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What should I wear to my interview?

Written by Andrea Hanstedt

What should I wear to my interview?

Dress to impress –You only have one chance to make a first impression!

• Always be sure to dress professionally. It is always better to be more conservative when you are unsure of what type of dress is appropriate.
• When thinking about jewelry, remain conservative. Wearing a watch, single ring or small-sized earrings is appropriate for both males and females.
• For men, typically it is most appropriate to wear a dark colored suit with a white shirt and conservative tie. Shoes should be leather and business-like. They should be well polished, in good condition and paired with dark socks.
•  For women, a matching suit. This can be either a jacket and a matching skirt or a jacket and matching pants. The blouse should be light or pastel in color. Shoes should be close-toed and leather with a medium to low heel. Hosiery should be sheer.
• Always practice good grooming! Be clean and neat!
• Use cologne or perfume sparingly.
• No backpacks. Carry your portfolio, resume or any other documents in a folder. For females, a small purse is appropriate.
• Try to be comfortable. When what you are wearing is comfortable, you are more likely to be confident!

Adapted from Job Choices Magazine 2012

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Holland Codes and Majors (pdf)

Interview Preparation Guide

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Interviewing Skills Pit Stop (pdf)

Is Graduate School Right for You? by Andrea Hanstedt

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Majors, Concentrations, Minors, and Certificates at UW-P (pdf)

Marketing Yourself: Resumes, Portfolios, and More (for Sociology Senior Seminar, Fall 2011)

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Networking 101

Next Steps (pdf)

Professional Development, Professional Career Development Month (pdf)

RangerLink Orientation, September 2011, courtesy of Sarah Park

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Strategies for Test Taking

Time Management

Why Grad School Is Amazing

Y.E.S. -- Youth Job Search (pdf)

You're Hired! Interviewing Strategies that Get Results (pdf)

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UW-Parkside Information Literacy Tutorial

Using Ereserves

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Primary vs. Secondary Sources

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How to Cite References in APA Style (for printable PDF, click here)

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Student Spotlight: Matthew Lovetro

Written by Maggie Piery

Student Spotlight: Matthew Lovetro

Career Goal: To work in the field of mass communication

Major: Communication

Graduation Date: Fall 2012

 

How are you gaining experience? 

Matthew is gaining experience through his work within UW-Parkside’s Rainbow Alliance, an on campus, student-run organization.  He also uses his volunteer experience with the Democratic Party in order gain valuable work experience.  Matthew is very involved politically and self identifies as a Liberal Democrat.  He continues to work on Peter Bacra’s re-election campaign. 

Are you involved in any campus clubs or student organizations?

Matthew currently is the President of Rainbow Alliance which is an organization designed to advocate “for the rights of people whose sexual orientations, sexual preferences, gender identities, or gender expressions do not easily conform to societal standards”.  Rainbow Alliance also brings awareness to the LGBT Community by hosting related events.  A current event that Matthew had a key role in planning was “Out and About Month”.  “Out and About Month” is best described by Matthew as a miniature educational conference.  Matthew explains that his involvement was included at every stage of the planning within the past four months. 

Matthew is also a member of Pagan Path of Parkside, which is a small but growing organization on campus that meets bi-weekly.  Pagan Path of Parkside is open to all students, but serves as “a primarily student taught organization focusing on non-Chirstian religions, beliefs and practices but is in no way limited to just those belief systems”.

What advice would you give to current college students?

Matthew highly recommends for you to “meet with your advisor constantly.”  He also recommends that every student would take a career assessment.  Matthew also recommends that the students should not “blindly declare a major without looking into first”; he believes that it will save time and stress in the long run and will help the student avoid having problems.

Hobbies:

In his free time, Matthew enjoys playing video games, especially Legend of Zelda.

Last piece of advice:

Matthew is very proud of his time management skills.  He feels that he knows how to balance time and not let it consume his life.  He understands that a particular class may be difficult, but he recommends studying that subject every day.  He points out that even if a person struggles with the material the student should still study it.  By studying one hour per day, the material will start to sink in and the student will have better comprehension in the long run. 

Career Information

Job Choices Magazine is now in digital format (it's also a free app in the App Store)

Business link: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nace/JobChoices2012_business/

Diversity link: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nace/JobChoices2012DiversitySpecial/#/0

Science link: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nace/JobChoices2012_science

 

For Business & Liberal Arts Students

For Science, Engineering, & Technology Students

Diversity Edition

 

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) connects campus recruiting and career services professionals, and provides best practices, trends, research, professional development, and conferences.http://www.naceweb.org/home.aspx

Vault: http://www.youtube.com/user/VaultVideo
CareerTV: careertv.com http://careertv.com/
Career OneStop: http://www.acinet.org/videos/COS_videos.asp?id=27,&nodeid=27

Career Resources, courtesy of UW-P Library

Student Spotlight: Alexa Robbins

Student Spotlight:  Alexa Robbins 

Career Goal:  To be involved in image management through public relations, human resources, and/or marketing. 

Major:  Communication and Digital Arts

Concentration:  Contemporary Media 

Minor: Digital Art 

Certificate: Considering getting a certificate in web design

Internship Experience: 

• Internship Title:  Graphic Design Intern
• Company/Agency:  Communication Department, University of Wisconsin-Parkiside
•  Internship Projects/Duties:  To create the theme, design, text for the Communication Department’s brochure that is used for prospective students interested in majoring within the department.  Alexa also had to do a lot of consulting and figure out how to incorporate the needs of her employer on the final product.    
• Did you learn anything new? Did you gain any new knowledge?  Alexa learned how to work with an employer.  She also learned the steps it took to make both sides happy.
• What did you like most about your internship?  She liked that she had unique experiences presented to her by her employer.  She excited to be able to leave her mark.    
• Have you gained experience in other ways?  Alexa has sung in New York with a choir. She has gotten to develop and improve her networking skills by working as CBS Radio Promotions Intern and the Promotions Director of WIPZ last year.  She got to learn all aspects of promotions through those positions. 

Are you in any campus clubs or student organizations?  Are you an officer? Are you on a committee?  Alexa is a part of WIPZ Ranger Radio, Parkside Association of Communicators (PAC), and the university’s Choral.  After she receives her undergraduate degree she plans on joining Parkside Communication Alumni Association (PCAA).  Alexa is also the treasurer of Gamma Pi Chapter of the Lambda Phi Eta National Communication Honor Society.

Awards:  Academic Achievement Award Spring 2011 (Voted in by the falculty)

Favorite quotes:  Alexa’s favorite quote is a motto that she lives by.  “There is always a first time for everything”.  She believes that you should never be afraid of trying a new experience. 

What advice would you give to current college students?

“Don’t be afraid to stand out.  College is a time to find you, and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside provides plenty of opportunities with its groups, clubs, and organizations”.   

Hobbies, fun facts, and additional information: 

Alexa is an extremely dedicated and hardworking, first generation college student who always tries to tie her education in every aspect of her life.  Alexa believes it is important to connect what you learn in school to your outside experiences no matter what it may be.  Another interesting fact is that Alexa has always held a job and moved out when she was only 18 years old. 

 

Written by Maggie Piery

Public Speaking Night

Student Spotlight: Halima Phelps

Student Spotlight: Halima Phelps 

Career Goal:  To graduate from medical school as a pediatrician.  She would like to open her own practice one day.

Major:  Biological Sciences

Concentration:  Pre Medicine

Minors:  Chemistry and Spanish

Certificates:  Phlebotomy and Associates Arts Transfer Degree from College of Lake County

RangerLink Internship:

• Internship Title: Health Intern
• Company/Agency:  Safe Haven of Racine Inc.
• Internship Projects/Duties:  Practice active listening, work on nutritional information, design a weekly menu for youth, lead sisterhood sessions
• Did you learn anything new? Halima learned a lot about the nutritional content of food and what is really in food as well as how to read labels properly.
• What did you like most about your internship?  Halima enjoyed the people she worked with and she thought her co-workers were very nice.
• Did you gain any new knowledge? 

Halima learned that a lack of teachers can strongly impact students’ success.  She also realized that people, especially young women, have a different mindset.  Halima points out those young women are in need of positive mentors to help them make good decisions and lifestyle choices.  She also learned by working with the young women, that you can be smart, but your lifestyle can get in your way.

• Have you gained experience in other ways?  Halima has shadowed a doctor of osteopathy and has volunteer experience with advertising for a blood drive.   

Are you in any campus clubs or student organizations?  Are you an officer? Are you on a committee?  Halima is very involved as a member of CRU and is also a part of their music team.  She is also an OMSA Peer Mentor who was recently recognized as Peer Mentor of the Year during the 24^th Annual Taking Care of Business Banquet.

Favorite quotes: 

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” –C.S. Lewis

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to His purpose.” –Romans 8:28

What advice would you give to current college students? 

Halima would like to stress the importance of your decisions.  She recommends thinking about and considering future consequences with every decision that you make.

Hobbies, fun facts, and additional information: 

Halima is the youngest of eight children and really enjoys ice skating. 

Written by Maggie Piery

Student Spotlight: James Gorman

Student Spotlight: James Gorman

Career Goal: My career goal is to continue to be a researcher/analyst involved with international relations, specifically those that involve human rights. I hope to work in academia, a government agency, or in a non-profit organization. At some point, I also hope to pursue a Ph.D in political science.

Major:  International Studies and Political Science

Concentration:  International Relations

Internship Experience:

• Internship Title:  Management Intern
• Company/Agency:  Shalom Center of the Interfaith Networks
• Internship Projects:  Worked in the INNS Program which is a nightly homeless shelter.  Here James would explain the guidelines and procedures for the new guests/intakes.  He was in charge of the nightly check in of the guests.  He was also in charge of assigning tasks to guest as well as monitoring the guests’ adherence of the guidelines. 

What did you like most about your internship? 

James enjoyed the feeling that he was helping, the homeless and the community, because he was able to help out through a hands on sort of way.  He was able to actively help the guests with creating and editing resumes as well as the job hunting process.  He often was able to give the guests rides to the bus stop or pharmacy which were essential locations needed to help the guests sustain a healthy lifestyle.  James especially enjoyed those drives because he was able to develop friendships with the guests and connect on a more personal level.    

Have you gained experience in other ways?

James has participated in a foreign service learning project in Chiapas, Mexico.  Through the volunteer with the non-profit “Schools for Chiapas” program, he was able to work with the indigenous people of Chiapas.  He felt this was a valuable experience because he was able to see people living in poverty in a developing nation which lead to his greater understanding of the community.  He also gained firsthand experience into the difficulty of the fundraising efforts of that take place in an international non-profit. 

Favorite quote:  “From caring comes courage.” –Lao Tzu 

What advice would you give to current college students? 

James would like to encourage every college student to pursue an internship while he/she is still in college because he believes there is valuable experience within internships.  James also suggests that students should take classes in a variety of fields to find out what interests them.

Hobbies, fun facts, and additional information

In his free time, James loves playing with his son and cooking meals with his wife. 

Last word:

“At a time of increasing lack of confidence in governments I feel the importance of non profits is greater than ever.”

Written by Maggie Piery

Seeking Nominations!!

The Advising Award Nomination Form is linked at: http://uwparkside.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_b9s4UG9I6bAFDy4

The Committee on Advising is now accepting nominations for the 2011-2012 Advising Excellence Award.

Nominations from students are especially encouraged! We are particularly interested in people who helped students select a career path or enhanced your ability to succeed in the classroom!  Please include examples of how exactly this person helped you.

In your nomination, please indicate the capacity in which you know the nominee and, as specifically as possible, how that person meets the selection criteria. Please also note any other factors or qualifications you would like the Committee to take into consideration.

Nominations can be submitted at any time, but no later than Friday, April 27, 2012

Two categories of UW-Parkside faculty and staff are eligible for this award:

• Those for whom advising is the primary job description.
• Those for whom teaching and/or administration is the primary job description.

Selection criteria include (but are not limited to): Professionalism, Accessibility, Accuracy, Thoughtfulness, Special initiatives or responsibilities related to advising.

Graphic Design Intern

Position: Graphic Design Intern, Sock Grams http://www.sockgrams.com/

10-15 hours per week, $8.00 per hour

Duties:

• Design flyers, pamphlets, radio ads, brochures, print ads, email ads, targeted marketing campaigns
• Web design 
• Create sick designs
• Collaborate with Sock Grams team to design and implement marketing campaigns
• Assist with projects

Qualifications:

• Experience working GIMP or similar graphic design software
• Self-motivated, creative, fun
• Work well independently and with a team

Submit your resume and an upbeat, kitchy, fun graphic design sample directly to heather@sockgrams.com