Student Perspectives
By now, you probably already know that The Career Center is on Facebook. Isn’t everyone? Friends, cousins, grandparents—mom and dad. On Facebook, our personal lives and social relationship dramas unfold before a wide and all-encompassing audience. How often have we heard someone we know talk about their embarrassment or their social drama on Facebook.
And how about “UnFriending” people? That’s another aspect of Facebook social drama that will never end. I’m sure we all have a story to share: Personally, one of my friends found out her boyfriend dumped her because he UnFriended her on Facebook. Yes, this was in highschool. And yes, I agree with you—how unoriginal.
In the spirit of Facebook UnFriending, I have this youtube clip to share with you. It’s from an NPR edition of Prairie Home Companion. Yes, it’s a song. Yes, it’s radio. And heck yes, this is a hysterical mockery of Facebook UnFriending.
I hope you enjoy!
How many times have you heard the saying "It’s not what you know, it’s who you know"? It’s true! You might think that building a list of acquaintances is trivial or snobbish—I mean, who makes fake friends, right? Don’t think that way! It’s becoming more and more important to know the right people if you want to land a job.
Remember 2nd grade? All your friends had the same friends as you did. You ignored or teased people you didn’t like. Ring any bells? Well if you haven’t entirely given that up yet, forget all that now. It’s time to get to know everyone and get everyone to know you. Put your face out there in the wide world of professionals. Network. Smile. Talk about yourself and what your goals are. Ask for help in finding information on job leads. You can get started doing this at school events, career events, with your neighbors, and even with the friends you already have. The sooner you get started doing this, the sooner you’ll see that your friends and acquaintances will connect you to exciting opportunities.
Most people don't immediately think of lawyers when discussing friendship, and this youtube clip is no exception. Watch this hysterical clip of Boston Legal, my all-time favorite show. Alen Shore and Melvin Palmer have a fabulously adversarial dynamic. Completely opposite to the spirit of making friends...
This is a quote from Keith Richards, infamous guitarist for the legendary Rolling Stones.
So, I am coming up on my birthday in a couple of weeks. Not a cute, cuddly, adorable birthday, but a big old honkin’ birthday. And what with that and other economy-related changes I find myself contemplating life and looking for inspiration. I often find inspiration in my roots, which would include for me sitting in my teenage bedroom playing Stones records over and over and over, and sure enough I realize that everything I ever needed to know can be learned from Keith Richards.
* Here is what Keith has to say about getting older: “Getting old is a fascinating thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.” In a culture where it is commonplace to fight aging with a nip and tuck and injecting botulinium toxin, Keith looks like his life, no apologies necessary.
* He appreciates each day as it comes and knows how to pace himself: “Mick has to get up in the morning with a plan. Who he's going to call, what he's going to eat, where he's going to go. Me, I wake up, praise the Lord, then make sure all the phones are turned off. If we were a mum-and-pop operation, then he'd be Mum.”
* He is a family man of integrity, married 26 years to Patti Hansen.
* Even the coolest of the cool, (Johnny Depp) look to Keith as K-O-O-L.
* He believes in what he does: “You can build a wall to stop people, but eventually, the music, it’ll cross that wall.”
* He has career satisfaction: “You can’t believe how great this job is. I’ll do it as long as people want to listen to it.”
* He shares the glory: “To me, as long as we’ve know each other, I’ve always thought Mick’s most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance.”
The best of the Keith quotes are a bit colorful for our UW Career Center web site, but I would love to sit and shoot the breeze with this guy. And who knows? It could happen, we never know what may lie ahead.
Meanwhile, I can still listen to this over and over and over:
* Need a break from finals?
* Freakin' out about graduating?
* Tired of your parents, advisers and friends offering advice about life/careers?
* Not landing that "get-paid-to-travel-the-world-and-have-fun-and-meet-people-and-live-like-a-rockstar" job you've been hoping for?
Consider coming to this event...which features a recent graduate offering advice, a live DJ, celebrity guest appearances and food! Find more about Hoan via via this article, Facebook & YouTube.
Below is info from Hoan’s website – check it out!
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On Thursday June 4th , 2009 Hoan Do, college speaker, accomplished author and student success coach, is coming to the University of Washington to celebrate the launch of his highly acclaimed book, Succeeding in the Real World: What School WON’T Teach you.
In this exciting and entertaining evening, Hoan will share straight forward advice from his book that will help current students to excel in life and soon to be graduates to succeed in the real world.
When: Thursday June 4th 2009 from 6:30PM – 9:00PM
Where: University of Washington - Kane Hall 130
* Pre-Sale Student $20 (At the door $25)
* Pre-Sale General Admission $30 (At the door $35)
* General Admission and Sponsor a Student $45 (Receive a regular ticket and a ticket for a student which can be used or donated back to organization to give to deserving student)
* VIP $45 (Guaranteed seating within first four rows, Early entry, and VIP Reception with Author Hoan Do prior to the event)
- All tickets include a copy of Succeeding in the Real World: What School WON’T Teach You ($14.97 Value) and also food and drink. If for some reason you feel that you didn’t receive value from this event and from reading Succeeding in the Real World, mail us your book and we will give you a full refund.
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Information Sessions or “Meet the Employer” sessions are great avenues for students to find out more about an organization and the employment opportunities that one can explore with these firms. However the potential of such sessions just doesn’t stop there. More often than not, there can be a bigger agenda attached to them; if you know how to leverage these sessions to the most optimal use. These sessions are invaluable opportunities for potential hires to interact with employers and sell themselves even before an opportunity to interview is handed out.
Lots & lots & lots & lots of you are spending lots & lots & lots of time on Facebook. Admit it. You are.
Okay, so you probably don't know who I am - I try to stay behind the scenes... But, every now and then I get to sneak out from behind my desk (virtually) and introduce new features and talk about new ways that the UW Career Center is working to bring our tools and information to you -- digitally.
Today, it's my pleasure to announce that you can now follow the UW Career Center's blog on Twitter. Now you can follow the regular and insightful posts by my colleagues on your mobile phone, your iPod, your iPhone (which, yes, I know is technically a mobile phone too) and your IM.
So, do you Twit(ter)? If so, head over to twitter.com/uwcareercenter to follow us.
Explore life. Learn about options. Do something different this summer. You won't regret it.
Oh, and did I mention ... HAVE SOMEONE ELSE PAY FOR YOUR GAS.
Yes, free gas.
“RoadTrip Nation is a grassroots movement that empowers our generation to define their own roads in life."
Our friends at RoadTrip Nation have partners like State Farm Insurance [funding], PBS, MSN & Fuel TV [promotion & technology] to support groups of students [i.e. you & a friend or two] to go on lengthy or mini roadtrips, travelin' around to simply …talk with people. It's about ... "informational interviewing". No, not interviewing for a job or internship. It's about asking open ended questions, listening, and learning about the others paths & lives.
...Lokesh.
We know you are a busy grad student with lots going on ... we totally understand.
That being said. We've grown accustomed to your neat insights on themes such as Vault & YouTube, Career Fairs & thoughts on life as a grad student & careers.
Anytime you have a moment & want to send along a new entry or two ... you know where to find us.
Thanks for being one of our blogging superstars!
Cheers -
On a sunny day in late May of 2006, I hailed a cab on the street in front of my Manhattan apartment building, and rolled the windows down for the drive to Times Square. The weather was pleasant and warm-not yet the humidity-drenched pressure cooker that is a New York summer. I arrived at the Lunt-Fontanne theatre and sheepishly handed over my ticket for "Beauty and the Beast". I felt about five years old, but I couldn't help grinning with excitement. Almost five years earlier, the musical had been the first Broadway show I'd ever seen, and in the last days of my exchange program in New York City, I'd decided it would be the perfect show to end my year in the Big Apple. Within 24 hours of curtain call, I was on a plane to Seattle, leaving behind my favorite concrete jungle and its punishing summer heat.
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