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Etiquette Tip of the Week: Favorite Graduation-Lesson Story

It’s graduation season, and one of my favorite lesson-stories to new graduates came from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother author Amy Chua, who was contributing, along with other leaders, to a piece in the Wall Street Journal. (“Hang In Their Graduates and Don’t Make Excuses,” Wall Street Journal, 4/30/2020.) In her first year teaching […]

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GoinGlobal – Jobs here, there and everywhere!

GoinGlobal offers access to international career resources including world-wide job openings, internship listings, industry profiles, and country-specific career information. Students and alumni may access GoinGlobal through CareerLink!

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Beware of Job Scams

This is a reminder to be aware of potential job scams. Here are some common ways/ tips to detect a potential job scam: Someone could be posing as a legitimate company. However, the contact name/ email is fraudulent and they do not actually work for the company; The contact uses a free personal email; such […]

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Micro-Credentials

Your Future Begins Today! The University of Maine System invites all students to participate in Education Design Lab‘s BadgedToHire initiative. The global economy is changing—badges earned from these free and self-paced courses prove to employers that you have the skills they are looking for. What is a micro-credential? A micro-credential is a verified credential earned when learners […]

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The Maine Flagship Internship Program

An opportunity to prepare graduates for meaningful careers and civic responsibilities through experiences both inside and outside of the classroom, while also enhancing their educational outcomes.  For further information, please go The Maine Flagship Internship Program website.

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Preparing for the Career Fair

UMaine Career Fair Wednesday, February 5, 2020 New Balance Student Recreation Center 10:00 am-3:00 pm Now that you are aware of the what, when, and where of the UMaine Career Center’s upcoming annual event, we would like to share more on the who, how, and why.  The Career Center wants our students and employers who […]

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Networking Over the Holidays

Finals week is next week and we are sure it is a stressful time for all University of Maine students. We hope that you find time to eat some healthy meals and get the rest you need so you can be fully energized to do the best you can on your final exams, papers, and […]

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Resources For Veterans

The highlight service of the week features our Resources for Veterans page. This page is located on the bottom of the Career Center website under “Resources.” We encourage everyone to visit this part of our website and get familiar with it. Whether you are a student veteran with a declared major or not, or are […]

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2019 Engineering Job Fair Recap

We hope that you are recovering from the whirlwind of information and networking you received and engaged in at the Engineering Job Fair. We are estimating that there are about 1146 students who visited the Engineering Job Fair in hopes of finding a job, an internship, networking, or just gathering information. In addition, we had […]

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Getting the Most Out of the Engineering Job Fair!

UMaine Engineering Job Fair Wednesday, October 16, 2019 New Balance Student Recreation Center 10:00 am – 3:00 pm   Now that you are aware of the what, when, and where of the UMaine Career Center’s upcoming annual event, we would like to share more on the who, how, and why.  The Career Center wants our […]

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Career Center Resources – CareerLink

The Career Center has countless resources available to all University of Maine students.  This week’s post will be the first in an on-going series examining some of the resources UMaine students can take advantage of.  Keep your eyes out for upcoming posts and feel free to stop by the Career Center to meet with a […]

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Beat the Heat of a Summertime Slump to Gain Experience

Here’s the scenario: You are all done with finals and now you are on your homebound journey to enjoy your summer. You anticipate the smell of the ocean, road trips, sleeping in far beyond the sunrise (as you were forced to rise all semester long for that pesky 8, 9, 10, or let’s be be […]

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Finals Week

As the end of the semester draws near, the Career Center would like to take time and wish each and every UMaine student the best of luck on your finals! We understand the pressure and stresses this week can bring to our students not only because of the exams and final presentations you will have, […]

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