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August 2007 - Welcome Back! |
- VJF begins Monday
- Coolest young
entrepreneurs of the year
- Displaced Alumni Program (D.A.P.)
- Press release:
Eliminating barriers and creating access in Career Development
- Preparing for the
Professional & Graduate School Fair: Who will be there & what to
ask
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VJF begins Monday |
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The
VJF is almost here. If you're looking for a job this semester,
then we have the perfect solution for finding it. The Virtual Job
Fair (VJF) will provide you with online 24/7 access to both on and off
campus jobs. On Monday, you will receive an email
from us with the website address to access the VJF. If you're
looking for a job fast, you won't want to miss this event. Whether
you get the urge to go job hunting at 3am or 9am, the VJF will be there
to provide you with a large number of resources for getting a good job.
What happens during a Virtual Job Fair?
- Upon going to the VJF site, you will see a number of company and
UNR department logos. Each logo represents available part-time JOBS!
You will also see a list of all jobs being sought by these various
employers.
- You click on company logos and job titles, figure out which jobs
really interest you, and then follow the application instructions.
- Use the numerous resume writing, interviewing, and research
resources provided as part of the VJF.
- Apply for the jobs and GET the interview!
Why not just use Career Navigator (UNR's
premier online job board) instead?
- Career Navigator is full of great job opportunities, including
part-time on and off campus jobs; however, the VJF is intended to
provide you with a quick look at jobs that employers are recruiting for
RIGHT NOW!
- The VJF focuses on local part-time jobs that fit with your student
schedule.
- Feel free to still use Career Navigator during the VJF to find
employment!
Below is a table that shows some of the
advantages of both on and off campus jobs. Remember -- seek out the
job that makes the most sense for you!
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Advantages of Off-Campus Jobs |
- SCHOOL COMES FIRST - UNR employers tend to really understand
that your education comes first, so they are typically much
more flexible than other employers
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- CONVENIENCE OF LOCATION & FLEXIBILITY
OF SCHEDULE - Convenient location on campus, so you can schedule work hours in between classes
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- TIME OFF FOR SCHOOL BREAKS
- You usually get time off for
regular University holidays and vacations (i.e. Spring
Break, Winter Break, etc.).
- CONNECT WITH OTHER STUDENTS, FACULTY & STAFF - Get to know other UNR student workers
and make friends
; Get connected with UNR faculty and staff
who can help guide you through your college and work
experience.
- TAX-FREE PAYCHECK - Usually a student
doesn't have any taxes taken out of his/her paycheck if
employed at UNR; You might get paid a little less per
hour but you also don't have so much going out in taxes.
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- VARIETY OF JOBS AVAILABLE - Off
campus, there is a wider variety of jobs to choose
from.
- HIGHER HOURLY WAGES - The hourly wage is typically higher than
that of on-campus jobs. The current hourly wage
average of off-campus jobs is $10/hour (compared to an
average of $8/hour on campus)
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- NETWORKING OUTSIDE OF UNR -
You have a chance to build your network
of contacts outside of the school setting.
- FOCUS ON MAJOR-SPECIFIC JOB -
You may get to work in a field that is
closely related to your major and career goals
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- EXPLORE CAREER OPTIONS -
Learn about various corporate cultures and explore what jobs
and internships you enjoy and which ones you don't care as
much for.
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Coolest young entrepreneurs under 30 |
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 Recently,
Inc.com published their list of the 30
Coolest Young Entrepreneurs Under 30. This group created start-up
businesses ranging from creative i-pod accessories (Mophia) to hip-hop
style watches/jewelry (IcedOutGear.com) to a software product geared
towards helping college students virtually prepare for job interviews (InterviewStream).
In fact, Career Development and the College of Business Career
Connections both use InterviewStream to help UNR students prepare for
job interviews.
Here are a few descriptions of companies
started by these Gen Y entrepreneurs.
-descriptions from Inc.com
Mophie
Mophie makes cases, splitters, arms band, and clips for the iPod. The iPod accessory market may be crowded these days, but Kaufman's goal is to turn Mophie into a community-based product-development company that will solicit ideas for all kinds of new products -- not just iPod add-ons -- from a 50,000 member online user base. He's got $2 million in venture capital and a former top exec from Burton Snowboard on board to help him do it. Revenue is expected to hit $5 million this year.
Read more at Inc.com
MyYearBook.com
A social networking site for teens, myYearbook.com was hatched around the family dinner table by siblings Catherine and Dave two years ago. With older brother Geoff now on board, the site has since grown from a single high school to more than 3 million members and more than 4.5 million visitors a month, ranking it third among all social networking sites in the United States, behind MySpace and Facebook.
Read more at Inc.com
Mental Floss
Mental Floss magazine offers a fun, irreverent look at knowledge and facts. As Pearson put it, "Our mission is to find anyway we can to blur the lines between education and entertainment." The founders started the venture at Duke University as a campus publication and quickly turned it into a national magazine. But they have pushed the brand further than the magazine -- producing books, board games, and soon a series of children's books.
Read more at Inc.com
GreenPrint
After seeing the overflow of abandoned printouts while working at Ford, Hamilton decided a solution was needed. GreenPrint produces software that eliminates unnecessary text or pictures -- such as Internet ads or big photos -- from printouts, saving both ink and paper. Besides making less waste, it also saves money. "Ink is now one of the most costly liquids on the planet, about $10,000 per gallon," says Hamilton, whose product launched in December 2006.
Read more at Inc.com
InterviewStream
Munz and Bitting's frustrating experiences trying to get jobs after college led them to create software for students to practice their interviewing skills. The software is now widely utilized at Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and others. Companies can also use a version of the software to conduct virtual interviews, which is especially helpful for international candidates.
Read more at Inc.com
BizChair.com
At 14, Sean Belnick started a direct-shipping company for office furniture from his bedroom -- with $500. The company now stocks many of the products it sells in a new 327,000-square-foot warehouse in Canton, Ga., and has branched out into home furniture, medical equipment, and school furniture. Notable clients include the Pentagon, Microsoft, and American Idol.
Read more at Inc.com
Interested in becoming an entrepreneur and starting your own business?
If so, contact us for more information and find out about available
resources, including our Career Library.
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Displaced Alumni Program (D.A.P.) |
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 Recognizing that there have been several significant layoffs regionally and nationally, as well as natural disasters, there may be University of Nevada, Reno Nevada Alumni who have been directly affected. Being laid off because of corporate downsizing, outsourcing, or any other employee reduction program can be very stressful. Being displaced because of a natural disaster is intensely disruptive.
At Career Development, we are invested in assisting our Nevada Alumni; we want you to continue to succeed and our commitment extends beyond simply graduation.
If you have been displaced and need to get your career back on track, give Career Development a call: 775.784.4678.
We will work with you via telephone or in person. We are waiving the DAP enrollment fee for the Fall semester, 2007. Verification of displaced status is required to receive DAP services.
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Eliminating barriers and creating access: Career Development finds
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Career Development, the University of Nevada, Reno’s primary career services office, made some operational changes this summer. In a focused effort to help influence the enrollment of prospective students and the retention of currently enrolled students, Career Development changed some ways as to how it has traditionally done business.
What changed?
Career Development:
- waived the Prospective Student fee, so as to provide potential and incoming students with quality career counseling before enrolling, helping these students in establishing strong academic plans;
- waived the Career Opportunities program fee, providing enrolled students with access to the “Tier Two” services of Career Opportunities designed to greatly enhance their presentation as job candidates;
- waived the Displaced Alumni Program fee, a special career counseling and intervention program for UNR alumni displaced by external workforce changes and/or natural disasters;
- established drop-in hours so as to provide enrolled students increased access to services with less wait time; and
- launched the fall semester Virtual Job Fair, designed to give enrolled
students and employers electronic access to each other from their respective
desk/laptops.
But this is not all. Career Development is also planning to launch an intensive career counseling intervention group designed to serve students who are academically adrift, not knowing what they want to do or where to go after college. Adrift students tend to stop out or drop out. The group will receive referrals from professionals across the campus, most notably engaged academic faculty, Recruitment and Retention Coordinators, advisors, and FYE instructors. These groups will run every five weeks, allowing new groups to form within each semester.
Why the changes?
As noted above, Career Development recognizes the need to actively participate with the campus-wide efforts in recruiting students and retaining them. We wanted to do things that are tangible and have immediate impact. Looking internally at our processes, we identified the above areas as possible barriers to enrollment and retention and found solutions that could only increase access for students. All we needed to do was tighten the belt a bit and the revenue realized with the above programs became immaterial. After all, student success is the goal.
To learn more about Career Development and our services, visit:
www.unr.edu/career
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Preparing for the Professional & Graduate School
Fair |
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 Interested in attending graduate school, law school, medical school, or dental school? If so, you will want to attend the Professional & Graduate School Fair on Thursday, September 20th from 10am - 2pm in the JTSU
Auditorium. The fair will feature graduate and professional schools from
across the nation. A current list of attendees is available below.
LAW SCHOOLS
- Michigan State University - College of Law
- Western State University – College of Law
- William S. Boyd, UNLV – School of Law
- University of the Pacific – McGeorge School of Law
- Chapman University School of Law
- Loyola Law School – Los Angeles
- New York Law School
- Drexel University College of Law
- Arizona State University – Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- Whittier Law School
- University of Minnesota Law School
- Gonzaga University School of Law
- Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
- University of San Diego
HEALTH PROFESSION PROGRAMS
- Western States Chiropractic College – Doctor of Chiropractic, Message Therapy
- Midwestern University, Glendale Campus– Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Podiatry, Occupational Therapy
- Samuel Merritt College – Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Podiatric Medicine, Nursing
- A.T. Still University – Osteopathic Medicine, Dentistry, Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Audio logy, Athletic Training
- Ross University – Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
- Life Chiropractic College West
- American University of the Caribbean – School of Medicine
- National College of Natural Medicine – Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, MS in Oriental Medicine
- Midwestern University – Glendale, AZ – Osteopathic Medicine, Physicians Assistant, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Nurse Anesthesia, Perfusion, Bioethics
- University of the Pacific – Pharmacy, Health Sciences
- Western University of Health Sciences – Physician Assistant, Osteopathic Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, Optometry, Podiatry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy
- University of California, Davis – Veterinary Medicine
- Hawaii Pacific University – Nursing
- Bastyr University – Medicine/Health Professions
- St. George’s University – Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
- University of San Diego - Nursing
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
- University of California, Davis – Engineering, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Art, Education, Math, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Textiles, Agricultural Sciences
- Hawaii Pacific University – MBA, Marine Sciences, Communication, Secondary Education, Diplomacy and Military Strategic Studies, Human Resource Mgt, Organizational Change, Social Work, TESL, Information Systems
- University of California, Merced – Social Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering/Computer Science/Math, Business/Management, Physical Sciences, Humanities/Arts
- Saybrook Graduate School & Research Center – MA & PhD in Psychology, Organizational Systems, Human Science
- Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences – MS in Bioscience, PhD in Applied Life Sciences
- University of the Pacific – MBA, Graduate Programs
- The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising – Fashion Design, Digital Media, Costume Design, International Manufacturing and Product Development, Film and TV Costume Design
- California State University East Bay – All Programs
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas – MBA
- University of San Diego – Education, Business, Leadership Studies, Arts & Sciences
ANCILLARY SERVICES
- Kaplan Test Preparation and Admissions – GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, DAT, USMLE, NCLEX
Questions to ask the graduate school
representatives:
- Please describe your review process for applicants’ folders.
- How do you evaluate the more subjective factors of an applicant and how important are they?
- What advantages exist for applicants who apply early?
- What do you look for in the personal statement or essay to accompany the application?
- What are the curricular strengths of your faculty?
- What is the atmosphere within your student body concerning competition?
- When your students say what they like about your school, what things are frequently mentioned?
- What features do you believe set your school apart from “comparable” schools?
Be sure to attend the 2007 Professional & Graduate School Fair!
Thursday, September 20
10am - 2pm
JTSU ASUN Auditorium
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