NEWS AND EVENTS
Starr Weekly |
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| STARR Weekly is a comprehensive list of events and career related opportunities compiled by the STARR Career Development Center on a weekly basis. | |
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| How to Get the Salary You Want |
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| A tight job market might have taken away some jobseekers' leverage in a salary negotiation, but that doesn't mean they should roll over and accept the first offer, says New York-based executive coach Rabia de Lande Long. To get the top compensation possible-without putting a sour taste in your potential employer's mouth-take these steps. | |
| Financial-Sector Hiring Continues to Rise in London |
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| LONDON-The City is hiring again. The number of new jobs in London's financial-services sector rose in July on a month-to-month and year-to-year basis as hiring conditions improved despite weak second-quarter bank earnings and concerns about a double-dip recession, a survey showed Wednesday. The total jobs becoming available in July rose 7% to 6,048, up from 5,645 in June. The number was 71% higher on a year-to-year basis compared with 3,528 jobs in July 2009, according to a survey by financial-recruiting firm Morgan McKinley. | |
| Baruch SCDC in the News |
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| The Princeton Review on Baruch College and the Starr Career Development Center: "Baruch College consists of three schools, and although its School of Arts and Sciences and School of Public Affairs are both fine, it's the Zicklin School of Business that garners nearly all the attention here (as well over three-quarters of the student body). Zicklin offers a "very demanding business-oriented program that provides a great education in an overcrowded environment" where "it's very easy to get lost," but just as easy for go-getters to access "unparalleled internships, career, and networking opportunities to major global companies' headquarters." Because New York City is a worldwide finance capital, Baruch's connections and internships provide "a gateway to the world of finance," and it is for this reason-as well as for the fact that "tuition is about one-fourth what it is at NYU," making it "the best college value in New York City"-that students flock to Baruch. Students warn that you must be willing to "put 110 percent into your studies and take advantage of the NYC network and Starr Career Development Center" to reap all available benefits here. Those who make the effort will discover a career office that "works tirelessly to prepare its students for the working world. Not only do they offer workshops on how to make yourself an attractive candidate, they also offer counseling and even resume reviews to make sure your resume is perfect, as well as mock interviews that help you analyze your strengths and weaknesses as an interviewer." |
| A Modern Mentor Is a Listener, Too |
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| Traditionally, a mentor has been someone senior to you who helps you build skills and make connections. Although that definition generally still holds, the boundaries have changed somewhat, says Lois J. Zachary, president of Leadership Development Services in Phoenix and author of "The Mentee's Guide: Making Mentoring Work for You." "The mentee or protege has gone from being a passive learner - where the mentoring is done to you as you sit at the foot of the master - to an active learner who directs the process," Ms. Zachary says. "It's much more collaborative now; there is more precision and structure." | |
| Graduates' First Job: Marketing Themselves |
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| THIS spring, college seniors are entering a better job market than the class of 2009 faced. Unfortunately, that is not saying much because 2009 was one of the worst years in the history of hiring. Still, hiring of this year's crop of graduates is up 5 percent over the previous year, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Companies are also seeking evidence of communication and writing skills, analytical ability and teamwork, Mr. Koc said. Whatever your strengths and weaknesses, you will need to "bring your A game" to this job market, said Katharine Brooks. | |
| Creating Internships Out of Thin Air |
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| With banks climbing out of the recession, more business students across the country are finding banking jobs and internships, enrolling in finance clubs and going on class trips to Wall Street, universities say. Unemployment is plaguing millions of families, and the public may still be seething about bank bailouts and eight-figure bonuses. But business students and career advisers see a job market that is quickly stabilizing. | |
| Sending a Message That You Don't Care |
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| As technological devices have become more portable and more popular, they've enhanced our connectedness at work. But they have also led to a greater degree of incivility - a trend that is damaging our workplace relationships. For more than a decade, my colleagues and I have gathered data on incivility from more than 9,000 managers and workers across the United States, and we're continuing this work internationally. We have learned a great deal about the problem's causes and consequences. | |
| Thriving Alongside Dead-Enders |
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| Are you stuck with a group of negative, unmotivated colleagues? Just because you have no authority over them doesn't mean you have to play their game. Every company has them. You know the type: complainers, excuse peddlers, and hermits. They've worked here forever, seen and done it all, watched bosses come and go. They follow routine and resist change. In essence, they're killing time and collecting a check. | |
| Achieve Excellence With Your Branding Strategy |
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| Excellence is neither a cliche nor a generic concept. Figure out what it means for your job type, then work your way through the recession. The entire world is your competition now, from China and India to everywhere else. Having a blog or a presence on Facebook or even a flash Web site doesn't differentiate you anymore, either. You're disposable unless you prove yourself otherwise. You need to be excellent. There's no such thing as a nine-to-five job if you want to achieve excellence and there's no single path to getting there. | |
| Job Market Stabilizes for Business Students |
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| With banks climbing out of the recession, more business students across the country are finding banking jobs and internships, enrolling in finance clubs and going on class trips to Wall Street, universities say. Unemployment is plaguing millions of families, and the public may still be seething about bank bailouts and eight-figure bonuses. But business students and career advisers see a job market that is quickly stabilizing. | |
