Please help me kill it, for everyone’s sake. Dedicated team player with strong work ethic and great organizing skills seeking to utilize training and competencies to leverage value toward company goals in a growth-oriented, goal-driven environment. – Generic résumé Objective
When we are ordinary “workers” in what may be considered mundane types of work, we don’t think it’s the same thing as being a “professional.” We’re responsible only for the hours we are required to put in. We are not
Why You Should Always Be Ready to Take Stock and Recalibrate Your Trajectory By Dr. Sandy Marcus Most of us generally think of “career planning” as most important when we’re still in school or at the very beginning of our
With 2016 Fall Career Fair upon us already, we’d like to share some helpful hints and conversation starters brainstormed by Dr. Marcus, to help spur productive dialogue for the fair and other outreach/networking opportunities. Some of these are rather “basic”
If you are in the midst of a job search, then nothing I am about to tell you will come as a surprise. Looking for a new job is guaranteed to take a toll on one’s motivation. It is, in
Studying abroad has always been one of my dreams since high school. I would always get fascinated by the idea of living in another country, learning and speaking another language, as well as sharing my culture and experiences with people
I lived all my life in a small city in Brazil, and I also studied in a university that is considered small in comparison to the others that are reference there. Having the opportunity to live in Chicago and study
My name is Umberto and I’m an exchange student from Brazil. When I received my acceptance letter to study abroad in an American school I was glad and at the same time full of questions. How will it be? Am
This week’s post is contributed by Tracy Skala, Career Development Coach and our unofficial assessment specialist. A member of our team since August 2015, she previously worked at Loyola University’s Career Development Center while completing her graduate degree. When you think
I remember when I got accepted to come to IIT through the BSMP in mid-2014. I was at my mom’s house in a cape town in the coast of Brazil, sweating probably under over 100°F when I got the news