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What it is like to attend Creighton University

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:24:51 -0600

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.

What it is like to attend Cornell University

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:55:06 -0600

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.

What it is like to attend Columbia University

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:28:01 -0600

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.

Personal Branding and SEO

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:58:21 -0600

Article provided by Brand-Yourself.com

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.

Is Twitter A Good Tool For Your Personal Brand?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:45:52 -0600

Article provided by Brand-Yourself.com

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.

Who had the biggest impact on your career choice? Why?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:54:50 -0600

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.

It's Nice to Be Likable When Looking for a Job

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:27:32 -0600

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.

Writing a Winning Career Objective: 6 Tips to Get Started

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:58:21 -0600

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

You've written your resume, and sent it out to what seems like hundreds of companies without any success. Perhaps it's time to look at one of the most important, and yet often neglected, parts of the resume - your career objective. If done correctly, this will show potential employers at a glance that you are serious about the job in question and know what you want to do. A poorly executed objective, however, may disqualify you from the position altogether.

What it is like to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:20:54 -0600

Less than two hours south of Denver, located in the northeast of Pueblo, is Colorado State University - Pueblo. The campus sits on 275 acres, on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Students will find opportunities for biking, skiing, and snowboarding, and experience many days of sunshine during the year. CSU Pueblo enrolls nearly 5,000 students and is one of the most diverse universities in Colorado, with students representing all continents except Antarctica and Australia.

What it is like to attend Colorado Denver University

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:57:24 -0600

Denver is the capital of Colorado and also the home of a four year public school, known as Colorado Denver University. The downtown Denver area is about five minutes from campus, offering students professional, recreational, and cultural opportunities. In addition to having a backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, UCD covers 126 acres, next to Cherry Creek, where the gold rush started in the Rocky Mountain area. There are also tree-lined walkways and green spaces on campus; plus, the school has a priority on green sustainability, with wind producing much of its energy. The Anschutz Medical Campus houses UCD's health sciences school, graduate program, and research enterprise. UCD's downtown campus has about 12,700 students.

What have you learned from mistakes you've made on a job?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:15:42 -0600

Even if you don't like the job you're doing right now do it properly and with full enthusiasm as long as you're continuing with it.

-- Submitted by M. K. from Irvine, California, United States through the CollegeRecruiter.com Career Blog Application on Facebook.com.

What was your first job, and how did you get it?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:56:37 -0600

My first job was selling flower seeds for the Burpee seed company; I would go into the garden with my grandfather to do chores and I asked him if I could contact Burpee for a sales job.

-- Submitted by A. T. from Oakland, California, United States through the CollegeRecruiter.com Career Blog Application on Facebook.com.

Twitter Success Story: How Twitter Got Doug Haslam a Job

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:30:05 -0600

Article provided by Brand-Yourself.com

Every day, an increasing number of job applicants get hired through social media rather than the traditional apply-blind-with-a-resume route. Over 83% of employers go online to get more information about potential applicants, so it's essential to have a strong web presence and social networking skills. It was no surprise when I found out that Doug Haslam in my Personal Branding Group on BrazeenCareerist was hired via twitter. I took the opportunity to interview him to give you the inside scoop on how he used Twitter to get a job.

1. How did you get started with social media?

Back in 2003/4 I was starting to see the rise of blogs, and contemplating from the outside how they might affect my work (as a marketing manager at a small research company at the time). I ended up leaving and getting back into PR agency life before I could act on it, other than a tentative start at my own blog in early 2005.

How to Interview Well

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:12:21 -0600

Article provided by Brand-Yourself.com

Interviewing is something that is going to take practice and preparation no matter how experienced you are in the job search process. When you are in the interview you never know what type of interview it will be or what off the wall questions a potential employer might ask you.

It is important to realize the position of the person across the table from you when you are in an interview. The potential employer is looking to find insight into how you act on your feet, how well you can think through problems and all in all how well you would work within the company.

After that initial realization of everyone's expectations here are 5 tips to help you figure out how to interview well.

What it is like to attend the College of Mount Saint Vincent

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:28:41 -0600

Located in Riverdale, New York, (about 12 miles from Manhattan) you will find the College of Mount Saint Vincent. The 70 acre campus features rolling lawns and wooded hills, with historic buildings and amazing facilities. In addition, the school provides a tranquil setting, overlooking the Hudson River. CMSV has over 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students from 22 states and five countries; about 59% of students are of diverse backgrounds.