Joyce’s Career Tip of the Week

The Fulton Schools Career Fairs are next week! You know what to do to get ready, but here are some tips of what not to do in order to be successful.

The Fulton Schools Career Fair is only two weeks away! There are things you need to be doing now to make the most of your time at the event.

Like many Arizonans, I watched the memorials and listened to numerous tributes to Arizona Senator John McCain. It was emotional to watch his family and hear the stories of his life told by his closest friends. I was especially moved by the words of former Vice President, Joe Biden:

Successful performance is the result of 90 percent preparation and 10 percent flawless execution. I’ve written this sentence in many of my columns over the years. Preparation is absolutely critical in career planning and searching for internships and jobs. The process is complicated. There are things to learn about yourself, the choices you can make…

You have just about a month to get your résumé ready for the Fulton Schools Career Fair. Students will sometimes tell me that they “do not have any experience.” Not all “experience” comes from paid positions! Give yourself credit for your experience.

Welcome to our first-year and newest transfer students! The Fulton Schools Career Center professional staff and our team of undergraduate and graduate peer career coaches are looking forward to meeting you and working with you. Bonus tips for those who are experiencing our weather for the first time: Stay hydrated! I am sure that everyone…

Students are often confused when asked in an interview to “tell me about a time when you failed.” They ask me, “What do they want to know? What am I supposed to tell them? I don’t want anyone to think of me as a failure!”

Learn the ability to turn serendipity into opportunity. Rather than attributing a positive outcome to “luck,” plan to put yourself into positions where good things could happen. Equally importantly, be ready to take action when they do.

I recently pulled out a calendar to work on some activity planning for fall and realized that we are only about four weeks away from the start of the fall 2018 semester. Over the past few months, you might have been busy with an internship, summer job, research project, classes, competition, study abroad, volunteering or…

May 2018 is already history and June has begun. Summers between college semesters have a way of flying by quickly. Take some time this vacation to make progress on your career plans. Here are a few suggestions: