With the April 11th Spring Career Fair only a week away, many of you may be feeling a little ‘career fair anxiety’ about how to make the best impression on your favorite companies. No need to fear as the people from Vault Career Insider have some tips to give you that edge and make you stand out from the crowd! They offer some very important Do’s and Don’t's by talking about the good, the bad and the ugly things that students do at career fairs.

Before you go, make sure to:

• Find out which companies will be there
• Research your favorite companies to have some talking points to bring up
• Shower (this might seem obvious, but there are still plenty of students who don’t)

While you’re there:

• Show up in a clean and pressed suit to make a good impression
• Even for companies that prefer electronic resumes and applications, bring paper resumes as well
• DON’T chew gum while speaking with employers

After you leave:

• Use LinkedIn to make a connection with the person you spoke with at the fair or follow up with thank you notes, either hand-written or through email (or both)
• DON’T stalk the company. Phone calls very day after the fair is not going to move your application along any faster.

Overall, remember to relax and be confident in yourself and your abilities. You would not have been able to get to this point if you were not capable of great things. These employers are not looking for the best candidate as much as the best person for the job, so remember to add a little of your own personality to your conversations as well.

To read the entire article, simply log on to the Vault Career Insider database through Hagerty Library’s website and click the “Blogs” tab on the top of the page. While you’re there, check out all the other great tools Vault has to offer like Career Guides, Industry Information and Resume Advice. You can also follow this link to the article: http://blogs.vault.com/blog/job-search/how-to-find-job-fair-success/.

Happy Hunting!

We all know that Senior year has its positives but one thing that no one looks forward to is the search for a job after graduation. While the last several years have been awesome, it’s now time to come back to the real world to find the perfect job and, hopefully, career for you. Unfortunately, there are so many options and things to consider that it’s hard to know where to start. Fortunately, we at Drexel are here to help!

The Steinbright Career Development Center is hosting several workshops for graduating seniors and recent alumni who are looking for full-time positions. On September 20-22, the staff at the SCDC will host three workshops a day to discuss the strategies needed by, and resources available to, graduating Drexel students. We also strongly recommend that graduating Seniors utilize the SCDC’s Dragon Jobs site, and attend the Fall Career Fair on Wednesday, October 12 from 10am-3pm. For a full listing of available workshops, please visit the SCDC Calendar and Events page found at http://www.drexel.edu/scdc/events/index.html.

A hands-on lecture entitled “A Job, Success, or Sanity: What Are We Really Looking For In Our Careers?” by author Michael Carroll will be offered to students on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 3:30 p.m. in MacAlister Hall (33rd and Chestnut Streets), room 2019.  During this lecture, participants explore how to transform the challenges and anxieties of the workplace into opportunities for cultivating well-being and decency on the job. This event is open to undergraduate and graduate students and CEO credit is available. Space is limited so register in advance to Monica Fauble at mfauble@drexel.edu.

Are you considering an international co-op?  If so, make sure to attend an Information Session or meet with Susan Braun, the International Co-op Manager, to learn more about eligibility requirements and the application process.

This Spring, Co-op Abroad Information Sessions will be held in the SCDC Conference Room on:

• Tuesday, April 19th    5-6PM
• Friday, May 6th     12-1PM

After attending the Info Session, consider attending an International Job Search Resources workshop in Hagerty Libary’s Room L13C to learn more about how to identify opportunities and potential employers abroad.  You can register online.  This Spring, the workshops will be held on:

• Friday, April 29th     12-1PM
• Thursday, May 12th    4-5PM

Did you open your special edition of the Drexel Digest today?  I hope you did, because it was all about the events happening on Drexel’s campus for National Engineers Week!  In case you missed it, here is the schedule of events.  There is something going on just about every day, including an Engineering Career Fair tomorrow in Bossone.  If you are impatient and want to optimize your time at the career fair, see this list of employers who will be there.

From Drexel’s Prelaw advisor, Grant Keener, comes news of this great event:

[THIS EVENT IS A “CAN’T MISS” FOR ANYONE APPLYING TO LAW SCHOOL THIS YEAR OR NEXT.  DREXEL HAS HOSTED THE PANEL FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS.  STUDENTS CONSISTENLY PRAISE THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION THEY RECEIVE]

Please plan to attend the 6^th Annual Pennsylvania Law School Admissions Panel on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 from 5:30 – 8:00 PM in Drexel University’s Bossone Auditorium (31^st and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104). As in previous years, representatives from each of the Pennsylvania law schools , plus Rutgers-Camden will participate in a panel discussion on the law school admission process.  There will be ample opportunity for questions from the audience. Following the panel discussion, we will host a reception where students and admissions representatives may chat informally.

The schedule for the evening is:

Registration (Bossone Lobby):  5:30 – 5:45 PM

Welcome and Introduction of Panelists (Bossone Auditorium):  5:45 – 6:00 PM

Panel Discussion (Bossone Auditorium):  6:00 PM – approx 7:15 PM

Hors ‘d oeuvre Reception (Bossone Lobby):  approx 7:15 – 8:00 PM

Thanks to the generosity of the Princeton Review, this event is being offered free of charge to students and prelaw advisors.

Grant W. Keener
Prelaw Advisor
Coach, Drexel Mock Trial
Drexel University
3201 Arch Street, Suite 250
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 895-1632
FAX:  (215) 895-1473
gkeener@drexel.edu

Then I hope you paid attention to your Drexel Daily Digest today:

AIESEC Exchange and Recruitment Information Session

Students interested in local and international leadership experience, a co-op abroad or networking opportunities should consider joining Drexel’s AIESEC, the world’s largest student-run organization and the leading platform for personal and professional development.

AIESEC offers three branches:

• An international network of more than 50,000 student members from 110 countries
• Its own internship abroad program (more than 10,000 internships were available in 2009-10)
• Conferences and leadership positions ranging from local to international

Recruitment information sessions will be held at the following times:

• Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 2 p.m. at the Creese Student Center Lower Level, Greenawalt Conference Room D (33rd and Chestnut Streets)
• Thursday, January 20 at 6 p.m. at Matheson Hall, room 309 (32nd and Chestnut Streets)

AIESEC will host outgoing exchange information session for those who are interested in going on exchange with AIESEC as non-members.

The outgoing exchange information sessions will be held on the following dates:

• Tuesday, January 18 at 6:15 p.m.at  Myers Hall, Multipurpose Room (33rd and Race Street)
• Wednesday, January 19 at 6:15 p.m. at Myers Hall, Multipurpose Room

For more information, email Yoona Koh at yk32@drexel.edu or visit http://drexel.collegiatelink.net/organization/aiesec-drexel.

Register for Campus Philly’s Online Internship Fair

Find hundreds of internship opportunities online during Campus Philly’s Online Internship fair, March 15th-26th. Here’s what you do:

1. Create an account TODAY at campusphilly.org/careers
2. Upload your resumé
3. Log-on beginning March 15th to apply for positions
4. Check back often, new internships will be posted daily during the fair