Internship to Job: How to Turn Your Summer Internship Into a Full-Time Employment

This article provides great tips on achieving the goal of securing a job form the internship program that you have applied for.  It gives pointers on strategies for building relationships, networking, and secrets to being hired after the internship period …

By Mark Pate
Mark Pate Assistant Director, IT
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5 Tips to Ace a Career Fair

Career fairs can be overwhelming, to say the least. In many cases, you’ll be vying against scores of other students for the attention of company representatives. The following infographic provides strategies that will help you stand out to employers and make …

By Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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Five Job Application Tips from Full-Time Business Analysts

When you’re applying for a job, there are several questions that are likely to run through your head. Does my resume need to be updated? Am I portraying myself well? Have I prepared enough?

Unfortunately, a lot of these job …

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How to Upload or Add Your Resume to LinkedIn

Your LinkedIn profile supports and enhances your job application. You can go more in-depth about your skills, abilities, and accomplishments than on your resume. And because of this, you might not see the point of adding your resume to LinkedIn.

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Are you Rattler Career Ready?

The Career and Professional Development Center provides the Career Ready Guide, by CareerSpots to give rattlers a FREE Career Ready Certification. Sponsored by Capital One, the Career Ready Guide is an online interactive course that includes 8 chapters designed to …

By Marie Smallwood
Marie Smallwood Assistant Director
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Become a Future Shaper with Honeywell

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, and energy. With approximately 110,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, we have an …

By Marie Smallwood
Marie Smallwood Assistant Director
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Amazon Internship Turns Into Full-Time Position for SJGC Student

SJGC Public Relations student, Tanasia Reed, has secured a post-grad offer with Amazon! Reed’s offer is for a full-time position as a PR Assistant at their second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia beginning in July of 2022.  

Set to graduate in …

By Maya Porter
Maya Porter Marketing and Design Intern
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FAMU’s MicroInternship Program with Parker Dewey

 

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By Marie Smallwood
Marie Smallwood Assistant Director
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New Resume Creator Platform, Hiration

The Career and Professional Development Center is happy to share its new resource, Hiration.

Hiration helps you create a resume with an AI-assistant, and it gives you instant feedback.  The system also critiques and scores your resume based on professional …

By Marie Smallwood
Marie Smallwood Assistant Director
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How to Register for Sessions at the Virtual Career and Internship Expo

The Career and Internship Expo is the most important event of our year for students looking to get an internship or job opportunity. After having two virtual expos, we have noticed that some students will sign up for the Expo, …

By Madison Johnson
Madison Johnson Marketing and Design Graduate Assistant
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