We didn’t want our Center City students to feel left out of the fun, so we’ve got some new books for you as well!!

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.

Some of you have already figured out our not-so-secret secret: we have some new books in the Hagerty Careers Collection!!  Check out the new titles below- although some of them are so hot, they’ve already been checked out!

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.

Glassdoor.com just came out with their 50 Best Places to Work as part of their 3rd annual Employees’ Choice Awards.  Guess who topped their list?

For all you Film & Video majors out there: this post from nofilmschool.com offers tips and YouTube video examples on how to create a better demo reel.

Sure, a 21st century job search has changed in character from its previous iteration.  No longer do job seekers  scour the newspaper for job ads; instead, they crawl the web.  But there are new job search strategies to add any job seeker’s repertoire: using social media!  Facebook and Twitter may be central to your social life, but they can be use be extremely useful to your job search.  Mashable explains how in this handy article.

Careers Pick of the Week:

Jumpstart Your Career in College

Call Number: Hagerty Careers HD 6276.5 .S34 2000

Welcome back!  With the first week of Fall Quarter underway, you may want to take a peek at Jumpstart Your Career in College to figure out how to maximize your time here at Drexel.  Preparing for your career involves more than simply getting good grades, and the author (who has a background in career counseling) explains in detail how to use your time in college to cultivate mentors, gain relevant skills through extracurricular activities, and start dipping your toes into the real world through internships and other experiences.  She even offers strategy checklists in the last chapter to give you a quick list of things you need to be doing your freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years in college to prepare for actually having a job after you graduate!

Careers Pick of the Week:

What Can I Do with a Major in Education?

Location: Hagerty Careers HF5382.5 .U5 H816 2005

From the “What Can You Do with a Major in…?” series, this book offers tips for how to get the most out of your time in college, what to consider when it comes to graduate school,  career possibilities for an education major, information on breaking into the job market, and resources for finding out more.  The highlight of the book is the six case studies of real people who were education majors.  They share with us their career paths and what they do and don’t like about their current positions.