Tag: career
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How To Create a Career That You Love
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we asked five successful industry professionals the question “How do you create a career that you love?” Here are their responses on how to make a career loved and enjoyable. Kari Sommers, Associate Dean of Student Life, Columbia College Chicago “My advice is don’t do it. Don’t create a career…
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What does self care mean?
Written by Mil Safadi, Marketing and Communications Assistant/Intern Overstimulated. A word that can be synonymous with anything that has happened in the past two years. We’ve been accustomed to hopping on Zoom calls in our pajamas, mindlessly snacking, and scrolling past one depressing news article after another. As we start to integrate back into our…
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Soft Skills in the Workplace
Darlene Jackson, Creative Industry Liason was interviewed about the importance of soft skills in the workplace. Here’s what she shared! What’s the one key soft skill for an interviewee to have? Excellent communication abilities – both verbal and written – are an in-demand soft skill for an interviewee to possess. In employer polls, such as…
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How to Start Your Job Search
by Robin Mosley-Vaughan, Career Development Advisor There’s a lot that’s probably going on in your mind as you get closer to applying for jobs especially during these times. I’ve sat down with hundreds of students, and every one of them has had some variation of the question “How do I get a job in my…
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September Internships and Hires
10/3/17 Recent Internships of Note: Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations/Social Media: Leo Burnett, VSA, WTTW, Blue Cross Blue Shield, 1871, Cinema Art + Science: Whitehouse Post, Lawndale Productions, Harbor Pictures, Hilary Swank, Facets, Vidionix, The Colonie, Optimus, Noble Productions, Actuality Media, and more! Design & Interactive Arts and Media: The Mill, Spudnik Press, BMW Technology,…
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Ambition and keeping up your drive
Enormously helpful and motivational tips from Peer Academic Coach Rebecca Melzer! As a Peer Academic Coach the one thing I hear the most from students is that college is a lot harder than they think. It is a huge transition from living at home to providing for yourself and having to find your own motivation…
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Help Yourself: steps you can take NOW to advance your future career!
Some career insight from current Sophomore and Peer Academic Coach, Gabriella Hebel!
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Students will have access to employers such as John G. Shedd Aquarium, Illinois Department of Children & Family Services, Live Nation, Six Flags Great America, U.S Secret Service & many more. We are expecting 40 employers on-campus in all. Head shots will also available.
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The Daily Grind (or not)
By Michael Goode So much of our time in college is spent identifying, preparing for, and obtaining a job or career path that, when we finally begin experiencing full-time, can be just not what we expected. While many undergrads have incredibly busy schedules consisting of class time, part-time work/internships, and any number of other responsibilities,…