Happy new (academic) year!

To our new students, welcome.  to our returners, welcome back.  I hope your summers were spent engaging in activities that will look great on resume!
For my first post of the year, I’m going to talk about the Fish philosophy.  I went to a short session at our opening meeting.  There I learned the Fish Philosophy. [...]

Are your job prospects looking up?

According to this article from NACE (TheNational Association of Colleges and Employers), more soon to be grads have jobs that at this time last year.  The main reason cited was soon-to-be-grads are accepting positions offered more than last year.
I’d venture a guess that these students are fearful about when the next job offer might come [...]

“References available upon request”

Let us look at this logically.
When putting together a job advertisement, employers have the option of requesting references in the ad.
So when you submit your resume…
DO NOT PUT “References available upon request” ON YOUR RESUME.
They’ve already been requested.  You will look like you cannot follow simple written directions.
Let us assume you get an interview.  It [...]