Dartmouth College is a private, four year liberal arts institution, located in Hanover, New Hampshire. It is about two hours northwest of Boston and about five hours north of New York City. Not far from campus, students are close to skiing, hiking, canoeing, and kayaking. Founded in 1769, Dartmouth sits on 269 pristine acres, which feature a central green that is surrounded on three sides by academic buildings. In addition, residence halls and administrative buildings are within walking distance of the green. Dartmouth enrolls approximately 5,700 students, with about 4,100 undergraduates; they represent all 50 states and 53 countries.

According to Dartmouth College's Dean of Admissions, Maria Laskaris, admission is highly selective. She says the typical Dartmouth student is bright, energetic, independent, and has a lot of ideas. About half of all students receive need based financial aid. Dartmouth has 29 academic departments and ten interdisciplinary programs, as well as graduate schools of arts and sciences, medicine, engineering, and business. Some of the most popular majors where students want to find entry level jobs are economics, government, and psychological and brain sciences. Dartmouth employs about 597 tenured or tenured track professors; about 90% of them hold their PhDs or equivalent degrees.

Dartmouth College has 34 varsity athletic teams that compete at the NCAA division one level in the Ivy League. Around three-fourths of undergraduates participate in athletics at the college, and about 60% of students volunteer on or off campus. Dartmouth also hosts fun events like a winter carnival and a green key in the spring. Students also have access to nine libraries on the school's main and medical campuses.

So, if you're looking for a great campus to learn and live, and also have a little fun, then watch a college video tour of Dartmouth College, http://www.youniversitytv.com/dartmouth.html, and learn more today.

Posted by William F on November 19, 2009 at 12:21 PM | Leave a Comment (0)

An internship is a great step for anyone, particularly students, looking to add experience and knowledge to his skill set and resume. An internship may be paid or unpaid, and taking part in one will certainly help later when looking for an entry level job. Just what an internship entails can vary greatly, depending on the employer and the job location. A great example of this sort of variance can be found within the Walt Disney Company, the operator of the Walt Disney theme parks and resorts.

With two separate theme parks in the United States, two in Asia and one in Europe, location is already, obviously, an option. A student from Florida might choose to work close to home, or maybe he would prefer to experience life on the West coast or in another part of the world; such opportunities are wide open when it comes to internships and entry level jobs with Disney.

Furthermore, Disney employment encompasses a wide variety of positions in nearly every field; their theme parks are some of the most well run resort locations in the world. Internship positions with Disney include working with animals, graphic design, engineering, costuming, horticulture, guest relations, marketing, and more. Students interested in media or the film industry could find themselves interning at ESPN or Miramax. Of course, one should not forget their world-famous Imagineers; even the masterminds behind the magical Disney atmosphere need interns sometimes!

Clearly college students should be able to find internships with Disney in their fields or interests, and there's little doubt that landing internships with one of the most successful corporations in the world will increase their chances of employment when it comes time to look for entry level jobs. Disney is well known for taking care of their interns, offering special housing and many other benefits to allow for a smooth transition into their program.

An internship with the Walt Disney Company is one of the best opportunities available for college students and recent graduates today.

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Posted by Candice Arnold on November 18, 2009 at 3:24 PM | Leave a Comment (0)

Internships are usually widely available to recent college graduates and undergraduate students to build a network of relationships and gain valuable insight. The cliche, "it isn't what you know, it's who you know," is exactly right. The more jobs you get, and the more people you meet, the better chance you have of finding a great job. There are many industries offering internships, both paid and unpaid. One of the fastest growing career fields is technology, with network engineer as one of the most desired internships out there.

A network engineer is basically someone who controls all of the computers in an organization. For example, he sets them up, wires them, installs different defense systems, and a whole bevy of other things. Entry level jobs in the field of network engineering can be attained more easily after an internship is done.

One of the best companies to work for would be the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). They are looking for research scientists, analysts, and computer engineers, to name a few. Government jobs come with great perks as well as incredible benefits.

Another option would be to help out your college's computer science or technology wing and be a desktop technician. This would allow you to help with IT needs, fix computers, and troubleshoot problems with faculty, staff and students. Software architects are needed to help integrate businesses' information as well as their hardware and software. One final internship idea for an aspiring network engineer would be a tester. All types of programs are coming out that need full testing before going live, and a tester helps check for bugs and ways to improve performance.

Network engineers are in high demand in today's growing technological world, and there are plenty of internships and entry level jobs available for college students or recent graduates interested in this career field.

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Posted by Candice Arnold on November 18, 2009 at 3:02 PM | Leave a Comment (0)

Located seven miles from downtown Boston, in Milton, Massachusetts, you will find Curry College. Less than two miles from the 135 acre campus, students can enjoy skiing, hiking, and horseback riding in New England's scenic Blue Hills. The Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Lisa Ijiri, says that Curry's proximity to Boston also gives students access to internships at major corporations. The student body represents 40 states and 23 countries, with about 2,000 full-time undergraduates, as well as many continuing education students and graduate students.

At Curry College, admission requirements include a high school transcript, a GPA between 2.7-3.3, a SAT score between 950-1,100 or an ACT score between 20-22, an essay, letters of recommendation, and a review of a student's extracurricular activities; this is according to the Dean of Admission, Jane Fidler. Curry offers students 20 majors, 65 minors, and an individually initiated major option, where students develop their own course management. The five largest majors where students want to find entry level jobs are communications, criminal justice, education, management, and nursing. Curry's communication program is home to an award winning radio station, and the school was one of the first U.S. colleges to have HDTV training. Students who work in the studio could receive internship opportunities with companies around the country such as MTV and ESPN.

Curry College has 13 athletic teams, which compete at the NCAA division three level, including a seven time New England football accomplished champion. There are 18 residence buildings on campus, with about 85% of first year students living at Curry. In addition, the school is involved with PAL, the country's first program for bright students with learning disabilities.

So, if you need some help in recognizing your potential and realizing your dreams, then check out a college video tour of Curry College, http://www.youniversitytv.com/curry_college.html, and learn more today.

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Turlock, California is home to California State University - Stanislaus, located in central California's San Joaquin Valley. The university is about two hours from San Francisco and about one hour away from activities like skiing, hiking, whitewater rafting, boating, and camping for students. Recognized for having the most beautiful and safest campus in the state, CSU Stanislaus offers good places for students to study or hang out. The school enrolls around 8,000 students.

According to the AVP of Enrollment Management, Roger Pugh, admission requirements for California students include having 3.0 GPAs, SAT scores around 1,000, and completion of high school core curriculums. Students outside of the state need to have higher GPAs and test scores for admission. CSU Stanislaus offers 42 undergraduate programs, 23 master's degrees, and seven post graduate credentials; there is also a doctor of education degree in an educational leadership program. Some of the most popular majors where students want to find entry level jobs are business administration, nursing, and teacher education. In addition, Stanislaus is the only campus in the CSU system to offer a bachelor's degree in cognitive studies. There's also a bioagricultural site on campus where students do environmental research, using the outdoor laboratory; vegetables are grown there and donated to the local homeless shelter. CSU Stanislaus employs around 516 faculty members, with 85% of them being tenured, or having their doctorates or terminal degrees in their fields. Some professors have even received national recognition for their work.

There are 13 NCAA division two men's and women's teams at CSU Stanislaus. They include a men's golf team that won 13 national championships at the division three level, before moving to the division two level in 1989. The Villages modern on campus housing complex holds over 600 beds, featuring apartments and suites, giving students the choice of sharing a room or living alone. Students will also find over 75 student clubs and organizations on campus, including 15 fraternities and sororities. CSU Stanislaus is the first campus in the CSU system to offer a one month winter term to give students opportunities to participate in classes that involve field trips to exotic destinations for research and study.

So, if you're looking for a school where you can be one with nature, on and off campus, while still receiving a great education, then watch a college video tour of California State University - Stanislaus, http://www.youniversitytv.com/csu_stanislaus.html, and learn more today.

Posted by William F on November 17, 2009 at 11:17 AM | Leave a Comment (0)

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Facebook is growing fast and as their list of users grows so does the list of people getting hired, fired, embarrassed and shunned. Before we jump into some of the classic do's and dont's of creating a personal brand via Facebook, lets take a look at the truly staggering growth of the social network juggernaut:

August 26th, 2008: 100 million users

January 7th, 2009: 150 million users

April 8th, 2009: 200 million users

July 15th, 2009: 250 million users

September 15th, 2009: 300 million users

Friday, November 6th, 2009: 325 million users

(Mashable)

These numbers show that Facebook has been growing by nearly half a million users daily since they hit the 100 million mark in August.

As you can see there are vast opportunities on Facebook for personal branding but the opportunities for tainting your reputation or losing your job are even more vast. In fact, nearly 1 out of 10 employers now admit to firing employees because of their activities on Facebook (I am willing to bet the actual number is much higher because many employers would never openly admit to doing this, even in a survey.)

Facebook Personal Branding Donts: Some True Stories of Facebook Fires

DON'T assume people can't read between the lines when you post anonymously:
Adam B. Los Angeles, CA: "I was mutually terminated for my Facebook. I wrote anonymously about a co-worker but a buddy of hers found my post and ratted me out to HR."

DON'T post pictures of you in your underwear:
Doreen Morino: "I just got fired because of Facebook. A picture of me in my underwear did the trick"

DON'T post anything unprofessional when you're friends with your boss:
I updated my status as "ready to go home so I can drink and party with friends"
So, my ultraconservative company said that I apparently did not want to be at work and therefore terminated me because "I did not fit into the company's culture"

Nevermind the fact that I hired 60 people in 2 weeks, found 15 temps in 3 days, and had endless compliments by upper management about my work. I was productive and had a good attitude about work-yet they terminated me.

Facebook Personal Branding Do's

DO use privacy settings:
This seems like a pretty obvious one but many people don't realize just how much control Facebook gives you with your privacy settings. For instance, you can organize your friends into groups and let each individual friend only see certain parts of your profile. Next time your boss tries to be your friend (or your mother), you don't have to ignore them, just let them see the good and hide anything that may be questionable. Also, be sure your profile isn't set to public, you'd be surprised what kinds of things employers may hold against you. Below is a perfect example, she didn't even do anything wrong so when she never got a call back after the interview she likely had no idea why.

"We interviewed an excellent applicant and checked her out on Facebook afterward. She had 236 friends, which made us wonder if she would be spending a lot of time on Facebook, IMing, texting, getting emails, receiving phone calls, etc. Plus, one of her interests was "being a smart ass." Not worth the risk on this end." (For more info on privacy settings check our 10 Privacy Settings every Facebook User Should Know.)

DO have a reasonable profile picture:
Your profile picture is the first and many times only thing people find when they look for you on Facebook. It is also the thing that shows up on a Google search. Keep it "PC" because even if you change your profile picture it often times has already made its rounds across the web and is officially immortalized. The photo below is the classic example that has been circulating around the web for a while now. She was fired from her teaching position a mere month or so before getting her teaching credentials because of this photo dubbed "drunken pirate."

DO keep personal arguments to the phone lines:
Come on guys, do you really want some heated argument from your early twenties immortalized on the internet for your grandchild 40 years from now to hold over your head?

DO fully fill out your profile, join relevant groups, update often and BE REAL:
The most important thing you can do in personal branding on Facebook, and anywhere else for that matter, is be yourself. Paint a picture of who you are as an individual, highlight the things that make you unique and show your passions. Genuineness always goes a lot farther than a facade.

There you have it, some of the most important do's and dont's of personal branding on Facebook. Facebook is most definitely the number one brand killer and humiliation machine out there but by thinking logically before you post and interact with the right people you can easily build rather than bust your brand.

Evan Watson is an independent writer and the Chief Evangelist at Brand-yourself.com. At Brand-yourself.com Evan Watson combines his passion for writing, entrepreneurship, and making meaningful connections with new people. Evan is also a self-proclaimed adrenaline junky and enjoys kite-boarding, snowboarding, and wakeboarding. For Evan, family comes before anything else, and he attributes his success and growth almost entirely to being raised in an extremely eclectic, multi-cultural family.

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Going into an interview can be one of the more stressful events that you have to endure during the job search process. During an interview a potential employer can throw anything at you as far as questions are concerned and you should be prepared.

We have already talked about the process of preparing for an interview multiple times on this blog but it is a good time to explain what you should do if you encounter hard interview questions that you did not expect.

I am going to walk you through a few examples of hard interview questions. It is not so important to focus on the question or the answer, instead you need to spend time on the process. Employers most of the time do not care if you come up with the right answer they care about the process that you go through. In the real world you will have a team around you that will help you when you cannot find the right answer but they want to make sure that you go down the right path when you approach a problem.

Hard Interview Questions 101

Riddles:

If you are looking to interview for a creative position where you are going to be expected to have to think very differently about problems such as a marketing position or a position where you have to solve a lot of problems expect some sort of riddle during the interview.

My favorite riddle to have people walk through is the Light Bulb Riddle:

Imagine that there are 2 rooms, one of the rooms has 3 light bulbs and the other has 3 switches. Your goal: to figure out which switch goes to which light bulb.

Specifics: The 2 rooms are separate; once you go inside one room you cannot not see other. The room with the 3 switches has 1 switch connected to 1 light bulb in the other room. There are no tricks to the wiring; each individual switch goes to exactly 1 light bulb, and vice versa. You are allowed to go into the room with the 3 light bulbs as often and for as long as you like, but you cannot damage anything or look at the wiring. In the room with the 3 switches, you can flip the switches on and off as often and for as long as you like, but as soon as you leave that room, you cannot return. You can then go back to the other room, but then you have to give your answer at that point.

The wording for this his riddle was paraphrased from http://users.ameritech.net/iamperfect/ridlightbulb.htm. This riddle is great because it forces you to take into consideration a variety of different factors. It will show the employer that you can understand a problem when it is presented to you and you can walk through the steps to solve a problem.

Oh and by the way... to figure it out: Turn on one light switch for 10 minutes and then turn it off and turn on another light switch. Walk into the room with the lights and the one that is on is the one you just turned on. Feel the other bulbs to see which one is warm. The one that is cold is the switch that you did not touch.

Cases:

Cases present an array of hard interview questions. One of the most important things to remember with cases is that you once again don't need to come up with the correct answer, although it does help, but it is more important that you can defend your position.

It is unrealistic to think that a person is going to be able to be handed a real world problem and come up with a solution directly after. You want to once again come up with a process.

This is NOT a good time to sit silently in your chair as you run things through in your head. You want to involve the person that is giving the interview in your thought process. They are looking to see how you go about the problem. Ask them questions, get clarification, and use the interviewer as a RESOURCE. You want to prove to them that you are a team player and that you know the right questions to ask.

Cases can be challenging. The best piece of advice I can give you is the following: THINK FIRST. So many people get tripped up in their mind to think that if they come up with the answer fastest that they will win something. No in fact you will most likely lose.

You want to think first. Voicing your gut reaction is alright but you need to have logic to back you up before you wager on your final answer.

Opinions:

The last set of hard interview questions that I come across regularly is when people are asked for their opinion on something. Now at first glance you are probably thinking, "Opinions? I have tons of those!" Reality is that a lot of people I interview on a regular basis don't have an opinion. If you don't have an opinion about the industry that you are working in, then you have effectively shown me that you must not care.

Now it may not be the right conclusion to come to but it is the first thing that comes to mind. With that being said this is not the place to be overbearing. You want to voice that yes, you are concerned and that you have thought about something but having a radical opinion or one that you don't think would go over well you need to execute caution when bringing it up.

You don't want to sound spineless but you don't want to come across as a dictator. You have to judge the situation and you also need to do some character assessment on your end to figure out if your opinion will raise conflict later on with the job.

Summary

Hard interview questions are unavoidable. You have to work through them and treat them like you are talking to your best friend. Each company will have different expectations as far as an interview is concerned. You would be surprised at how much good a little bit of research can do before the interview. For larger companies it is likely that other people have talked about the interview process online publicly. Research it so the hard interview questions don't take you by surprise.

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Posted by Candice Arnold on November 13, 2009 at 10:29 AM | Leave a Comment (0)

About an hour from Mexico and Los Angeles, and close to southern California beaches, is California State University - San Marcos. Also located near San Diego, the university is a short distance from world famous attractions such as the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park. The scenic 304 acre campus features mediterranean village style buildings and small piazzas, set in the foothills of San Marcos, California. CSU San Marcos enrolls around 9,000 students.

For admission into California State University - San Marcos, students must have completed a college preparatory high school curriculum and have a B average. California residents with 3.0 GPAs or higher are eligible for admission with any SAT or ACT scores; students with GPAs between 2.0-2.99 must achieve certain SAT or ACT scores to be eligible for admission into CSU San Marcos. The university offers 28 undergraduate majors, 11 graduate programs, and seven teacher credential programs. Some of the most popular majors where students want to find entry level jobs are business administration, liberal studies, communications, and psychology. Associate Professor and Chair of the Physics Department, Charles Deleone, says that the university tries to place all of its biology majors into internships in national laboratories or local companies. CSUSM employs 227 professors, with about 223 of them having terminal degrees in their fields.

In addition to having a track and field team at California State University - San Marcos, the housing units in its University Village feature apartment style living, and houses 620 full-time students. There are also over 80 student organizations, including fraternities, sororities, and clubs, as well as multiple intramural sports. Plus, CSU San Marcos has designed and built brand new classrooms, laboratories, offices, and libraries that incorporate the latest technology, like WiFi.

So, if you're looking for a mid-sized university with a high-tech, yet personal classroom atmosphere that's close to California's best beaches, then watch a college video tour of California State University - San Marcos, http://www.youniversitytv.com/csu_sanmarco.html, and learn more today.

Posted by William F on November 12, 2009 at 5:07 PM | Leave a Comment (0)

California State University - San Bernardino is located at the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. Here, students are a short distance from mountain resorts, where they can enjoy skiing, camping, boating, and hiking. The CSU San Bernardino campus features lush trees and wide, green spaces surrounded by modern buildings. It is also home to the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, an art showcase and one of the finest, privately held collections of Egyptian antiquities in the world. CSUSB enrolls around 17,000 students and is one of the most diverse student bodies in California.

Admission into California State University - San Bernardino will depend on a student's GPA; students with 3.0 GPAs or higher receive automatic admission into the university, regardless of their SAT or ACT scores. In addition, over 70% of all CSUSB undergraduates get some level of financial aid. CSU San Bernardino offers more than 70 programs and certificates, which are organized into five academic colleges; many of these programs have earned specialized national accreditation. Some of the most popular majors where students want to find entry level jobs are nursing, psychology, liberal studies, criminal justice, communications, and biology. The Western University of Polyscience's Medical School has an articulation with CSUSB's biology department, where students can actually enter into medical school as sophomores at the university. CSUSB employs about 467 full-time faculty members, with over half of them being tenured and serving on various prestigious national committees, associations, and editorial boards.

There are 11 athletic teams at California State University - San Bernardino that compete at the NCAA division two level; these teams have won 14 conference championships and nine regional championships. Students occupy three separate housing complexes, ranging from traditional dormitories to luxurious apartment style units, totaling over 1,500 beds. CSUSB students will find over 100 organizations on campus and a recreational center that offers intramural sports.

So, if you're looking for a young, vibrant university that is high in value and quality education, then check out a college video tour of California State University - San Bernardino, http://www.youniversitytv.com/csu_sanbernardino.html, and learn more today.

Posted by William F on November 11, 2009 at 4:41 PM | Leave a Comment (0)

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Just minutes away from the beach and downtown Los Angeles, in Carson, California, you will find California State University - Dominguez Hills. The 346 acre campus is a park like setting, with places to study or lounge, and where buildings are a short walking distance from one another. Known as the college on the hill, many of these buildings were built at varying elevations; there are also pedestrian paths on campus, lined with eucalyptus or other shade trees. CSU Dominguez Hills enrolls about 12,000 students each semester and has one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse student bodies in the United States.

For admission into California State University - Dominguez Hills, students' GPAs must correspond with their SAT or ACT scores. According to Outreach Officer, Kim Larson, the higher a student's GPA is, the less weight is on his or her test score, and vice versa. Students with GPAs below 2.0 aren't eligible for admission; CSUDH does offer many financial aid options, including scholarships and grants. The university has 45 bachelor's degrees, 21 master's degrees, and ten teaching credential certificate programs available to students. Some of the most popular majors where students want to find entry level jobs are liberal arts, business administration, digital media arts, child development, and nursing. Nursing students with bachelor's degrees can enter into the CSU Dominguez Hills' entry level master's program to receive generic nursing, and become a registered nurse. Once these students have their master's degrees, they could become clinical nursing leaders. The university also has the largest master's degree program in conflict resolution and peace building. CSUDH employs about 687 faculty members.

CSU Dominguez Hills has 11 men's and women's athletic teams, which compete at the NCAA division two level; they have won 23 conference titles and three national championships. Students on campus live in one of 22 two-story buildings, with one, two, or three bedroom furnished apartments. There are 60 student run groups to participate in, from cultural and special interest organizations to professional, service, and honor society groups, as well as several sororities and fraternities.

So, if you're looking for a friendly, student focused university, where you won't feel lost, and it seems like everyone knows your name, then watch a college video tour of California State University - Dominguez Hills, http://www.youniversitytv.com/csu_dominguezhills.html, and learn more today.

Posted by William F on November 10, 2009 at 4:12 PM | Leave a Comment (0)

Located in Omaha, Nebraska, Creighton University is a private, four year Jesuit Catholic university, but welcomes people of all religious faiths, with over 40 represented at the school. Creighton has a 120 acre modern, urban campus, in a garden like setting, that is designed to deliver a cutting edge learning and living environment. There are around 7,000 students at the university, including about 4,000 undergraduates. CU also holds an annual luau for students.

For admission into Creighton University, students need at least B averages and ACT scores of 23. The average freshmen test scores range from 24-30 on the ACT and 1100-1300 on the SAT; class rank is also a factor for admission at this relatively selective school, according to the Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management, Mary Chase. Creighton offers over 50 majors to students; some of the most popular majors where students want to find entry level jobs are psychology, marketing, finance, biology, journalism, accounting, and English. Over 50% of CU students are placed in graduate or professional school, one of the top rates in the U.S. In addition, there's a Dean's Honor Roll of Social Responsibility in the school's College of Business, which involves community service. CU employs about 700 faculty members.

Athletes at Creighton University compete at the division one level in the Missouri Valley Conference; the men's basketball team has made the NCAA tournament seven of the last nine years. There are nine residence halls for students who want to live on campus, which provide them with great access to classes. CU offers 180 student organizations such as service clubs, Greek life, and even an ice cream club. In addition, students have internship opportunities with companies like Nike, Microsoft, and XM.

So, if you're looking to start your college career in a school with strong academic programs and terrific post graduate advancement, all in a vibrant metro area with great arts and an entertainment scene, then watch a college video tour of Creighton University, http://www.youniversitytv.com/creighton.html, and learn more today.

Posted by William F on November 5, 2009 at 12:24 PM | Leave a Comment (0)

Known as the first American university and a proud member of the Ivy League, Cornell University is located atop East Hill in Ithica, New York. The 745 acre campus includes many waterfalls and even has its own zip code, due to its size. Cornell enrolls over 13,000 undergraduates and nearly 6,000 graduate and professsional students; when you add medical graduates and professional students, the total number of students is over 20,000. Cornell students represent all 50 states and 120 countries.

According to Cornell University's Assistant Director of Admissions, Reba McCutcheon, admission is highly selective. In addition to students' grades and test scores, Cornell considers other factors, including character, extracurricular and volunteer activities, special talents, essays, and interviews. CU students can explore dual degree programs and majors that cross traditional departmental boundaries; they will also find research opportunities and more than 70 formal majors, where they can pursue entry level jobs. Some people might be interested to know that Cornell was the first university to award a degree in veterinary medicine, and to award the first doctorates in electrical and industrial engineering, along with other firsts. There have been 40 Nobel laureates affiliated with CU, either as faculty members or as students.

Cornell University has 36 varsity athletic teams (18 for men and 18 for women), including a crew team. There are over 800 student clubs and organizations on campus, as well as a university press. About 30% of students are involved in Greek life, while others are a part of interest groups like the Vegeterian Club or the I Heart Meat Club. In addition, the school has a full working dairy that is used to make Cornell ice cream. Currently, Cornell is half way done on a mission to obtain one billion dollars for cancer and disease research at its Weill Cornell Medical College. Overall, the university is on a campaign to raise four billion dollars, and is already one-third of the way there.

So, if you're open to meeting new people and exploring opportunities for your future, then check out a college video tour of Cornell University, http://www.youniversitytv.com/cornell.html, and learn more today.

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Columbia University is located on the upper west side of Manhattan, New York, in Morning Side Heights, just north and west of Central Park on Broadway. The 36 acre campus is designed as a self-contained, urban village, filled with residence halls, classrooms, laboratories, art studios, and athletic facilities. There are about 5,500 undergraduate students from all 50 states and over 90 countries.

According to the Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Peter Johnson, Columbia University wants students who are hard workers, who love school, and who don't mind being challenged. About 93% of CU undergraduates have graduated in the top ten percent of their high school classes. Students should look into Columbia's new financial aid program to help with their tuition costs. Between Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, CU offers over 90 majors to students; some popular majors where students want to find entry level jobs are economics, engineering, political science, English, history, and biology.

In addition, the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies - Columbia Engineering, Jack McGourty, believes that while students need technical courses, they also need a strong liberal arts background to be technologically adept and socially engaged, as a foundation of their education at CU. Students can study around 40 languages, find nearly a dozen programs in the arts, and prepare for professional and/or graduate school, while attending the university. There are 1,410 full-time and 400 part-time faculty members at Columbia University, with most of them having their PhDs or terminal degrees in their respective fields. A total of six Nobel laureates have either attended or taught at CU.

Columbia University has 31 sports teams that compete at the NCAA division one level; the school has won nine Ivy League championships. About 95% of CU students live on campus, and there are almost 500 clubs and organizations, including music and theater groups. These also include a wide range of multicultural, political, and community service organizations.

So, if you're looking for a school that provides a strong liberal arts education and an opportunity to be challenged, then watch a college video tour of Columbia University, http://www.youniversitytv.com/columbia_university.html, and learn more today.

Posted by William F on November 4, 2009 at 11:28 AM | Leave a Comment (0)

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Building your personal brand is one thing but if no one can find it your efforts have been fruitless. While many people go about the right steps to build a personal brand they overlook what they need to do so that search engines can easily find and crawl their content.

Let's start off with what Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is: the process of taking content that you produce and make it search engine friendly so that search engines like Google and Yahoo can crawl and index.

So what makes search engine friendly content? The answer is: content that you yourself would like to read or content that will benefit other people. Search engines are not interested in indexing content that is written to fit their needs because they too are businesses. They want to give their customers (web users) the best content that they can find.

Here are some basic tips that you can employ as you are producing content, whether it is on your blog, in an article that you are writing, or on your personal websites.

Use Google's Keyword Tool. Google has a great tool to help you figure out what keywords other people are competing for. You should tailor your content to be for a specific keyword. To help you figure out what keywords are obtainable use the keyword tool where you can track competition.
Have good title. Search engines put a lot of weight on the title of your article because they assume that your title is a good representation of your content. Witty titles are not as effective online as they can mislead users and search engines.
Use the keyword phrase as you see it. If you are competing for the keyword phrase "How to write a bio" you need to make sure that you use that phrase exactly as you see it.
Keep new content coming. Search engines like to see sites that are regularly publishing new content because it shows that the site owners are invested and are putting more time into the site. This will take some time on your part but will yield more readers in the long run.
Track your progress. Use a tool such as Google Analytics (FREE!) that will help you track the number of hits that you get to your site on a daily basis. If you don't track it then you will not be able to determine how your efforts are going.

Always keep in mind that SEO is not an overnight process. As you build your personal brand it will take time. Many experts say that you should not expect to see any of your efforts have an effect for 3-6 months. After that you will start to see it pick up.

Keep at it and don't give up. Building a personal brand through search engine optimization is important and is a big step in increasing the visibility of your brand.

Article by, RJ Sherman and courtesy of Brand-Yourself.com for actionable tips to put you in a position of power in the job market

Posted by Candice Arnold on November 3, 2009 at 1:58 PM | Leave a Comment (1)

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As you continually work to improve your personal brand, you are going to consider many social media tools to utilize. Along this journey, I am sure that Twitter will be one of them. The reason that Twitter is such a good outlet for you is that Twitter is a means to express both your professional and personal sides. The professional and personal mixture, of course, being your own unique personal brand.

The problem begins when your personal brand sways more heavily one way over the other. This is most concerning when the personal emphasis is the heavier of the two.

As Mack Collier tweeted, "Getting on Twitter is NOT a strategy, Twitter is a tactic to execute a social media strategy". Such a wise statement.

Twitter is a tool for you to continually work to create and expand upon your personal brand. Any social networking tool is not a strategy, but instead is a tool (and this cannot be forgotten). Twitter is searchable by Bing and now by Google which further exposes you and your personal branding message.

Let's take an example for a moment. Pretend Katy is an SEO "expert" and she is working to position her personal brand firmly in the SEO field. Katy wants to be more easily found so she signs up for Twitter. Katy starts to tweet so that she may spread insight and connect with others on SEO tactics and strategy. However, over time, she lets her personality enter more and more. Katy begins to tweet on non-SEO topics and engage in conversations outside of her personal brand and on non-business related subjects. Katy continues to tweet but the focus is now closer to a 50/50 split on SEO related material versus non-business subjects.

There are two opposing tactics at play in this example.

1. Katy's personality is coming through, which is not necessarily a bad thing to happen. This allows her followers to better know her and be able to engage with her on a variety of topics. However, by taking her message further away from the SEO space, Katy's personal brand begins to falter in terms of having a consistent message.
2. Because Katy's tweets are not as consistent as when she started, then the results that appear in a Bing or Google search will not necessarily produce the SEO-based results that she desires. By keeping SEO as the major theme and sprinkling other topics in on an as needed basis, Katy will continue to increase her personal brand in the SEO space and potentially position her as a leader in the field.As with any personal brand message and social media strategy, you must have a clear picture as to what you would like to convey as your personal brand as well as the selected tools to help create your brand. This means working to communicate a clear and consistent message of you.

So, to answer the question: "is Twitter a good tool for your personal brand?" Yes it is a valuable tool. However, it is only a good tool if you use it in a manner that supports your personal brand and does not dilute the message you are working to communicate.

Make a Twitter plan and execute the strategy. Your personal brand relies on it!

Article by, Keith McIlvaine and courtesy of Brand-Yourself.com for actionable tips to put you in a position of power in the job market

Posted by Candice Arnold on November 3, 2009 at 11:45 AM | Leave a Comment (0)

Lois Lane had the biggest impact on my career choice because as a teenager, I aspired to be a female version of Woodward or Bernstein and Lois Lane, though a fictional character, embodied those characteristics. Later, I discovered the joy of writing positive, human interest stories and found that I much prefer writing about the good things that people do than about the bad. It's much more rewarding.

-- Submitted by C. A. from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States through the CollegeRecruiter.com Career Blog Application on Facebook.com.

Posted by Facebook Career Blog on November 3, 2009 at 8:54 AM | Leave a Comment (0)

College students and recent graduates want to gain a competitive edge during their job searches. Besides having stand-out resumes and cover letters, they have to have stand-out personalities, too. The question is, will they fare better if they are perceived as likable or nice during their interviews?

Why is this question so important?

Because out of the 36 people who responded to my recent query, 23 of them felt that it's better to be likable than nice because nice people are often viewed as being either weak or insincere.

Performance coach and author of Power Speaking: The Art of the Exceptional Public Speaker, Achim Nowak, believes that likable people are positive while nice people are "overly concerned, consciously or not, with being liked." For him, being nice is a mark of insincerity.

Cynthia Colby of Sympatico, on the other hand, thinks being nice means being weak. According to Colby, when someone is likable, other people want to work with her, be around her. Nice people do things to make other people happy, at their own expense, she believes.

Physical therapist and president of Waterfalls Day Spa, Sara Daly, and speech language pathologist and vice-president of Waterfalls Day Spa, Laurie Webb, agree with Colby that nice people are generally weak.

In business, people don't expect you to be nice," Daly and Webb believe. "Likable has a level of respect to it ... it is okay to disagree at times in business ... you are still likable, but you may not be nice."

For Melinda Mallari of Precision Market Services, likable people are people who others find it enjoyable to be around. As she sees it, it's easier to forgive the imperfections of likable people. She went on to say that she finds certain kinds of nice people - those who have a condenscending or self-righteous air - distasteful. "You can appreciate how nice they act, but not necessarily want to be around them," she concluded.

Only six of the query respondants thought it was better to be nice than likable. The remaining seven didn't have a specific preference.

Vera Newhouse of Edelman was among those who feel it's better to be nice than likable in the workplace. "I think the difference between being likable and being nice is that a nice person is more genuine and loyal. They exhibit qualities of being an employee who cares and who will work well in a team environment," she explained. With someone who is likable, Newhouse said, "You like an aspect of the person's personality but not everything about the person."

Author of Nice Girls Can Finish First, Daylle Deanna Schwartz, offered this unique perspective, suggesting that it's okay to be likable and nice simultaneously. "People should always be a healthy version of nice at work, which means being courteous and respectful to all, but also letting people know that you respect yourself and expect to be taken seriously," she asserted. "People can nicely stand up for themselves and get their point across in ways people will listen to, all with a smile and positive attitude."

When trying to decide how to stand out during their job searches, it's a good idea for college students and recent graduates to focus more on being sincere than on trying to be what others say they should be. Whether it's in their nature to be nice or likable, as long as they come across as genuine - and, of course, qualified - they'll probably get the jobs they desire.

Posted by Candice Arnold on November 2, 2009 at 10:27 AM | Leave a Comment (0)