Stay Professional

Make sure and be professional throughout your entire job search and interviewing. Here is a great article from Career Journal.

Hiring managers say an increasing number of job hunters are just too casual when it comes to communicating about career opportunities in cyberspace and on mobile devices. Thank yous on paper aren't necessary, but some applicants are writing emails that contain shorthand language and decorative symbols, while others are sending hasty and poorly thought-out messages to and from mobile devices. Job hunters are also using social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to try to befriend less-than-willing interviewers.

Click on this link to read the full article. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121729233758791783.html?mod=djemCJ

Great Technique

If you are looking for one of the BEST ways to get a job or

a great method to figuring out what you want to do for a career

check out this technique: INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWING.

Review this link http://www.quintcareers.com/informational_interviewing.html

and let me know if you have any questions. I can help you with the process.

-Nick Schaefer
Associate Director, Career Services
ext: 420
schaefer.n@gmc.edu

Targeted Internet Job Sites

Increase your chances of landing a job by using targeted Internet job websites. These sites post jobs that are related to your field.

For example, www.shrm.org posts jobs in human resources.

Or www.prsa.org post jobs for public relations.

Career Services has a list of sites for every major. Visit our website to see the entire list. Go to www.gmc.edu/students/careerservices click on "students." and click on the document under "job search."

Let me know if you have any questions. Email me at careerservices@gmc.edu.

-Nick