With three weeks left in the summer semester, graduation will be here before we know it. This got me thinking: After years of having a career as a student—and frequent visits to Career and Academic Advising—what’s next? It’s a harsh reality but, the transition into the the workforce with your hard earned degree won’t necessarily … Continue reading Life After College: Are you ready? #careerspc
Fifth Third Bank Is Giving Away $1 Million In Expert Job Coaching To Help Recent Grads Find Jobs Faster! The campaign runs through July 20 and invites recent graduate job seekers to visit www.53.com/BrandOfYou to apply for up to 1,000 job coaching scholarships from NextJob. Interested job seekers can apply by Tweeting an answer to … Continue reading Fifth Third Bank offers free job coaching! #careerspc
Apply Now through July 22 Now you can work for the U.S. Department of State without traveling! Last year, 610 students were selected as eInterns. Selected applicants connect through on online community up to 10 hours per week and are mentored by supervisors. eInterns play an important role in advancing the federal government’s reach in … Continue reading U.S. Department of State’s Virtual Student Foreign Service eInternship #careerspc
We are all here to better ourselves, right? To learn, and share. To graduate with higher credentials. To eventually get a great, satisfying, well-paying career. Right? Building a strong future can be more challenging for some than others, depending on the past. We don’t believe that a mistake (or even a few mistakes) should disqualify … Continue reading How To Have a Future When You Have a Past!
Are you expected to graduate in the fall 2015? Does your major require an Internship for graduation? Do you need to gain valuable hands-on work experience in your field? Do you want to know how an internship can help you develop a career? If you answered yes to any of these questions then come on … Continue reading Learn more about Internships at SPC!
Every job seeker receives different advice and strategy from family, friends and professionals when it comes to job search. But what is true and what is a myth. While certain myths of the trade are harmless, others are disastrous to the success of a job seeker. So how do you know which advice to disregard … Continue reading Myths of the Job Hunt Exposed!
Several of us had the opportunity to attend the Florida Association of College and Employers (ACE) conference this week with our Career Service colleagues from all over the state. What we learned is this: “the times they are a changing.” Career Service Centers all over the state are retooling to meet the needs of a … Continue reading The Future of Career Services: What does it mean for you – the student?
Rajae White is a recent graduate from Gibbs High School and was dual enrolled at St. Petersburg College. We asked him if he knew what he wanted to go to college to study – and somewhat surprisingly – he knew! He credits his time at SPC to helping him think in terms of his long term future … Continue reading Dual Enrolled Student? Start thinking about your career path now!
Are you searching for the perfect career? Not sure what you want to major in at St. Petersburg College? What are the hot jobs of the future? Check out what the U.S. News & World Report has to say about the best jobs of 2015! What are the Top Ten Jobs of 2015: 1. Dentist … Continue reading U.S. News and World Report, Best Jobs of 2015!
By many studies, networking is noted as the #1 way people find new jobs and advance their career. Levo’s Personal Branding Blog notes multiple strategies for effective networking, highlighting two: 1) Make the other person talk more than you and 2) make effective requests for action. Many people believe that the goal of networking is … Continue reading Everyone talks about “Networking” – but could you be doing it wrong?