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Student Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel LinkedIn is a powerful tool for college students seeking internships and full-time jobs. With more than 45 million users, the site lets you tap into a wealth of connections for the purpose of career networking. Beyond this, LinkedIn gives you a platform to develop and express your professional identity. If you don’t have a website or blog, it may be the only means by which to represent yourself as a budding professional online. As such, the way that you conduct yourself on LinkedIn has far-reaching implications as you start your career. A strong LinkedIn profile, with sharp descriptions and glowing recommendations of your work, can provide a potential employer with a very positive impression of you. Here are some common mistakes that college students make on LinkedIn, along with advice for avoiding these pitfalls. The generic invitation to connect If you’re going to reach out to someone that you don’t know, make sure to include a personalized message with the invitation to connect.

Summer Jobs+ "America’s young people face record unemployment, and we need to do everything we can to make sure they’ve got the opportunity to earn the skills and a work ethic that come with a job. It’s important for their future, and for America’s.” –President Obama President Obama issued a challenge to businesses, non-profits, and government: Work together to provide pathways to employment for low-income and disconnected youth. Building off the 2012 Summer Jobs+ program, President Obama has announced Youth Jobs+ that will bring together elected officials, local businesses, non-profit organizations and faith institutions to create pathways to employment for young Americans. Connect with participating job posting websites to find jobs, internships and other employment opportunities in your area: List corporate mentorship experiences, internship, and other opportunities that connect young people to jobs.

If You're Looking for a Job, Get Out of Your Own Way - John Lees by John Lees | 11:00 AM August 15, 2012 Why do some job hunters give up when they are just in sight of their goals? I’ve just seen Simon, a client who has been looking for a job for 6 months. Like many people on the market, he started out optimistically but has given up — not officially, mind you, but he’s suddenly taken an urgent interest in redecorating his house. Based on work with scores of clients like Simon, I suggest that there are six types of frustrated job hunters out there. Habit and pride are powerful forces, demonstrated by the category of people who have got their own way of doing things, thank you. Then there are people who are too angry to change strategy. Don’t forget the people who engage in activities that look like job hunting. Finally, there are the job hunters who know what to do, but don’t do it. Fortunately, I think these people all have the potential to become the sixth type of job hunter: people who learn how to do the right thing late in the day.

2012 Job Outlook The job outlook for 2012 is more of the same with a stalled employment market expected to add only 1.3 million new positions annually -- slightly lower than 2011’s 1.5 million jobs, says Marisa Di Natale, Moody’s Analytics director. That job outlook sounds OK until you realize that almost 9 million jobs disappeared during the recession. “We’ll be in recovery mode for all of 2012,” Di Natale says. It will take until 2014 for the employment market to return to its prerecession size, says Di Natale, who predicts companies will create 2.7 million jobs in 2013 and 4.5 million jobs in 2014. The job opportunities being added back to the market will be different from the ones lost during the recession. The job outlook is great for highly skilled workers (think finance, technology or engineering), along with entry-level workers in nonoffshorable service jobs (such as some hospitality jobs and healthcare jobs), Di Natale says.

Don't Bother Earning These Five Degrees By Terence Loose Do you want to go back to school to earn a degree that could help you impress employers? If your goals include job offers upon graduation, you'll want to choose your major carefully, says Vicki Lynn, senior vice president of Universum, a global talent recruiting company that works with many Fortune 500 companies. To help navigate the numerous options available today, we took a closer look at five degrees you may want to avoid, and five more employer-friendly options to consider instead. Unwanted Degree #1 - Architecture Earning a bachelor's in architecture might impress a lot of people, but according to a 2012 study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, "Hard Times, College Majors, Unemployment and Earnings: Not All College Degrees Are Created Equal," it might not impress a lot of employers. And that can be tough to take, says Lynn, since architecture is such an industry-specific major. Degree to Earn Instead: Business Administration

Google Student Blog Minor in Economics — Economics at Hunter College The economics minor provides an excellent opportunity for students with science, humanities, or other social science majors to gain some essential knowledge about economics issues and obtain some of the analytical skills that are valued in the job market. It consists of 12 economics credits from two required core economics courses, and two economics electives that students choose from the selection below. Core Courses for the Minor - required Elective/Choice Courses for the Minor – select any two (or more) Detailed descriptions with prerequisites for each class are available at Undergraduate Economics Courses Email econadvisor [at] hunter [dot] cuny [dot] edu for further guidance from the Undergraduate Advisor Professor Sevak Economics Faculty Office Hours *Must get grade of C or CR or higher for these courses to count for the minor.

Teacher Academy Resources About the GTA The GTA is a free professional development experience designed to help primary and secondary educators from around the globe get the most from innovative technologies. Produced by CUE, each Academy is an intensive, two-day event during which participants get hands-on experience with Google tools, learn about innovative instructional strategies, receive resources to share with colleagues, and immerse themselves in a supportive community of educators making impact. Applicants Approximately 50 innovative educators from around the world are selected to attend each GTA based on the merits of their online application. Participants are selected based on their professional experience, their passion for teaching and learning, and their successful use of technology in school settings. Participants must provide their own travel, and if necessary, their own lodging. Google Certified Teachers Educators who attend a Google Teacher Academy become Google Certified Teachers.

How to Minor in Computer Science The following provides an overview of information for students interested in minoring in CS; these changes to the curriculum are applicable to students who declare a CS minor after 6/1/2009. Required Courses A minor in Computer Science consists of 13-14 credits of coursework. These credits include the following required courses – note that MATH 125 is a prerequisite course to CSCI 127; however, MATH 125 does not count towards the Computer Science Minor. CSCI 127 (3 credits, 3 hours) Introduction to Computer ScienceCSCI 133 (3 credits, 3 hours) Programming for Everyone.CSCI 232 (3 credits, 3 hours) Relational Databases and SQL Programming Plus, a one-credit minor capstone course: CSCI 233 (1 credit, 2 hours) Programming Projects Seminar for Minors In addition, students will be required to take at least one 3-credit elective selected from Computer Science offerings numbered 135 or above. Learning Outcomes After successfully completing a Computer Science minor, students will:

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