During these challenging end-of-the-semester days, you are doing all you can to maximize your time and performance. You are following strict schedules, juggling demands, prioritizing and re-prioritizing tasks and responsibilities, trying to eat healthy meals and get enough sleep. All of this can be overwhelming! Don’t get so busy that you lose your sense of…
Is it worth it? Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
As deadlines get closer and stress continues to mount, you may be tired and overwhelmed. As each day gets nearer to the end of the semester and finals you might even find yourself asking, “Is this all worth it?”
Are you sleeping? Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
As the end of the semester gets closer, deadlines will get nearer and the demands for your time will increase, seemingly exponentially. I see students put more and more onto their calendars while making weekly and daily to-do lists. “Working days” get longer and longer, often running into the wee hours of the morning. All…
Are you spreading yourself too thin? Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
Here we are with just about one month left of this semester. Semesters remind me of Ravel’s “Bolero.” They start out softly, but just keep building, building and building. We hear the dramatic crashing cymbals at the end. Your goal is to have the crashing cymbals represent your victory — the finale of a job…
The company visit — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
After a few very busy weeks of on-campus interviews, students are starting to get invitations for the next step in the hiring process — the company visit.
Virtual interviews — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
Welcome back, Fulton Schools students! I hope that your spring break was fun and relaxing. I know that some of you were busy working on projects, but I’m sure that it was nice to have big blocks of time uninterrupted by classes. Many of you are in the process of interviewing for internships and jobs…
After the Career Fair — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
For the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about preparing for the Career Fair. This is the week it’s happening! It is extremely important to know that recruiting season will not end when the events are over. Now is the time to talk about what to do after the Career Fair.
Advice from a Fulton Schools alum turned recruiter — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
In my recent columns, I’ve been writing about preparing for the upcoming career fairs. This week, I am delighted to introduce you to our guest blogger, Nathan Jack, senior project manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Carlsbad, California. Jack earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering from the Fulton Schools in 2013 and…
Get ready to interview with STARR — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
There are only two weeks until the Fulton Schools Career Fair. Check out the Career Center’s calendar of events to help you prepare, and see Events in Handshake for more details. In addition to doing research on the companies attending career fairs, perfecting your pitch and putting together your professional image, you absolutely need to…
Planning ahead — Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week
Continuing the countdown to the Fulton Schools Career Fair – we are now three weeks away! You want to maximize the amount of time you will have for talking to employers, and you want to be relaxed and confident. Planning ahead — by taking care of details and adapting your schedule — will certainly help!
