As the Director of the Career Center, I intend to write about some specific programs that students are CURRENTLY using that are helping them decide on majors; secure internships; apply to grad/professional school and generally market themselves for the next stage of their lives after Creighton undergrad. This won't be a sales job about the Career Center, but rather individual descriptions of student expereinces and what happens in the halls of the Career Center everyday. Jim jbretl@creighton.edu I'd encourage responses that would make sense to all readers. If you have an individual question, please direct this to my e-mail above. http://admissions.creighton.edu/CULive/Blogs/tabid/340/BlogId/287/Default.aspx en-US jbretl@creighton.edu OrfaLink@creighton.edu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:16:09 GMT Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:16:09 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.4.0.39853 <p><img hspace="10" height="48" width="40" vspace="5" align="left" src="/Portals/14/Blog/faces_sidemenu_button_bretl_jim_40.gif" alt="Jim Bretl" />I'm off to a Recruiting Conference in Chicago tonight, Thursday and Friday.   Many professional organizations for career people include career center practitioners AND recruiters from employers that typically hire college gradautes and interns.   THIS little fact is what makes trips like this so valuable to me.    </p> <p>While I'm in the windy city, I will also be connecting with an HR Recruiter from US Bank in Chicago who will be attending our Career Fair back here at Creighton in February, 2010.      </p> <p>The Career Center staff usually tries to make some independent employer visits when we travel to conferences and professional meetings -- this provides us more bang for the buck in our travel budgets.    </p> <p>_________________________________________________</p> <p>A Labor market update -- We are seeing some bright spots on the horizon relative to the job market for college grads and particularly for interns.   While certainly employers hare hiring fewer entry-level candidates, most are maintaining or even increasing the number of interns.   This makes it a very good time to be a sophomore or junior!   </p> <p>JIM  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://admissions.creighton.edu/CULive/Blogs/tabid/340/EntryID/863/Default.aspx jbretl@creighton.edu http://admissions.creighton.edu/CULive/Blogs/tabid/340/EntryID/863/Default.aspx#Comments http://admissions.creighton.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=340&EntryID=863 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMT 0 http://admissions.creighton.edu/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=863