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Okay, I couldn’t resist. I discovered Xtranormal movies, and I had to make one, “The Human Resources Recruiter and the English Major.” Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KIiVFCZlV0
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Tags: English majors, human resources, recruiters, xtranormal movies, youtube
The Certification Craze
I read job postings from time to time to keep up on who’s hiring what. Recently, I came across a job posting that listed a “required” qualification so ridiculous I almost laughed—until I stopped to think how symptomatic it is of what’s wrong with hiring practices. In this job description, in order for a potential […]
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Tags: Apple, careers for English majors, certification, cover letters, English majors, HR, Humanities majors, recruiters, Steve jobs
I’m sorry I didn’t notice this before today, but SUNY Geneseo posted an editorial a couple of weeks ago about the limitless possibilities available to English majors. “College Must Do Better Job Directing English Majors to Career Opportunities” appeared in The Lamron, their student newspaper, on March 11. The centerpiece of the author’s argument is […]
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Tags: career fairs, careers for English majors, English degree, English majors, jobs for English majors, SUNY, SUNY Geneseo, The Lamron
Your “BS Detector”
In recent weeks, I’ve been visiting universities and talking with faculty and career advisors about how valuable a liberal arts education is. One of the advisors I met shared with me an insightful disclosure about her own education. She said she didn’t really learn to “read between the lines” when she was in college. […]
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Tags: 10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College, Bill Coplin, critical reading, English majors
The English majors’ guidebooks into the job market on the shelves today—Great Jobs for English Majors, I’m an English Major, Now What? What Can You Do With a Major in English? and Liberal Arts Advantage: How to Turn Your Degree into a Great Job—offer up similar advice, including this consistent tidbit: figure out which […]
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Tags: business analyst, customer service, data administration, file management, jobs for English majors, jobs in industry
Apply Anyway!
A student of mine just alerted me to a job posting for an internship. It reads like this: General Description: To assist with the preparation of reports, analyses, and modeling. Responsibilities of this position include: Analyze the system design and modifications. Develop studies of limited scope and prepare data for cost estimations and analyses. Run […]
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Tags: analysis, employers, engineers, hiring managers, HR, human resources, internships, job posting, modeling, reporting
I had an email today from a young woman advertising her services as a writer for independent professionals (consultants, speakers, trainers and the like). She promises she can ghostwrite articles, books and blog posts, she can re-craft website wording to improve the chance of being found by search engines, she can write brochures, email blasts, […]
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Tags: article blasters, articles, ghostwriting, Google, internet, SEO, writing ability
Should you replace your resume with a blog?
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Tags: blogging for jobs, job seekers, resumes, Seth Godin, star power
