Love Dove? Be Their Next Correspondent by Nicole Crimaldi on April 23, 2010 What do you do when you are crabby, stressed out or are having an “ugly” week?  I go to my local drug store. Then I buy something that smells good in the beauty department to lift my spirits. Apparently I’m not alone.  According to a recent study, 60% of women stated that fragrances have the power to lift their spirits or change their mood! Can you relate?  If so, you may be interested in becoming a Dove Correspondent. Thanks to mscareergirl.com reader, Diane, I found out about […]

Michael J. Fox for graduating seniors – you won’t be cute forever… Here’s a great Friday story that deals with education, lack-there-of and getting it from life experiences. A Lesson In Life From Michael J. Fox From NPR: As the commencement season approaches, Fox, who proudly calls himself a graduate of the “University of the Universal,” has written a small book aimed at graduates, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future, in which he shares some lessons from his own life. “I always felt that I came up short in the education department,” Fox tells NPR’s Scott […]

The 2010 Public Service Career and Internship Fair will take place on July 14 from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Student and jobseeker registration for this event will open on June 1 on www.makingthedifference.org. Please email careerfair@ourpublicservice.org if you have any questions. Learn About Job Opportunities in Government at the Public Service Recognition Week Jobs Day Panels On Saturday, May 8, the Partnership for Public Service will host the first-ever federal job panels on the National Mall where students and jobseekers can learn first-hand about thousands of job opportunities in medical and public health, international affairs, […]

Many opportunities listed on the BRIDGE, including: Deadline: Monday, April 26, 11:59 p.m. Institute for Human and Machine Cognition: Summer Robotics Internship BoxTone, Inc:  Test Engineer/Software Developer Intern The Children’s Place: Summer Internship Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates: Campaign Organizer Intern U.S. Department of Commerce: Department of Commerce Internship Program American Cancer Society, PA Division, Inc.: Human Resources Intern Humane Society: EMERGING MEDIA INTERN, Online Communications Clearbrook Investment Consulting: Financial analyst intern American Lung Association: Research Intern Global Interdependence Center: Summer Intern Deadline: Monday, May 3, 11:59 p.m. Comcast Communications: Strategy and Development Intern Global Impact:  Intern – Global Impact Deadline: […]

Do you have a summer finance internship in NYC? Want to get more out of it? Check out the Wall Street Exchange (WSE). The program is an opportunity for students to go into top Wall Street firms throughout their summer for skill building activities and networking {resume critiques, career panels, etc}. The Wall Street Exchange is a program designed to augment the summer internship work experience of select qualified students who are between their junior year and senior years of college and who are employed in the New York metropolitan area. In the immortal words of The Doors, “the time […]

Internship Challenge Results – Goal of 200 NEW Internships Achieved! The overwhelming success of the Summer 2009 Internship Challenge determined that the Alumni Relations/Career Development Center wanted to continue in 2010 with the same enthusiasm.  With the support of the University Trustees, the Alumni Board and the Parents Board again this year, the Bucknell Internship Challenge was officially launched in late November 2009.  We are proud to announce that we achieved our goal of 200 NEW internships in early April! As of April 1, 2010, we have posted 559 internship opportunities, 309 of them being new from last year, for […]

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Seniors – Graduation is coming for many of you even if you may not feel ready for it. Watch Career Insiders in the remaining weeks (and beyond) for helpful information about living as a post-grad. This week, we have resources for those who are planning to go to graduate or profesional school, now or in the future. Life as a graduate student is not the same as life as an undergrad!  It can be very rewarding – you get to study something you love with others who love it as much as you do, but it can also demanding academically, […]

For those of you who are considering graduate school Penn State-UP’s Office of Career Services will be offering its popular (and low-cost) GRE preparation course again over three weekends: July 17-18, 2010; Oct. 2-3, 2010; or Jan. 22-23, 2011. To Register Nature of the course: This is a complete preparation course for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). You will receive 14 hours of expert classroom instruction and extensive handouts. Only real GRE questions are used. Because the GRE is a test of general reasoning ability, the test-taker needs a clear understanding of the types of reasoning tested and a sensible […]

National Association of Colleges and Employers‘ (NACE) Job Outlook 2010 Spring Update report shows employers plan to hire 5.3 percent more new college graduates in 2009-10 than they did in 2008-09. That’s the first positive news since October 2008—when employers projected a 1.3 percent increase in college hiring. That projection fell in the fall of 2008, when the stock market and economy plummeted. College hiring has been in negative territory ever since, hitting bottom in the Job Outlook 2009 Spring Update, when employers reported hiring nearly 22 percent fewer graduates than they did in 2008. (See Chart 1.) Other highlights […]

FREE practice GRE, MCAT, DAT and OAT – Saturday, April 24th in the Biology Building MCAT: 10:00am-2:00pm, Biology 101 DAT/OAT: 10:30am-2:00pm, Biology 102 GRE: 11:00am-1:00pm, Rooke Chemistry 102 Co-sponsored by Bucknell Career Development Center and Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions On Saturday, April 24th, Bucknell is holding a FREE opportunity for students to take a practice GRE, MCAT, DAT or OAT. The event will be held in the Biology Building on campus. The test will be proctored like an actual exam. This is a great opportunity for you to see how you might score on the real thing, and also […]

Well I can’t entirely make this connection but there is no denying that it is good and so is being part of something new…so  go to this “New Off-Campus Recycling Program” TODAY! Friday April 16th there will be a test run for a new off campus recycling program that will be likely added next year. This program consists of student groups and volunteers manning a trailer behind the Bull Run where students can sort/drop off all their recycling. The trailer will be open for drop-offs from 3-5pm this Friday afternoon. Currently, the options available to off-campus students are limited to […]

Posted: April 15, 2010 LEWISBURG, Pa. — Welcome again to “Ask the Experts,” a regular web feature that highlights the expertise of various Bucknellians in a range of topics related to current news events and other timely subjects. || Ask the Experts archive This week, we asked Pam Keiser, associate executive director of alumni relations and career services and director of the Career Development Center, about the Post Graduate Report for the Class of ’09, job prospects for the soon-to-be graduated Class of ’10 and what undergraduates can do to prepare themselves for the job market. Q: Let’s start with […]

We all know how important it is to ensure the final resume product is perfect. This is one area that cannot afford to be overlooked. Oftentimes, you review the document so many times it starts to blur and you can miss something glaring. Having someone else check your resume and cover for you is a great way to make sure everything is perfect (The CDC offers resume critiques every day!). Before you do that though, here is a checklist for you to follow on your own: Spelling and Grammar: Perhaps the most egregious mistakes are made in these two areas. […]

Bucknell University Press invites you to attend a talk by guest lecturer William Germano on April 15th, 2010, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. In the talk “What are Books Good For?” Germano will consider the history of the book and the challenges facing scholarly presses today. Germano is former vice president and publishing director at Routledge and former editor in chief at Columbia University Press, and he is presently Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Cooper Union. Germano’s bestselling book, Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books (University of Chicago […]