Focus Groups Reinforce Idea that Job Experience Hurts Students’ Ability to Get Jobs
by Ava Dsing Freelance Writer After completing a number of focus groups with the undergraduate student body, the Advising and Career Development staff of Moneastern College has published its findings. The focus groups provided evidence that what was once believed to be a hard fact, that one needed job experience before going to search for [...]
Food Stylist is Fabulous New Budget Management Solution for Dining Services
Posted on Tuesday, January 25th 2011
Tags: bids, cafeteria, contract, dining, food, quality, services
Tags: bids, cafeteria, contract, dining, food, quality, services
by Erica Price Freelance Writer Headlines of budget cuts, hiring freezes, and elimination of academic and co-curricular programs paint a desperate picture of Porter State College in Waterville, Maine. As a result, President Avery Michaels knew she had to start paying closer attention to the impact of these cuts on campus life. Declining quality of [...]
Job Posting: Completely Directionless Career Counselor
Position: Career Counselor Nash College Department of Careers Services Description Nash College believes that career development is a life-long process. We seek to empower students to see college as only the beginning of their never-ending search for a fulfilling career. Requirements The successful candidate must have multiple degrees (completed or uncompleted) in unrelated academic disciplines. [...]
University Hires The Parent Whisperer
AJ Marshfield Freelance Writer In response to a growing number of correspondences from helicopter parents, Statebridge University has brought in an expert: The Parent Whisperer, also known as author and psychiatrist Dr. Mattie Helms. “Despite the fact that many faculty and staff members are parents themselves, most parents refuse to believe that anyone who works [...]
Still Awaiting Response from 2001 Search Process, Candidate Demands Answers
Posted on Tuesday, April 13th 2010
Tags: candidates, career, college, communication, counseling, job, placement, services
Tags: candidates, career, college, communication, counseling, job, placement, services
by Erica Price Freelance Writer Administrators at Kentucky Methodist College are on edge this week as they fend off media attention relating to a 2001 search process for a Career Services Coordinator position. Rob Shackleford, 26, held a standing room only press conference in the local OfficeMax break room to disclose his intent to sue [...]


