when I sat down to right this piece, I decided to draw on the insights of three of our own. Tamar Thorne ‘07, ‘18 is a wife, mother, employee benefits representative, and recent MBA graduate. Brian Booth is a husband, father in a two career household, Vice Dean at UMUC, and a UMUC faculty member. Cathy Francois is a single mom, Assistant Director of Career Programming at UMUC, UMUC adjunct faculty, and an entrepreneur who finished her MBA while working full-time and job hunting. They’ve synthesized seven strategies to help with our juggling act.
We are consistently told by the media that there is a demand for experienced cybersecurity professionals. However, for recent graduates and those interested in transitioning into the field, career paths can seem elusive. In my recent webinar, Cyber Jobs: Where Are They and How Do I Get One?, I discussed this topic with a trio of experts, which included two esteemed UMUC faculty members and a alumna who works in the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
If you’re solely relying on your resume to sell yourself to prospective employers, you’re missing out, big-time. According to a study by the Society for Human Resources Management, nearly 80 percent of organizations are using social media to recruit potential job candidates — with 94 percent of them choosing LinkedIn for the task.Continue Reading
How do you make your resume stand out of the stack? When you’re up against ample—and well-qualified—competition for your dream job, it’s important to make your resume meaningful and memorable so you end up on the short list for an interview.Continue Reading
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