Inspired by your suggestions – this post is just one in a series that will showcase various opportunities and/or tips to building your resume up while you are on campus.

Engineering Career Network Event – Are you Ready? Tips for making the most of your limited time with the alumni

By Sophie Hattery ’16 A rise in technology usually means that a new iPhone model has been released. In this case, technological advancements have brought about a new way of interviewing, namely Interview Stream. Instead of the traditional Skype interview, candidates for jobs now might have to record previously selected questions to be submitted to their prospective employers. Famous employers that have started to use this innovational interviewing process are Johnson and Johnson, as well as Hershey. Basically, Interview Stream asks candidates questions that they can view and respond to at their convenience. The videos can then be easily sent […]

Whether you are participating on the Bucknell SBDC Business Pitch Competition or not – working at start-ups seems to be coveted job. And so with that in mind we thought you may like these tips from Lynxsy on how to find a job start up job in NYC.

By Sophie Hattery ’16

Vault’s Newest Internship Rankings are out! As a current Bucknell student you have free access to this great resource.

Chris Milhous, President and CEO of Ogilvy South and Bucknell Class of 1983 reached out to the Bucknell Career Development Center to offer insight and advice for current Bucknell students looking to go into marketing and communications, but his advice is applicable to anyone that will be working with clients on a daily basis. Ogilvy and Mather is a marketing and communications company with clients including Coca-Cola, UPS, Holiday Inn, Royal Caribbean, Sea-Doo, Hilton Head Island, Zoosk, Boy Scouts of America, Darden Restaurant group, Dollywood, and CNN. Mr. Milhous’ office moved from the outskirts to the heart of Atlanta, Georgia […]

After much anticipation the new Bucknell website is here! And it looks great. The only small change is the seamless link to myBucknell where we store most of our information that is relevant to current students is no longer as seamless. As we get used to the new website I’m sure more changes and slight tweaks will be forthcoming. In the meantime – so you don’t miss anything – we recommend using our CDC myBucknell site to get quick access to all the information from our office that’s relevant to you – like for instance if you applying for BPIP […]

Sophie Hattery ’16 is one of our Social Media and Marketing Peer Specialists in the CDC [want that job? Apply for next year!] and she just landed an internship for the summer! In the process she came up with some good interviewing tips. I do not know about the rest of you, but February seems to be peak interview season! Although spring break is readily approaching, do not put off preparing for your interviews in the final stretch. I know that balancing homework, working a job, and studying for midterms may be overwhelming – but interviews are what can be […]

Come hear from students who have interned with various employers in the finance industry to learn interviewing tips as you interview for an internship for this summer or next. Tuesday, February 11 | 6 – 7:30 | Taylor 113 Panelists and Companies Represented Include: Andrew Coe ’15 – Internship at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management; Internship offer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Investment Banking Equity Capital Markets Sydney Battista ’15 – Internship offer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Securities Sales and Trading Ethan Everett ’15 – Internship offer at Goldman Sachs Operations Elle Fried ’14 – Internship at […]

Once you’ve have become an official Bucknell alum (after First Night), you have network access to B-Link, the online alumni directory.  This means you can access the alumni information through the networks to which they belong (location, major, professional network, etc.)  Here is how you use it: Log in to your B-Link account (use the first time log-in if you haven’t logged in before and create your account). Select “Classes & Clubs” on the left side. Select one of the drop down menus (try the regional clubs to look by location) and select a network (regional club, academic interest, extracurricular […]

Here’s some great advice from our Director in the CDC on how to make the most of your winter break: 1. Join Linked-In.  Complete your profile, and if connecting with others be sure to add a personal note mentioning how you know the individual or why you would like to connect with them. Join our Bucknell Alumni Group and check out the University Pages  and What Not to do while Networking on LinkedIn.  Not sure how to get started? Here’s a quick video of the top 5 profile to-do’s for students. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8WZxYFaSmI 2. Send Holiday Wishes to any professionals you […]

In the stress of finals and the excitement of heading home for a month, it is easy to forget minor details – like setting up a vacation response. If you are in the middle of a job or internship search we recommend setting up your vacation settings in Bmail. It may help if a potential employer happens to send you an email during this time to make sure they are aware that you are currently on break. It doesn’t have to be long or fancy. Something easy and quick. Something to let them know that you may not be checking […]

Over Thanksgiving or even Winter Break, I would highly suggest checking out the best internships either within your desired industry or overall on the Vault! The Vault is a valuable, online resource that provides in-depth intelligence on people’s experiences in a certain industry, company or profession—and on how to set yourself up to land that job. As stated on their website’s “About Us”, Vault’s “influential company rankings, ratings and reviews are sourced and verified through ongoing directed surveys of active employees and enrolled students. Vault also welcomes current and previous employees and students who were unable to participate in the […]

Bucknell is situated in an often ideal location but when it comes to getting to interviews it can present a challenge. Luckily Skype (or video) interviewing is becoming increasingly acceptable and sometimes even preferable for many employers. Video interviews, conducted using Skype or any other video conferencing software,  may be held during any state of the interview process. You should prepare for a video interview as you would for an in-person interview, with a few extra tips: Arrive Early and Test Equipment: Arrive early to the site you will be using for the interview; the interview rooms in the CDC […]