{"id":22141,"date":"2013-10-03T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=22141"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:33:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:33:40","slug":"business-students-get-kickoffs-for-career-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2013\/10\/business-students-get-kickoffs-for-career-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Business students get \u201ckickoffs\u201d for career search."},"content":{"rendered":"

Because September and October are key recruiting times, Career Management Services<\/a> in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) offered Career Kickoff, a new initiative for undergrads, graduate students and alumni. The event, featuring workshops, panel discussions and networking events, was held September 9-20, 2013.<\/p>\n

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FIU College of Business students attend the “Matching Skills to Careers” event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cCareer Kickoff helped attendees learn important skills as they undertake internship and job searches,\u201d said director Nancy Richmond. \u201cStudents who participated in Career Kickoff were even more prepared for FIU\u2019s annual campus-wide Career Fair, held September 18.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cResumania\u201d and other events offered substantial advantages. <\/em><\/p>\n

Daniel Lidell, a Finance and International Business major, was one of almost 100 students who participated in Resumania, a Career Kickoff event that gave students 15 minutes of r\u00e9sum\u00e9 critiquing by an employer.<\/p>\n

\u201cShowing my r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to parents and friends may help. But during Resumania, I sat one-on-one with an HR person from Procter & Gamble who gave me concrete suggestions about my r\u00e9sum\u00e9,\u201d said Lidell. \u201cHe told me how to improve margins and other mechanical aspects. Even more importantly, he helped me include key words that recruiters look for and showed me where I should elaborate more and where I should consolidate. It was an incredible opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Almost 50 students practiced the art of networking as eight top employers participated in the \u201cSpeed Networking: Breaking Barrier to Job Searching\u201d event.<\/p>\n

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Students participate in a card sort activity to match careers with skills.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The LinkedIn Photo Shoot provided students with a professional head shot to use on their profiles. This popular event, a repeat of a successful event held last spring, drew 118 students.<\/p>\n

Career Kickoff workshops covered how to stand out at a career fair, how to sell yourself in a job interview and other worthwhile topics. Information sessions included advice from Caterpillar, Microsoft LATAM, Crowe Horwath and other employers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe College of Business\u2019 Career Management Services department is dedicated to helping business students and alumni implement their career plans,\u201d said Richmond. \u201cThe events of Career Kickoff are just one example of what we offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

She encourages business students to log on to the newly named \u201cBusiness Career Link\u201d on the CMS website to learn more about career opportunities now available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because September and October are key recruiting times, Career Management Services in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) offered Career Kickoff, a new initiative for undergrads, graduate students and alumni. The event, featuring workshops, panel discussions and networking events, was held September 9-20, 2013. \u201cCareer Kickoff helped attendees learn important skills as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":22145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[313,459,3070],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22141"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23716,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22141\/revisions\/23716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}