Top 5 Finals Tips

5. Review your study guide – sounds simple, right?! Not all professors expect you to blindly go through all the lessons from the semester. Some will let you know exactly what you need to be successful on the test. However, if one isn’t given, set up some time with your professor to find out the best way to review all the material. If you haven’t set up time with them before, this will be a great way to introduce yourself and possibly develop a good reference.

4. Peer Studying – find a group of peers in your class that have the same goals as you. Schedule a time (or times) and place that works for everyone. Make the most out of your time together. Remember you have a lot of material to cover and not a lot of time. That’s just for one class!

3. Individual Studying – You may need time to yourself to focus on the topics that you’re having the most trouble with. This could be your preferred method of study. You know what works best for you as far as location, times, and pace.

2. Don’t forget to eat – Students handle stress in different ways. In order to do your best your energy level needs to remain intact. Overeating when stressed is common also. Continuing your regular eating schedule will allow you to focus and not shock your system.

1. Relax! It’ll all be over soon – Take a deep breath and know that this stress won’t last forever, not even a month. You’ll be back at home enjoying your friends and family in no time!

Bonus Tip:

Tying it all together – Your professors can sometimes be a golden ticket for more than your upcoming final, but also future career advice. While you’re in there discussing your test find out what their backgrounds are. Sometimes people love to talk about themselves! You may find out that they’ve previously worked for a company or industry you’re currently trying to be a part of. They may have a contact name of someone you can reach out to regarding a full-time position or internship. With your professor as a reference who knows what can happen.

Good luck guys!! I’m cheering for you!

Author

Desiree is a University Recruiter at T-Mobile USA. She is currently responsible for developing and implementing effective recruiting and branding strategies related to short and long term needs. She does this by partnering with business line leaders to build relationships and establishing realistic expectations. A big part of being a recruiter at T-Mobile is striving to position T-Mobile as an “employer of choice” and facilitate a world class recruiting experience for candidates. Desiree is also responsible for training managers and recruiters on the University and Internship Program. Desiree spends her free time spending time with family and friends, traveling, and volunteering with various groups. She also loves to read and trying anything that is new and fun.

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It’s about connection

Homecoming is built around connections, particularly the connection to a place. Alumni return to reconnect with friends and memories. Current students develop a deeper connection with their school as they celebrate the traditions and festivities special to the university.

When it comes to your career, connections are key. How often do you hear about the importance of networking? And don’t forget the old career adage: “It’s not what you know, but who you know.” Take advantage of the connections you can make through your university, particularly with alumni. Alumni are warm contacts. You already share something very important with them – your university. I think it’s highly appropriate that LinkedIn launched the new “Classmates” feature–a tool to help you network with alumni of your university–right in the midst of Homecoming season.

It’s about competition

Who can forget the centerpiece event of college homecoming: the football game. But beyond the game, the week leading up to it is often full of competition among student groups. On my campus, student organizations compete in a variety of activities, from games to “Yell Like Hell” and, of course, the parade. The competition is always friendly and is all about school pride.

Competition doesn’t go away once you hit the workplace. While it might not be competition around who built the best float, it could be competition for work assignments or even positions. As cutthroat as workplace competition can get, take a lesson from the goodness of homecoming and keep it friendly. Not only will it make you a respected professional, it will make you a better person.

It’s about celebration

The parade! The big football game! Homecoming is all about celebrating your university and showing off your school spirit. Homecoming is such a fun time on a college campus.

How does this translate to your career? Simple–celebrate the professional you are becoming. Celebrate your achievements. Celebrate the amazing experiences you get to have–studying abroad, scoring a great internship, being elected as an officer to your student organization. If you don’t celebrate you–your accomplishments and your aspirations–who will?

Happy Homecoming to one and all this fall!

Author

Laura serves as Internship Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the office of Career & Leadership Development.  In this role, Laura advises students who are pursuing internships, assists employers with intern recruitment, and supports university faculty who oversee academic internships.  She also provides students with job search readiness assistance through presentations, individual counseling, and social media.  Laura earned her bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she majored in French and Political Science, and she received her masters degree in Counseling from UW-Whitewater.  To learn more about Laura, read her blog, follow her on Twitter, or connect on LinkedIn.

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What do I mean by “student leader positions?” I am thinking about some of the biggies common to most campuses:

• Resident Assistants (RAs)
• Campus Tour Guides
• New Student Orientation Leaders
• Activities/Programming Board Roles

When you were choosing your college, did you visit campus and take a tour? When you were preparing for your first semester, did you attend orientation? While living in a residence hall, who kept your floor under control and acted as an in-house support system? Does your university offer social programming (bands, movies, comedians, etc)? I’m pretty sure that most of you should be able to identify these positions on your own campus.

So what do you stand to gain by taking on one of these roles? Plenty!

Communication skills

Developing into a more effective communicator is a huge outcome for these leadership roles. First, most of the aforementioned positions function as part of a team. As a result, it’s very important to have strong internal lines of communication. Second, most of these roles require communicating with external constituents: other students, parents, community members, guests on campus, etc. If you are a Campus Tour Guide, for example, you need to clearly communicate information about the campus to people who are trying to make an informed decision on their college choice. In the case of Orientation Leaders, you need to go into more detail about campus while keeping the message succinct. Since both roles are rather repetitive, you get good at communicating information.

Responsibility

Leadership roles on campus inherently come with heightened responsibilities. Take, for instance, the RA role. RAs help build a community on their floor and throughout the residence hall. However, a big part of building a community is maintaining certain standards, most of which are in writing and have been set down as policies to maintain safety for all residents. Unfortunately, RAs often get targeted as the “bad guys” for initiating the disciplinary process. So as an RA, you are charged with the safety of hundreds of other students, a big responsibility. You also have to learn at a early career stage the delicate process of drawing lines, in this case the line between friendship and your job duties. It’s a difficult job, but it’s one that can be incredibly rewarding.

Networking

Campus leaders definitely have an “in” when it comes to networking. Orientation leaders often get to know higher level administrators during summer orientation. Students on activities/programming boards get to work with bands and other acts – small, large, and sometimes even nationally recognized. There also tends to be strong mentoring in these programs, not just supervision. You can get to know some influential people really well.

Branding

One of the most important career lessons to pull from one of these roles is the importance of image. A major point these positions share in common is that the students in them often become the face of the institution. Not only are you representing yourself, but you are representing your university as a whole – you’re branding yourself and the school. Of course, you are trained on what image you should be portraying. Sometimes a student in such a position just doesn’t get it, and it serves as a strong learning opportunity for everyone on the team. The branding skills you gain through these positions will benefit you well into your career.

Since these leadership are so ubiquitous, it means that recruiters and HR folks understand them. You might even interview with someone who held the same role. If you take on one of these jobs, you not only build important skills, but you enhance your brand for years to come.

Author

Laura serves as Internship Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the office of Career & Leadership Development.  In this role, Laura advises students who are pursuing internships, assists employers with intern recruitment, and supports university faculty who oversee academic internships.  She also provides students with job search readiness assistance through presentations, individual counseling, and social media.  Laura earned her bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she majored in French and Political Science, and she received her masters degree in Counseling from UW-Whitewater.  To learn more about Laura, read her blog, follow her on Twitter, or connect on LinkedIn.

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They can be as personal as lose 15lbs before Labor Day, or read one book a month; or more complex like apply to grad school or enroll in the study abroad program.

Effective goals must be specific, measurable, and action-oriented. For example saying you’d like to read more isn’t specific or measurable. However, reading one book a month satisfies all three.

Most goals have small steps that need to be done before you can cross-out your goal as complete. With the book example you may need to first find interesting books therefore your action may be to research good books (asking friends, reviewing online bookclubs, or browsing your Barnes & Noble favorite sections). Keep in mind you may have several action steps that are necessary to complete your goal.

Take some time and reflect on a few things: Where do you see yourself in five years, what are your areas of opportunity, what do you want to achieve? If you cringe at the thought of these questions you probably haven’t given them much thought in a while (I used to cringe also!) Don’t worry; it’s never too late. Identify your top three areas of opportunity, write them down and put them somewhere that you can see your list daily. This is very important, it’s very easy to forget goals that are not written down. Then write down the action steps needed to complete each goal.

Not too hard right?? Good! Please feel free to post some of your goals in the comments section.

Author

Desiree is a University Recruiter at T-Mobile USA. She is currently responsible for developing and implementing effective recruiting and branding strategies related to short and long term needs. She does this by partnering with business line leaders to build relationships and establishing realistic expectations. A big part of being a recruiter at T-Mobile is striving to position T-Mobile as an “employer of choice” and facilitate a world class recruiting experience for candidates. Desiree is also responsible for training managers and recruiters on the University and Internship Program. Desiree spends her free time spending time with family and friends, traveling, and volunteering with various groups. She also loves to read and trying anything that is new and fun.

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I was attending a conference a few weeks ago.  In the middle of a discussion, a young finance professional spoke up.  Her response was peppered with the word “like,” and I am certain as the day is long that she was completely unaware of her verbal transgressions.

The movie Valley Girl forever changed the way young Americans communicate.  Since its release in 1983, the speech pattern that emerged, Valspeak, has infiltrated American English. The word “like” is now a common colloquialism. Perhaps you might recognize Valspeak from this Valley Girl movie quote:  “Like, it’s not cool at all! Like, it’s all this stuff that tastes like nothing, and it’s supposed to be so good for you. Why couldn’t they, like, open a Pizza Hut or something?”

One of the top skills sought by employers is the ability to communicate.  The use of Valspeak is very likely to hinder interviewees’ ability to effectively demonstrate their communication skills during an interview.  Valspeak tends to invite the labels of immaturity and inexperience.  Furthermore, graduates should realize that speech patterns are just as important as education, skills, and professional dress. Communication style is part of our personal brand.  We should endeavor to improve it so that potential employers and colleagues will view us as professionals.  Would you want your doctor to say, “Like you really should cut down on the salt, you know, because that’s really like bad for your blood pressure”?

A study was prepared on the use of “hesitations” and “discourse markers” in speech.  This February 2008 Penn State-Berks study found that use of the term “like” was detrimental during the job interview.  The study abstract shows that “Adult professionals and students were least likely to want to hire, perceived the applicant as less professional, and were less likely to recommend the interviewee for hiring if the interviewee overused the word ‘like’ compared to ‘uh’ or control.”

Clearly, “like” is a word that needs to be booted from professional dialogue.  Below are a few suggestions that may help you give Valspeak the boot.

1. Determine that you will remove Valspeak from your vocabulary in the work place.  You must want to accomplish a goal before you can make a move toward reaching it.
2. Cultivate awareness of your habit and know your triggers.  When and where do you tend to fall into the habit? What company are you keeping at the time?
3. Form a support group of friends with the common goal of improving dialogue.  Practice interacting with one another without using the word “like.”
4. Bring your family on board.  Explain the issue to them and ask them to police your speech.
5. Keep the equivalent of a “cuss jar” and contribute to it each time you fail to meet your new standard.  Plan on giving the proceeds to a cause that you dislike, because that will provide you with an incentive to keep money out of the jar.
6. If you are job seeking, practice answering interview questions.  It would be helpful if you either video yourself or engage the assistance of someone else in a mock interview session.  If you are a college student, your career center most likely conducts mock interviews.
7. Finally, join a group like Toastmaster’s where you can work on public speaking.

Good luck!

Author

As Assistant Director of Recruiting within the Wake Forest Schools of Business Corporate Relations team, Lisa’s passion is connecting employers with student talent and creating a positive experience for both. She manages all aspects of recruiting, retention, and systems for the graduate business school.  Her strengths include relationship management, networking, social media engagement, information aggregation, process facilitation and communication. Lisa has been employed at Wake Forest since the fall of 2002.  She has over 20 years of work experience in various roles.  Prior to arriving at Wake Forest, she was an entrepreneur, venturing into web-based international sales and marketing of salvage automotive parts and accessories.  Before that, she was a trust officer in the Employee Benefit Trust area of Wachovia Bank.  Lisa is also a veteran of the United States Air Force. Lisa earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Rollins College and will complete her Masters in Liberal Arts from Wake Forest in 2011.  Visit Lisa’s blog, follow her on Twitter, or connect on LinkedIn.

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Similar to Hyatt, most companies have an established social platform and perhaps an ongoing commitment to various charitable organizations. A company that places a high value on community involvement may consider a candidate who volunteers within their community as more attractive than a candidate that has no volunteer activity at all.

As a result, your decision to volunteer within your own community, may bring you not only personal satisfaction, it may bring professional rewards as well.  Your prospective company may view your personal community efforts as affirmation that you’re a good “fit” within their organization and will support their social platform if you’re hired.

Choose your passion.

Although volunteering may make you more attractive to potential employers, I’m a big believer that you have to support a cause that you find personally rewarding.

Last semester, I was asked by a student for tips on how she could be even more competitive to ensure her acceptance into our management training program. I reviewed our requirements–leadership ability, grade point average, community service; she then asked which organizations our company supported so she could start supporting them as well.

Although I appreciated her wanting to align her efforts with ours, I encouraged her to support organizations that she felt passionate about and causes that were important to her.  It’s more authentic and easier for you to articulate the reasons you support a particular organization if you feel a personal connection to the work they do.  For example, my Grandmother is a breast cancer survivor so I support organizations that are related to that cause.

Leadership opportunities

You may also want to build upon personal practices you already have in place.  If you regularly donate your gently used clothing to a particular organization, perhaps you can expand your efforts by organizing a clothing drive for the organization or if you give blood regularly, perhaps organizing a blood drive in your neighborhood.  Not only will you make an even stronger impact, you also will have a great example of your leadership, organization, and perhaps marketing skills the next time you’re in an interview with a prospective employer.

Keep your commitment.

Lastly, summer is a great time to increase your community service involvement, but I encourage you to be consistent and not overcommit.  Organizations depend on the efforts of volunteers and it’s important that you’re able to uphold your commitment.  Also consider if you can continue your community service efforts during the school year.  It’s easy to say you believe in giving back to others, it’s even more fulfilling and credible when your efforts support your words.

Author

Ronisha is one of Hyatt’s College Recruiting Managers.  Hyatt’s College Recruiters visit more than 30 college campuses each year recruiting top talent at hospitality programs across the country.  A graduate of The Ohio State University, Ronisha begin her Hyatt career as a Human Resources Corporate Management Trainee.  During her ten years with Hyatt, she has worked at Hyatt Hotels in Orlando, Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey.  To learn more about opportunities with Hyatt please visit hyatt.jobs, follow Hyatt on twitter @hyattcareers, become a Hyatt Facebook fan at Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Careers and follow the Campus Recruiter blog at hyattrecruiting.blogspot.com.

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When assigning group work, oftentimes professors will assign students to groups. However, when professors give students the opportunity to self-select their own groups, make sure you take this opportunity to practice building your brand.

Be selective

Find classmates that have complementary skills to yours. This helps you in a couple of ways. First, it gives you the opportunity to learn from other people’s skill sets. Learning from them gives you the opportunity to see how your unique skill set or brand dovetails with theirs.

The Big Picture

Knowing exactly how your skill set fits in with the “big picture” in organizations will help you—in the future—when you are positioning your brand for a career. In other words, you will be able to intelligently articulate to potential employers how your brand fits in and contributes to an organization’s overall operations.

Second, your graduate group will give you the opportunity to practice building and then marketing your brand. In other words, your graduate group is going to be your incubator, your laboratory.

Actively focus on the group’s task at hand.

Consider all facets of the problem and be sure to focus on how your contribution will help your group meet its goals or create appropriate solutions.

In doing so, use this opportunity to practice your craft of marketing your brand. Express to your teammates how your input will contribute to the overall goals and objectives of the group. I am sure you will have several opportunities to work with multiple groups in different courses and many more projects and each one presents an opportunity to learn from your participation in previous groups.

What is important to remember is that your brand, while unique to you, does not exist in a vacuum. Your brand must co-exist and be synergist with other personal brands. Learning to express how your brand fits in with others will go a long way in helping you market and build not only your brand but also your career.

Author

Howard, an Associate Professor of Marketing in the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics at the California State University Fullerton, earned his Ph.D. from Temple University. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal State, Howard was on the faculty at Drexel University and The Pennsylvania State University. A native of Philadelphia, Howard has extensive experience in the public and private sectors working for organizations such as the Department of Defense, Motorola, and the CSX railroad.  His research expertise is in branding, sustainability, strategic pricing, and education. In addition to teaching at Cal State, Howard has a consulting business focused on branding. You can follow Howard on Twitter or connect with him atLinkedin.

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Not only was this event good for the community, it was good for the volunteers involved. Showing your commitment to service can boost your personal brand.

A Window to Your Values

Your values are a major component of who you are, and part of building a strong brand is staying true to what’s important to you. As you approach the internship/job search, it’s important to find alignment between your values and those of the organization you consider working for. If you and your employer don’t have agreement on some of your stronger values, you won’t enjoy that work environment. While you can hope for change in the organization, it’s not likely to happen on that deep of a level.

If you find an organization where your values matter, they will probably notice as well. Make sure your community service is well documented on your resume. When opportunities arise in interviews, consider discussing your volunteer activities. And keep in mind that some companies plan service opportunities for employees. If they see you’re already engaged in volunteer work, it could be one more element that indicates a good employment fit.

An Opportunity to Build Experience

Speaking of resumes, don’t discount volunteer experiences when developing yours. You can build some solid career-related experience during long-term volunteer roles. Going into education? Volunteer as a tutor at your university’s tutoring center. Instead of relegating this role to a community service section on your resume, give it more attention by highlighting it in your experience section. Considering a career in public relations? Look for event planning or program coordination opportunities with non-profits.

Volunteer roles in which you can gain relevant experience are typically open to students at any level and from any discipline. If you are looking into internships, experience through community service can help prepare you for opportunities. And if you’ve been on the hunt for a summer internship but have come up empty handed, engage in a service experience over the summer to make the most of the season.

A Reflection of Your Work Style

Empathetic, compassionate, caring. These are just a few of the characteristics that come to mind when I meet someone with a propensity for service. These also happen to be the qualities I most enjoy in my colleagues. When you give of your time in volunteer endeavors, it signals that you give consideration to the needs of others. I can tell you from experience that it’s much more pleasant to work with selfless co-workers than selfish ones.

When it comes to your personal brand, giving back to your community results in more than just good work and good feelings. It can give back to you in professional ways, too.

Author

Laura serves as Internship Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the office of Career & Leadership Development.  In this role, Laura advises students who are pursuing internships, assists employers with intern recruitment, and supports university faculty who oversee academic internships.  She also provides students with job search readiness assistance through presentations, individual counseling, and social media.  Laura earned her bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she majored in French and Political Science, and she received her masters degree in Counseling from UW-Whitewater.  To learn more about Laura, read her blog, follow her on Twitter, or connect on LinkedIn.

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In her message, she thanked me for both my time and the interview.  She concluded by asking if I could offer any feedback on what she could have said or done differently.  Although her tone was polite and the message was gracious, I knew that behind those words was one word, one question, “why?”

This is the time when students across the country are interviewing for internships and career opportunities. Some will be selected by the company of their choice, others will have multiple offers, and many will feel the sting of receiving an email informing them that the company they chose did not choose them.

I believe we all have been on the receiving end of a rejection letter or phone call and in an effort to soften that blow and perhaps assuage my own guilt of being the person some will see as the “face” of their rejection letter, please allow me to offer the following:

Don’t Take It Personally

A company’s decision to not select you shouldn’t change your self-worth or self-image. You are just as accomplished, talented, and wonderful as you believed you were prior to receiving their decision.  Not being selected doesn’t change who you are at your core or the opinion of those who truly matter in your life.  Those who love you will continue to passionately believe you are a superstar!

Yes, We Did Have Chemistry

Perhaps you’ll replay in your mind your interview.  You may analyze every word you said, every word the recruiter said, and every smile or nod of agreement you observed from them and took as a positive sign.  I will affirm that yes, during the interview, your recruiter definitely saw potential.

I meet so many talented students, students that are already entrepreneurs, have formed non-profit organizations, or saw a need in their community and rushed to fill it. I am always impressed by these accomplishments, awestruck by those academic achievers with outstanding grade point averages, and I thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to meet every one of those individuals.

I genuinely like so many students, but my liking them doesn’t mean that they’re the best fit or the best candidate for the organization I represent. Sometimes that’s a hard truth to come to terms with.

Perhaps You Didn’t Hear Me

Typically my peers and I will host an information session prior to scheduling interviews.  During the information session we explain the culture of our company, the opportunities available, application requirements, compensation, and most importantly we take the time to answer any questions.  Most companies offer these types of information sessions and I highly encourage students to attend if their prospective company does so.

When you are pondering the reasons why you weren’t selected, think about the information given during the interview or information session.  Sometimes the explanation and direction given during the interview is overlooked and may be one of the key reasons someone isn’t selected.

Example: At one of the schools I visited recently, I encouraged the interested students to be more geographically open and to keep in mind that there was only one position available in the major city closest to their university.  Surprisingly 3/4 of the students I interviewed while I was there requested that one location, ultimately competing with each other in addition to any other student applicants for that one location.

I encourage you to think about the information your recruiter provided and if perhaps you may have unintentionally disqualified yourself by requesting a limited location, proceeding with the application/interview even though you didn’t meet the company’s requirements (grade point average, major, etc) or by not recognizing that your career aspirations don’t align with the company’s offered opportunities.

Not Everyone Gets a Ribbon

Lastly, in a perfect world, every applicant would get an offer; but rejection sometimes is a numbers game.  Ultimately companies have only so many opportunities and often there are more candidates than there are positions. This goes back to my first piece of advice to not take the rejection personally.  Instead recognize that industry circles are often very small and just because a recruiter didn’t select you this time around, doesn’t mean that your paths won’t cross again or that you’re not in the forefront of their mind should you be the right fit for a future opportunity.

Author

Ronisha is one of Hyatt’s College Recruiting Managers.  Hyatt’s College Recruiters visit more than 30 college campuses each year recruiting top talent at hospitality programs across the country.  A graduate of The Ohio State University, Ronisha begin her Hyatt career as a Human Resources Corporate Management Trainee.  During her ten years with Hyatt, she has worked at Hyatt Hotels in Orlando, Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey.  To learn more about opportunities with Hyatt please visit hyatt.jobs, follow Hyatt on twitter @hyattcareers, become a Hyatt Facebook fan at Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Careers and follow the Campus Recruiter blog at hyattrecruiting.blogspot.com.

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