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Making the Rounds with Circuit Training Thinking up cool cell phone features is great, but when you need the expertise to make it happen, technical training is key. Melissa Biel, a senior at Stevens Institute of Technology, can't wait to work with electronics. It started when she got her first computer at age eight.. Plans After College? How to Prepare! Out of every 100 fifth-grade students, only 47 will enter college; an even more disappointing number, 24, will actually earn a bachelor's degree, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. How can you be one of that lucky two dozen? Find a career and prepare for it... Want to Work with Animals? The Teaching Zoo at Santa Fe Community College (SFCC, Gainesville, FL), where students turn their love of animals into a career. Although there are now similar schools throughout the country, when SFCC established the Teaching Zoo in 1972, it was the first of its kind in the United States. Navigating the Summer Job Maze With some help from your school, the Internet, and even the corporations you want to work for, you can find a summer job that is challenging, and that can contribute to your career after graduation. CSI: College Guts and Glory While you're on the sofa catching up on CSI, these college students are in the lab studying how to be forensic scientists. Talking the 'Give Me a Job' Talk We tapped Burton Nadler, career center director at the University of Rochester, to help shatter some common job interviewing myths and answer your find-a-job FAQs... Hook Yourself Up by Kissing Up? Forget what you thought about teachers' pets, and take a lesson from the slick wannabe Trumps on "The Apprentice." Kissing up during an interview can help you score a sweet internship, so long as you can back up your pucker-up. 10 Ways to Launch a Leader Leadership skills: They're not just for "leaders" anymore. Whether you wish to get into college, head up your high school prom committee meeting, interview for that dream job, or make new friends (yes, even for something like that), it's often all about how you lead. Cover Yourself A cover letter is a chance to sell yourself to a prospective employer. Learn how you can improve your cover letter and your chances at a career. Seven Lessons From Seven College Jobs I was only in it for the extra cash, so getting more out of a college job than a minimum-wage paycheck surprised me. |