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The Resume Objective Must Die

The Resume Objective Must Die

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

Logged in User February 3, 2017August 23, 2017 Career Services, Résumé Writing Read more

What Does It Mean to Be a “Professional”?

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

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“Career Planning” Isn’t Just At The Beginning Of Your Career

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

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Questions to Ask Potential Employers and Firm Contacts

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”

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6 Steps to Stay Motivated In a Job Search

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

Logged in User September 20, 2016August 23, 2017 Career Services, SASDI Programs Read more

A Year Abroad

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

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Discovering a new world

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

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The dream of an exchange in an American university

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

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Blazing Your Own Trail

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

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Enjoy the IIT Community!

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

Logged in User June 30, 2016 SASDI Programs Read more
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