As the quarter winds down and my college career quickly makes it way to the finish line, I have enjoyed the opportunity of attending as many campus workshops and networking events as possible. I recently attended the third Professional Readiness Workshop of the quarter titled, “Getting What You’re Worth and a Little More.” The timeliness … Continue reading »
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Keep Calm and Carry On: Navigating a Career Fair
If you learn nothing else from this post, learn this: preparation is the most important factor to representing yourself well at a career fair! Here are some suggestions for how to prepare: Get your head straight: Career fairs are extremely busy. 70 employers participated at the one I just attended in addition to hundreds of … Continue reading »
WWU Workshop – Networking: Connecting for Success
Last night, I attended a workshop at Western through the College of Business and Economics. It is apart of their series of Professional Readiness workshops and this one focused on networking. The workshop featured three professionals from Whatcom County: Debbie Ahl, former President and CEO of Sterling Life Insurance Company; John Veitch, Financial Representative at … Continue reading »
“Three Things” – What I Learned from Bill Miller
Last night, I attended an event on Western’s campus on Effective Business Communications. The talk was apart of a series of Professional Readiness workshops, put on by the College of Business and Economics. In these events, a business executive comes in to talk to us students about different topics related to business and professionalism. Last … Continue reading »
#ResuChat Summary: Making Informational Interviews Work For You
#ResuChat is a Twitter Chat or discussion on job search advice. The live chat is held every other Tuesday at 8pm ET. Tonight’s discussion was on informational interviews, a topic extremely relevant to me right now as I am starting to apply for jobs and checking in with my current contacts. Below are the questions … Continue reading »
Facebook Fired
You would think that by now people may have a better understanding of the power of social media. Wrong. Not only is Facebook still a place to talk to friends, it is also a place to be evaluated by your current or future employer and unfortunately for Denise Helms, her employer Cold Stone Creamery was … Continue reading »
What does social networking mean to you?
Per a recent post by Bill Dorman (see here), I was inspired to explore my own thoughts about social networking and its function in my professional, academic and personal life. With respect to my professional and academic careers, it is mandatory that I have a … Continue reading »
Guest Post: Defining the line when you are “Online” for your organization
I started in the public relations field on accident. As an academic advisor for Western Washington University, I found that we could do a lot of work (and keep the lines in the office down) if increased our online presence. I suggested to my boss that we create a Twitter and Facebook account to increase … Continue reading »
Oh Yeah, I Embrace Failure…And What?!
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” ― W.C. Fields If I have learned anything in my short time on this earth, it is that success and failure go hand in hand. At times this seems like a mean curse, especially when I … Continue reading »
LinkedIn Workshop Debrief – Part I
Social Media + Online Presence Workshop: LinkedIn View more presentations from Kine_Camara Almost two weeks ago now, I facilitated a Social Media and Online Presence Workshop focusing on LinkedIn along side co-coordinator and WWU student Teila Evans (see her guest blog post here). It was a great experience and I wanted to share some top … Continue reading »
