If someone asked you which of the following you would — doing things you like to do or doing things you dislike doing — I imagine your choice would be to do the things you enjoy. Stanford Professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, authors of Designing Your Life – How to build a well-lived joyful…
Spring Break — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
Spring Break! This is a time for Fulton Students to relax, catch up on sleep, travel, spend time with friends — and get ready for the challenging, busy, often stressful end of the semester that is quickly approaching. Make this week a time to do things you enjoy. At the end of the week, take…
The career fair is over — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
For the past month and a half, I’ve been writing about what to do to prepare for career fairs. For those of you who attended one of the events, there are a few things you need to do after. Most likely, you were told to “apply online.” This is not a brush off! It is…
Last chance: Final week before the career fair — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been writing about preparing for the career fair. Some of you have already fine-tuned and polished your résumé (and had it reviewed), have your professional attire ready to wear, identified and researched your top companies and thought about what you are going to say. Since it’s impossible to be…
Countdown to Career Fair: Less than two weeks away! Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
The Fulton Schools Career Fair is less than two weeks away! At this point, your résumé should be ready to go. (If not, plan to attend the Rapid Résumé Reviews with Employers this Friday, February 17, 2017 at Devils’ Oasis in CAVC retail space from noon–4 p.m.) You should have your professional attire ready —…
Countdown to Career Fair in three weeks — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
January of 2017 is already history and you have only three weeks left to prepare for the Fulton Schools Career Fairs. It’s time to start thinking about your professional attire. Do you have to go shopping? Is your suit clean and pressed? Are your dress shoes shined? Do you need to schedule a haircut? Ladies,…
Countdown to Career Fair in four weeks — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
Get ready to interview with STARR! Some companies will conduct screening interviews at the career fair, and many will be holding first-round interviews on campus the very next day. In addition to doing research on the companies attending career fairs, perfecting your pitch and putting together your professional image, you also need to be ready…
Countdown to Career Fair in five weeks — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
It’s time or create or update your résumé! A well-crafted and effective résumé is not something that can be written quickly. Doing the job well requires a great deal of thought and serious introspection. You need to consider the reader. Recruiters and hiring managers look for the skills and experiences they listed in job descriptions….
Countdown to Career Fair in six weeks — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
You’ve made it through the first week classes and hopefully you are starting to adjust to your new schedule. I want to remind you that you only have six weeks to prepare for the Fulton Schools Spring 2017 Career Fairs! Peer career coaches are holding office hours and are ready to help you get ready….
Take time to reflect — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
Welcome back to campus and to the spring 2017 semester! A new year and a new semester create the perfect time for a fresh start. One way to maximize the opportunities of a new beginning is to take the time to reflect. Before the days and weeks get crazy with all you’ll have to do,…
