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How To Create Your 30 Second Elevator Pitch! | The Intern Queen

By Fernando Pires
Fernando Pires Career Advising & Recruitment Coordinator
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Jobs in Sports Management: Finding Your Fit in the Sports Industry

Most of you in our audience are sports fans thinking to yourself, I love sports; this is something that does it for me, I should make this into a career.

This perspective makes sense, because lets be honest, working in …

By Fernando Pires
Fernando Pires Career Advising & Recruitment Coordinator
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8 Career Tips From People Who Landed an Internship at BlackRock

As a current student or recent graduate, one question you might be asking yourself is how can you prepare yourself for an interview and secure a job. But given the fact that interviews and application processes differ from company to …

By Fernando Pires
Fernando Pires Career Advising & Recruitment Coordinator
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5 Health Care Jobs on the Rise

Summary: This is the first article in a New York Times series on the Future of Health Care. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the health care and social assistance sector will add the greatest number of new jobs. …

By Fernando Pires
Fernando Pires Career Advising & Recruitment Coordinator
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Five Practical Tips for a Successful Career in STEM

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We’ve all heard about six degrees of separation – the idea that everyone on the planet are six or fewer connections away from one another (i.e. “friend of a friend”).  In the science world, it’s more like three degrees …

By Fernando Pires
Fernando Pires Career Advising & Recruitment Coordinator
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Why Work in Healthcare in 2020? 7 Reasons You Can’t Ignore

There are more than 18 million people working in the healthcare field today. That number is expected to reach almost 20 million by the year 2028. It’s no wonder why. Healthcare is a thriving field that is (and always will …

By Fernando Pires
Fernando Pires Career Advising & Recruitment Coordinator
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10 Nonprofits Employees Love to Work For

When you work for a nonprofit, you definitely want to be passionate about its cause. But you probably also want to be excited about the office you’re heading to every day.

These nonprofits have the best of both worlds: They’re …

By Fernando Pires
Fernando Pires Career Advising & Recruitment Coordinator
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GA Blog Post – Fern’s 8 Things he Wished he Knew as an Undergrad

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            As you move through college you see and experience many things. Some that shock you and some that you never see coming, yet both still leave a lesson to be learned. Looking back, I wouldn’t have done anything differently …

By Fernando Pires
Fernando Pires Career Advising & Recruitment Coordinator
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Jumpstarting Your Legal Internship Search: Government Roles

One benefit to pursuing a career in the legal field is that the opportunities are limitless—private practice, in-house, academia, nonprofit legal work, prosecution, government—and the list goes on. One area that should not be overlooked is he federal government—interning with …

By Fernando Pires
Fernando Pires Career Advising & Recruitment Coordinator
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HR, Sales & Operations Virtual Panel Discussion (2-23-22)

The Center for Career and Professional Development hosted an HR, Sales & Operations Virtual Panel Discussion on Wednesday, February 23rd from 5PM – 6PM.  The event was part of a series of events held during Recruitment Week where we focused on …

By Sheila Lillis
Sheila Lillis Associate Director
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