“It’s important to be kind to everyone you meet and to be open to opportunities—even ones that don’t initially seem like something that exactly fits in with your career goals,” reflects Jesse Cannon (’17). “It’s good to have a focus, but it’s okay to branch out. ” Jesse is currently a stage technician at Walt Disney …
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Employer Reflections on the Career Fair
Over 850 students and alums got a chance to connect with 125 local and national employers at last week’s career fair, and the employers were impressed!
What Employers Want: Selling Your Soft Skills
Even though I don’t know who you are, I am going to be honest with you. When I graduated from UVM (Go Cats Go!) I had no idea what an employer really wanted, let alone what I wanted to do. When I started writing my resume and prepping for interviews, I struggled to think of …
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Navigating a Networking Event – Four Tips for Success
Congratulations, you are going to a UVM career networking event and that is awesome! It can be scary and awkward at first, but it’s really a bunch of conversations and opportunities to learn about the world of work from UVM’ers who have traveled the path before you.
Six Steps To Create A Job Shadow Opportunity
CEO John Evans and Gretta Groves, VITL, 2017 Job shadowing is a great way to make connections and find out what a job is really like behind the scenes. Here’s how you can create a job shadow opportunity for yourself: