Tag: columcareer
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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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Pub Style Trivia: Recap
On Thursday, September 6, 2018, the Career Center hosted a night to remember full of trivia, food, and prizes. Over 50 eager students attended the event to compete and reconnect with friends. By attending this event, Freshman and Transfer students were able to earn their Engage Career badge. This program helps new students to interact…
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Working Wednesday: Laura Miller ’17
Laura Miller has always been interested in the subject of healthcare. During her time at Columbia as a Creative Writing major, Laura’s written and verbal communication skills were strengthened greatly through assignments and her off-campus work experience with a chiropractor. Laura graduated in May 2017 and immediately put those professional skills into practice with her first…
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Career Center Open House this Friday
Join us for an open house in the Career Center this Friday! Meet the Career Center staff, learn about the services we provide and how to plan out your future path so you can achieve an on-campus job, a successful internship and/or prepare for a full-time job upon graduation. Students will have the opportunity to:…
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Upcoming Events in the Career Center
Happening in the Career Center next week: Tuesday, September 26th Portfolios Basics: From building to presenting a professional body of work 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Career Center Alumni Panel: Don’t Worry, I Was in Your Shoes Last Year 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm | Career Center Advertising Recruiters Panel – Creative, Account,…
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Advertising Recruiter Panel
What does it take to work at an advertising agency in management, strategy and creative roles? How can you make the leap from student to industry professional and launch your career in advertising and marketing? Hear first-hand from recruiters that work with some of Chicago’s leading, global agencies on how your work can get noticed…
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Don’t Worry, I Was In Your Shoes Last Year
We’re bringing back successful 2017 graduates, now working in their fields, to share with you what it was like before making the leap from student to career. Years of studying in your major, class projects, internships, volunteering, and taking part in clubs and organizations has got to lead to somewhere, right? This tell-all, young alumni…
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Upcoming Events in the Career Center
Don’t miss these events in the Career Center this week 9/18-9/22/17 😁 9/20 Making the Most of Handshake 11am-1pm Join us for an interactive, hands-on session on how to make the most of Handshake—your tool for finding internships, jobs, events, and connecting to resources and staff in the Career Center. On your way out, make sure…
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Upcoming Engage Events at the Career Center
A broad variety of Engage Columbia College Chicago programs are happening around campus to help you explore and build your new community here at Columbia! Join us at the Career Center for the following events to help you engage with your work and future career! All events are located on www.colum.edu/handshake Sep 12 5:30pm Portfolios Basics: From building…
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Send us your latest news!
Did you complete a summer internship, have an exhibition, produce or perform in a show, start a new job, or something else that’s awesome??? We want to hear about it! Please submit to our Success Campaign at colum.edu/success.