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ACPA Employer Accidentally Reveals E-Portfolios As Annoyance Test

Posted on Saturday, March 20th 2010
Tags: acpa, candidate, career central, e-portfolio, millennial, placement, resume, tpe
ACPA Employer Accidentally Reveals E-Portfolios As Annoyance Test
Breaking a sacred confidentiality vow, an employer at the recent American College Personnel Association placement conference “Career Central” accidentally slipped the real use of candidate portfolios. “A candidate brought a laptop with her to her interview so she could show me her e-portfolio,” explained the employer. “By the thirtieth page, I couldn’t hold back and [...]

Nerds Wearing Ill-Fitting Interview Suits Spur On-Going Nature/Nurture Debate

Posted on Monday, November 23rd 2009
Tags: career, dweeb, geek, hygiene, interview, job fair, nerd, professional, suit, wrinkled
Nerds Wearing Ill-Fitting Interview Suits Spur On-Going Nature/Nurture Debate
From MIT to Cal Tech, nerds seeking interviews with top tech firms have shown up wearing the same ill-fitting business attire. Finally, staff members from career placement offices have engaged with social scientists to try better define the problem. “Every year, at our pre-interview workshops, we tell students to dress professionally, but we see the [...]

Tweet Us Your Job Search Stories!

Posted on Saturday, November 7th 2009
Tags: acpa, career, crazy, funny, higheredjobs.com, interviews, job search, naspa, noda, oshkosh, stories
Tweet Us Your Job Search Stories!
Whether you use ACPA, the Placement Exchange or HigherEdJobs.com, we want to hear your craziest, funniest tales from this year’s job searches. Register at Twitter and @CronkNews with your Tweeted interview (or lack of) journal. We’ll post stories HERE. Employers, we’re talking to you, too! Worried about anonymity? Email your stories and your preferred alias [...]

College Employers Seek Treatment for Grandeur Withdrawal as Recruitment Season Ends

Posted on Thursday, September 10th 2009
Tags: candidates, culture, employer, expectations, interviews, reality, style, supervisor
College Employers Seek Treatment for Grandeur Withdrawal as Recruitment Season Ends
Counseling services across the country have seen a spike in client numbers as supervisory staff at universities wrap up their hiring for the 2009-10 academic year. “During interviews, everything is perfect,” sighed Linmouth University director of housing Alphonse Ruggles. “When candidates ask me about my leadership style, I know I’m the most visionary and supportive [...]

College Graduates Blame Economy for Consequences of Skankiness

Posted on Friday, September 4th 2009
Tags: advice, career counseling, career development, career services, economy, employment, etiquette, job search, placement, projections, prospects, trina thompson
College Graduates Blame Economy for Consequences of Skankiness
New college alumni with strong GPAs are blaming corporate downsizing for their limited job opportunities. “There just aren’t any jobs,” says marketing major Stephanie Kolliar from Crockett University. “I keep going to interviews, but I can tell as soon as I meet the interviewers that they’re not going to hire me.” Companies around the country [...]

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