These notes come from Phil Gardner’s presentation at MPACE in San Diego on recruiting trends for 2008 – 2009 December 10, 2008. His research can be found at Michigan State University web site www.ceri.msu.edu as he offers up some thoughts for students on the job market and what his research shows is important to employers and what students need to know as they immerse themselves into their job search. How do you find sustainable/green industries companies? You can look for 100 fastest growing sustainable/environmental companies in a Google search. Most of these companies hire on an “as need” basis, however many are...

It's the time of year when states' departments of fish and wildlife begin recruiting for their wildlife positions that include wildlife management, law enforcement and community outreach and education. These positions are called various names depending upon the state. In Colorado, the positions are District Wildlife Managers. In Wyoming, they are Game Wardens. Other states, they are Conservation Officers. Are these positions for you? If the following description appeals to you, you may want to do more research to check it out. Most of your time will be spent working outdoors and the work you...

We've reached the approximate halfway point to summer vacation. If you're working either at a summer job or internship, stop for a moment and think about your experience. Then, when you're done thinking – update your resume! Why wait until the summer is over and your experiences fade from your memory? Write down your accomplishments, skills used, and responsibilities in your summer job or internship now, while you can remember them. Updating your resume now will allow you to add the specifics that will make your description stand out. Additionally, you have access to...

From Yahoo! Hotjobs: Don't Panic: The Right Job Is Just Around the Corner by Caroline Potter, Yahoo! HotJobs Fuel prices are up. Food prices, too. And don't forget foreclosures. The U.S. is still at war and unemployment has reached 5.5%. It's the real-life equivalent of "Lions and tigers and bears!" But, oh my, does a job seeker really have to think the worst is yet to come -- if it isn't already here? Nah! Don't focus too much on the bad news. There's plenty of good news -- and good jobs -- out there. John Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray...

Scott Newberg flew into Logan airport in the middle of the night. He went straight home to his office, and in the dark room the blue light of his computer glared – a screen full of unfinished work that piled up while he was gone. He sat down at the keyboard, and that's when he had the revelation. He gave notice. He has no other job lined up. He has no real plan for how he will make money. But the career he had was not fulfilling. One of the contributions Generations X and Y have made to the workplace...

Will your job search take you to cities outside of Colorado? Do you want to live in an emerging and innovative city? You need to check out cities on the verge. According to Fast Company magazine (from Issue 117 | July 2007), these great urban centers made their list of innovative cities on the verge. Creative Class Meccas * Atlanta, Georgia * Los Angeles, California *Mumbai, India R&D Clusters * Boston, Massachusetts * Rochester, Minnesota * Tokyo, Japan Green Leaders *...

On Wednesday, April 30th, the Career Center and CSU students embarked on the final road trip of the semester to visit some cool engineering and tech companies. Along the way, we made stops at Agilent Technologies, Wolf Robotics, and ended the day at Vestas Blades in Windsor. It was a day filled with food, fun, and jam-packed with great tips from employers on how to land jobs or internships with their companies. Both Agilent and Wolf hire a number of CSU interns every year, and those interns oftentimes will get fulltime job offers when they graduate. ...

Biotech Connect will happen on Tuesday, April 15. This event brings together the Colorado Biotech industry with students and faculty at CSU to explore partnerships and opportunities to collaborate on research, internship/job possibilities and more. For more information, visit http://www.natsci.colostate.edu/career/biotech/ Sponsored by: Colorado State University, The Career Center, the Colorado BioScience Association, CSU Ventures, The College of Engineering, The College of Natural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Biomedical Sciences. Posted by Brian O'Bruba, Associate Director, The Career Center

What changes were introduced into the GRE exam recently? Since January 2008, the GRE Program introduced reading passages in the Verbal Reasoning section of the computer-based GRE® General Test. In addition, since Nov. 2007, two new question types were introduced; the Numeric Entry and Text Completion. For more information on these and other changes visit www.ets.org/gre/ We will keep you updated on information regarding the grad and professional school application process.  Posted by: Brian O'Bruba, Associate Director, CSU Career Center

Check out this article on "Cultivating Green Jobs": Forget blue collar or white collar. Today, the nation is under the spell of the green collar. Presidential candidates, on their stumps from Ohio to Texas, from Colorado to the Carolinas, promise daily to create thousands of green-collar jobs in the solar, wind energy, hydrogen and biofuels sectors. It's nothing particularly novel in Colorado, where these types of jobs have been commonplace since the 1970s. But with the growth of the green industry in the state, it is taking on an elevated role. Read more: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/08/cultivating-green-jobs/ Article by Gargi Chakrabarty, Rocky Mountain News Posted by Barbara Diehl,...

On February 22 the Career Center took students on their first ever Career Road Trip. We loaded up the van and headed south to get the inside scoop on what makes northern Colorado companies tick. This day was focused on careers in business, so we made stops at Burns Marketing, Colorado Eagles, and Target and found all three companies had great internship programs and loved to hire CSU grads! Burns Marketing had some great tips for students on how to stand out from the crowd and how to get hired at any company. They had a...

 Three economists and a real estate expert shared their predictions about the 2008 – 2010 economy – hang on for a potentially bumpy ride down the job slope! The Northern Colorado Business Report sponsored this panel yesterday – here's a short scoop as I see it (you can view the full report at http://www.ncbr.com/article.asp?id=90996) Northern CO has seen economic growth over the past few years but it comes in fits and starts. Colorado maps with the US economy -- though we lag a bit, the patterns are very similar. In 2003, Northern Colorado bottomed out because of the recession the country...

CSU students and graduates made a great impression on this global test and measurement company -- Agilent hired more students from CSU than anywhere else in the country last academic year. (Well, ok, so we tied for first with Cal Poly San Louis Obispo.) Agilent is known for its high tech test and measurement systems, for those of you in CS, ECE, Physics & Math, and has a strong Life Sciences division for all of you in the biologies, chemistry and other life sciences. They will be returning to campus this year to recruit, also, so keep an eye...