On Thursday, October 13, SPC Downtown students gathered to sharpen their business etiquette skills at a luncheon with cloth napkins, a full place setting, and some difficult foods to eat. Priscilla Murtha, a certified Etiquette Consultant, walked the students through the meal indicating which utensil to use and what to do with the napkin. She shared … Continue reading Business Etiquette is the Key to Success
The Career Center at St. Petersburg College’s Allstate campus is having an Open House from 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm on Tuesday October 25th, 2016. This is a great opportunity for students who might be looking for information or additional resources in a particular career field that they are pursuing. Come to the career center … Continue reading Find the Career of Your Dreams at Allstate’s Career Center Open House!
Interested in a career with a government agency? Attend the upcoming Government Forum hosted in November. St. Petersburg College’s Clearwater Campus Career Services is hosting a Government Forum Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. – noon. The event is a great opportunity to connect with representatives from local and federal government agencies. The forum, held at … Continue reading Get career insights at SPC’s Government Forum on Nov. 9
Four St. Petersburg College locations will host a job fair this fall with full-time, part-time and seasonal job opportunities available in a wide range of fields. All of these are events are open to the college’s students as well as to the community. Get ready for the Clearwater Campus Job Fair on Oct. 20 Come dressed to impress and … Continue reading Looking for a job? Attend an SPC job fair this fall
St. Petersburg College will hold two transfer fairs this month, the first at the Tarpon Springs Campus on Oct. 12 and the next at the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus on Oct. 13. What are transfer fairs? Transfer fairs are designed to help students understand the process of transferring to another college or a university and to introduce … Continue reading SPC transfer fairs set for mid-October
This month on Sept. 15 the Career Services team at the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus kicks off a speaker series aimed at introducing career-related concepts and skills to St. Petersburg College students as well as the community. Intro to Podcasting The series for Fall 2016 begins with the Intro to Podcasting Professional Development presentation from Craig … Continue reading Career Services Team Hosts Speaker Career Series
With thirty-one percent of St. Petersburg College students enrolled in online-only courses and another thirty-four percent in blended classes, offering career resources through mixed mediums has become increasingly important. As a journalism major in college, I graduated in 1985 without ever touching a personal computer. We used typewriters with a correction pencil and recycled off-white paper. … Continue reading Bringing career resources to students online, in person
There’s a lot to be learned from The Olympics, according to Lindsey Pollack, a leading voice on millennials in the workplace. Pollack is a bestselling author of Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders and Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World. She has … Continue reading Pure Gold: Workplace Lessons from the 2016 Olympics
The new Career and Academic Advising Center at the St. Petersburg College Tarpon Springs Campus has torn down walls to build bridges between students and staff. Cubicles, partitions and other fixtures are out. Comfortable couches and wide open spaces are in. Explore the Wide Open Spaces The open spaces provide opportunities for students to collaborate, … Continue reading Tarpon Springs Opens New Advising Center
Many people looking for career opportunities are committing common job seeker mistakes – from not customizing their resumes to failing to send a post-interview thank you note. Harris Poll conducted an online poll on behalf of CareerBuilder from May 11 through June 7 this year, and the results revealed several mistakes that job seekers are … Continue reading Get help with common job seeker mistakes