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Comment on Giving Back by Jordana

Jordana — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:52:10 +0000

Let the bells ring and the angels fall from heeavn! Traffic shall stop, the earth will stop spinning, and everyone shall say Hallelujah and roll out the red carpet as I will be there!!!!!Ok, well maybe I’ll just be there and nothing else special will happen. Hey, a guy can dream!

Comment on To GPA or not to GPA by Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:14:04 +0000

If you find some patterns, like core GPA is higher than overall GPA, how to show that in resume?

Comment on To GPA or not to GPA by Claudine

Claudine — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:12:56 +0000

I absolutely agree with you. Unfortunately employers have GPA requirements that students need to learn how to navigate. Some of the most ambitious students I’ve encountered don’t have the best GPA. (I’d hire them in a second.) If a student has good communication skills, they will be able to showcase their other abilities and make GPA a non-factor in the hiring process.

Comment on To GPA or not to GPA by U. Minocha

U. Minocha — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:30:09 +0000

GPA is a measure but it is only that. I’ve met people who have a high GPA but then in a lab put a plastic container on a hot plate to heat water — the plastic melted and the water leaked out being luke warm. How about talking to references to see if the person you are about to hire is book smart but a total moron in the lab?!

Comment on 15 Reasons I Haven’t Returned Your Call by Tom Krieglstein

Tom Krieglstein — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:35:28 +0000

It’s an interesting read Claudine because being on the other side of this coin (not as a recruiter but with lots of clients in Student Affairs) I find that I can email someone 10 times and never get a response, but if I call I have a much higher rater of connecting with them. Though I agree on the voicemail thing, it gets less of a response than email for me.

Comment on 15 Reasons I Haven’t Returned Your Call by gina

gina — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:21:40 +0000

As always I enjoy your honesty! gina

Comment on Start Spreading the News by gina

gina — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:27:08 +0000

holy shit! that is so freaking amazing! i wondered how you got to go and if you were going for work. gina

Comment on Start Spreading the News by Ashley G. Scott

Ashley G. Scott — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:10:51 +0000

So excited for you! Maybe I can join you next year Hope you’re having a great time!

Comment on The Job Search Game Has Changed by Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:12:14 +0000

This is SO true !!! I fell victim to all of this – I was just submitting blindly and didn’t realize that human contact makes all the difference. Looking back I now know that the only times I got an interview were those positions for which I made some sort of personal connection beyond the online submission contact. It’s really just as simple as networking – and LinkedIn has it so much easier to stay organized while doing that.

Comment on The Job Search Game Has Changed by gina

gina — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:18:14 +0000

I hope your students read this blog post. I will be sure to pass this on to my students as this is really helpful and great advice. we are lucky as student affairs professionals to have higher ed jobs.com but if we didn’t want to work in this profession any longer I would have no clue where to start!!! It does seem like there is a big black hole somewhere and people just get lost unless you know somebody or you find a way to really stand out. But standing out and being obnoxious is also a fine line…job searching is really difficult right now!
Kudos to you luv,
gina