Written by Payton Davis, Career Center Digital Marketing Internship and Public Relations Major. Picture this: A senior in college who has told herself semester after semester that she will go to the Career Center to take advantage of the free resources. A senior who waited until last month to create a proper LinkedIn account. Ironically, this senior now … [Read more...] about The career search starts with Handshake
Written by Takudzwa Chawota, Graduate Assistant with the Career Center and psychology/Industrial Organizational graduate student. This past summer I completed a 12-week internship program at Express Scripts Inc., headquartered in St Louis, MO. I came across this internship position on Glassdoor in February 2018. From the time I completed the online application, the interview … [Read more...] about Internship provides opportunity to work on challenging and meaningful projects
Written by Amie Case, Graduate Assistant with the Career Center, Master of Arts, English: Creative Writing. It happens to the best of us: at some point, we all blubber our way through an interview. We think out loud with lots of “uhh’s” and “umm’s,” we completely lose track of what we were trying to say, and our minds freeze until we no longer know our own names. In … [Read more...] about Contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase “silent as the grave”
Want some constructive feedback on your resume? Bring a printout of your resume to one of the Career Center’s Resume Madness events to get a free review. Need some tips and handouts to create a resume? You can get that, too. Resume Madness is organized by college, but all majors and all academic levels may come to any of the following dates and locations: College of Arts … [Read more...] about Get your résumé reviewed at Résumé Madness
Written by Theresa Lydon-Lorson, career counseling graduate assistant, Career Center My name is Theresa Lydon-Lorson, and I am a 2014 graduate of Missouri State University. I have my Bachelor of Arts degree in religious studies, and I am currently pursuing my Master of Science degree in secondary school counseling. I grew up in the suburbs of St. Louis and graduated … [Read more...] about Meet the Career Center’s new graduate assistant