|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bringing people,
learning, and technology together.
Welcome to degreesees.com,We help you find right path of
education for the dream career you want for yourself. Our
mission at degreesees.com is to help the prospective
professionals and career oriented students to find right
education and experience according to their career plans
without disturbing personal lives.
If you are a working professional or a person who can spend
time getting a regular degree in field, online degrees are
the best option. Getting an online degree is rather a new
and unconventional phenomenon but it is very convenient one.
Online degree programs are offering high quality studies.
There are many reasons to motivate you for getting an online
degree.
If you wish to establish or strengthen online degree,
professional skills or looking for programs online, we can
provide these kind of educational resources. |
|
|
|
Alumni Services Make the Grade |
|
Susan Aaron |
Don't think
that once you've snatched your diploma, your
relationship with your alma mater has ended. And no,
we're not talking about those big school loans. Many
schools offer services to alumni for years after
graduation. This can be a great support system if you
need to find a new job or career. After all, schools
want to create a lifelong bond with graduates, and an
important element of a school's ranking is the placement
office.
MonsterLearning talked with Herb Crowder, director of
alumni career services at the University of Virginia's
Darden School of Business, and Ann Cesare, director of
alumni and community relations at the University of
Colorado at Colorado Springs, to find out how they help
recent and long-ago students land new jobs.
Why go back to your school?
Decades ago, a career placement office may have been
there to help alumni land their first jobs, but that was
all. Today, according to Crowder, "we have moved away
from a position of a very few careers and a very few job
changes."
Crowder's office took a survey of half of Darden alumni
who graduated since 1957 and found that those graduating
in the '50s, '60s and '70s had about three different
careers and usually five to six different employers. Now
he reports finding "for the group coming out of the
'90s, and certainly the post-2000 groupˇ, a much
accelerated patternˇof probably five to six different
careers and as many as 10 to 12 employers during their
working career." No matter what your field, the career
change pace has quickened. Your alma mater can be a
source of stability to counter your work life's
turbulence.
What are the most common ways alumni services
can help you?
Networking: Schools have active alumni who will
speak with other alumni about job Searching. A
well-organized alumni office will have graduates
categorized by region, industry and job. This system
provides you with instant informational interview
candidates and, possibly, insider job leads.
Job skills training: Alumni services often
include coaching in vital skills such as interviewing,
resume and cover letter writing and job Search
techniques. This is particularly useful if you need to
learn new practices and strategies or are under 30 and
have only looked for jobs in a booming economy.
Counseling: Placement services may have
contacts with counselors qualified to discuss your
particular situation one-on-one. This is especially
helpful if you aren't sure what you want to do next.
Links to businesses with ties to the school:
Businesses with ties to a school will use alumni
placement offices to find employees. Today, many schools
offer private job posting Web sites.
Recommended resources: Alumni offices may know
of other organizations that would be helpful in your job
Search. The Darden School has a number of affiliations,
including an outplacement firm, and is often able to
offer slight discounts for alumni use.
Are these services free?
Cesare notes that while UC, Colorado Springs offers
alumni services for free, some alumni offices charge a
fee. Be sure to find out about any fees for services if
you choose to contact your school.
What if you're outside the school's local area?
Many businesses affiliated with a particular school are
located nearby, so their job listings may not be useful
if you live out of the area. However, alumni services
can usually arrange networking, skills building and
counseling online or by telephone. In addition, alumni
near you, far from your alma mater, may be more eager to
help than if you were one of many recent grads knocking
on their door from the school around the corner.
You need to muster all the resources you can to conduct
a job Search today. According to Cesare, few alumni know
about or take advantage of alumni services. Find out
what your alma mater can do for you: Call your alumni
office or check the school's Web site to learn about
services to help you learn and earn |
|
Previous:
Could Your Hobby be Your Job? |
|
Next:
Reenergize Your Job Search |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
