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Networking For Beginners

Networking can seem scary especially when your parents are calling everyday to see if you’ve gotten a job yet. But it isn’t so scary if you prepare.

Here are 3 quick tips to ensure that you can be prepared for …

By Emma Moul
Emma Moul
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Analyze your Accounting Degree

Smeal’s Accounting Degree

While many students with an accounting degree pursue becoming Certified Public Accountants (CPA), there are also many other paths one can take. With an industry that has such high demand, Penn State Smeal College of business provides …

By Jake Knatz
Jake Knatz
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Evaluating Offers- What does that mean?

As you are applying to jobs and interview with companies, you may begin to feel overwhelmed when you begin getting offers. Picking a company may seem difficult but think of it as a good thing that you have so many …

By Hunter R. Anderson
Hunter R. Anderson Career Service Intern
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Preparing for the Interview

Preparing for the Interview

Interviews are scary for most people, especially for people who have never interviewed before. Here is some information about interviews and how to help prepare for them. First, there are two different types interview, behavioral and …

By Lydia Lee
Lydia Lee
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Navigating Phone Interviews and Virtual Interviews

In my opinion, the best way to navigate a phone interview would be to treat it as if it were face to face. Many companies conduct their final round of interviews through the phone which means those companies take it …

By Mohammad Hussain
Mohammad Hussain Career Service Intern
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How To Keep In Touch With Recruiters

How to Keep in Touch with Recruiters  

Many students don’t know how to stay in contact with recruiters. They don’t want to come off as a pest, but at the same time, they want to express their interest in the …

By Linda Huang
Linda Huang Student Intern
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11 Lessons From Great Bosses That You Can Use Right Now

Some bosses really stick in your memory. Often, it’s two kinds that leave the most indelible marks: the horrible bosses and the amazing ones.

The former teach you what kind of boss you want to actively avoid going forward (and …

By Emily Yanchuck
Emily Yanchuck Marketing Communications Specialist
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Here’s Why You Should Update Your LinkedIn Profile (Even if You’re Not Looking for a Job)

Almost everything in your life eventually needs an update—your car, your clothing, your Facebook profile picture. Just the other day, I discovered that my running shoes are so worn down I’m basically running barefoot.

Your LinkedIn profile is no different. …

By Emily Yanchuck
Emily Yanchuck Marketing Communications Specialist
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Here’s How to Ask for a Full-Time Position After an Internship (Email Template Included!)

When I was a senior in college, I worked as an editorial intern for The Muse. By the time I graduated eight months later, I had a full-time job lined up here as an associate editor, which led me to …

By uConnect
uConnect
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You Didn’t Get That Summer Internship. Now What?

It’s been a long semester. The flowers are finally beginning to come out, and the year is winding down to an end. But everything isn’t necessarily perfect—you haven’t received that internship offer yet. Maybe you’re waiting on a handful of …

By uConnect
uConnect
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