Organization: Enterprise Holdings Representative: Randi Blender, Talent Acquisition Manager The Job Fair is over! What do you suggest that students do to follow up? When I meet someone at the Job Fair, it’s always nice to receive a thank you and see his/her online application. If a student secures an interview from the Job Fair, …
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Guest Blogger: Owen Manahan, ‘10 Job Title: Management Trainee Employer: Consolidated Electrical Distributors (CED) 1. You got your current job after attending a UVM Job Fair. What do you do and what do you like about it? I was hired by Consolidated Electrical Distributors after meeting them at the UVM Spring Job Fair. CED is …
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Some students may feel that their major and GPA brand them for life. Such fears can be only exacerbated by the recent recession and an uncertain job market. But these two labels are not an undergraduate’s most defining characteristics and putting too much emphasis on them may cause unneeded stress. Zac Bissonnette, guest writer for …
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Jeremy Lin knows what it’s like to struggle in a job search. The 23 year-old point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) was drafted by and then let go from 2 other teams before landing a spot on the New York Knicks roster. Even then, as a fourth-string point guard on a team of …
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Scott Whitted ’74 Deputy Chief, District Court Litigation Division, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement United States Government, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Williston, VT Major: Political Science What type of law do you practice and how did you choose that? I’ve practiced civil law for my entire …