How To Get A Job

Wednesday, 19 January 2011 14:51

The time has come again for desperate job-seeking UF students and alumni to don their business best, polish their pad-folios and march into the Stephen C. O’Connell Center to launch their promising to-be careers. Yes, Career Showcase will take place on Jan 25 and 26 from 9am to 3pm.

By Kate Leavitt

Over 200 employers have RSVP’d for the two-day event, which means over 200 opportunities shining, over 200 recruiters smiling, and over 200 ridiculously long lines to wait in. Still, Showcase is the largest career fair in the South East and the biggest career-development opportunity for students in the spring.

It’s understandable that these two days can inspire incredible anxiety, but don’t sweat the small stuff.

Getting the Job

You’ve graduated. You need a job. What’s standing in your way? The interviewer, sitting at a desk, twirling a pen like a warden jingles keys, can unlock the door to your future—if you can convince them you deserve it. Job interviews intimidate, confuse and stupefy the best of us. We talked to Beth Hanneman, assistant director for employer relations at the University of Florida Career Resource Center, for strategies to help you stay in the running. Read More...

Gotta Try It: Mock Interview

To put Gainesville’s best a cut above everyone else, INsite asked University of Florida Career Resource Center’s Eric Hall to conduct a mock interview with intrepid reporter Mead Bowen. Here’s his report. Read More...

Interview Outfit Makeover

In an ideal world, strong credentials and a great personality would be all you need to land a job. Although employers look for those, they also want to know that you have your life together—often gauged through what you’re wearing. We made over some INsite readers to take their interview outfit from average to employed. Read More...

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