Career Services is offering online preparation workshops and practice, allowing students to prepare for job interviews, beginning Monday.Students may register online at niu.edu/careerservices/crc to participate in the workshops. The workshops will be...
Junior Practice Interview Week will be Monday to Sept. 25 to help junior students prepare for job and internship interviews.Interviews, which will be 30 minutes long, will go from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Career Services in the Campus Life Building,...
Pass: Betties raise $1K at Sunday eventI’ve seen the Barbed Wire Betties in action before, so learning they raised $1,873 at their weekend fundraiser is awesome.If there’s anything those crazy derby ladies deserve it’s the community’s recognition...
About 231 employers gathered at NIU’s Job Fair with goals of student interaction.Employers like Jewel-Osco, Target Corporation, Moldex 3-D, 3M corporation, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Groupon and TCF were at the job fair. Students were able to talk...
Career Services’ upcoming fairs will help match students with internships and jobs.Career Services will host the Internship Fair on Feb. 18, Full-Time Job Fair on Feb. 19 and the Educators’ Job Fair on Feb. 24. Workshops — ABCs of Getting an Internship...
More than 100 companies came out for the Internship Fair Tuesday at the Convocation Center.The event, sponsored by Career Services, gave students the opportunity to talk with employers from across the country and submit resumes. They also gained experience...
For many students, the idea of an internship seems intimidating and even scary.For others, it’s the long-awaited chance to make that transition from an undergraduate life on campus to a professional standpoint as an adult in the real world.Students...
Students got a glimpse of what they could do after graduation at a campus fair Tuesday.The Prelaw Honors Society hosted a graduate school fair in the Duke Ellington ballroom. More than 300 students attended the Graduate and Professional School Fair, which...
No. 5: ArtArt majors are constantly being told there’s no money in their field.They are to live only as “starving artists,” forced to sacrifice a financially stable life in pursuit of their art. If that’s the case, why do students continually...
Student groups and employers switched roles for NIU’s first Reverse Career Fair.The Tuesday event gave employers the chance to interview student organizations on criteria that companies are looking for. About 20 student organizations and nine businesses...
More than 1,000 students and alumni sought their dream job at the 39th spring job fair Wednesday. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. students, alumni and the public had the opportunity to meet company recruiters in person at the Convocation Center. Attendees dressed...
Career Service’s Internship Fair offered students the chance to meet with prospective employers in a familiar environment on Tuesday. The Convocation Center was transformed into an Internship Fair with more than 90 businesses on hand to meet with students...
