- If you are selected to interview for a position, the Toppel Career Center will contact
you by phone or email. Be sure to return all phone calls and emails within 24
hours.
- Attend as many networking functions as possible and make it a goal to meet at least
five new people per hour.
- Never fabricate information on your resume or in an interview; not only can it cost
you a potential job, it can also land you a trip to the Dean of Students office
for violating the student code of conduct.
- Don't wait until your senior year to buy a suit. Start adding business professional
pieces to your wardrobe so you have plenty to choose from during interviews and
career fairs.
- When you are having lunch or dinner with a recruiter remember that it's still an
interview.
- Separate from your friends at career fairs; employers want to get to know you one
on one.
- Make sure everyone in your life knows you're looking for a job and ask for help
when you need it.
- When networking and getting to know someone, always start the conversation by asking
about them.
- Once you've accepted a job offer you should not continue interviewing or accept
another offer. Doing so may have negative consequences and may even keep you from
ever working at an organization in the future.
- Take the time to research organizations you're interested in. Recruiters know when
someone hasn't taken the time do so.
- To be competitive, you should do at least one internship. Two or three is even better!
- Think you're great at interviewing? Think again! While some people have a knack
for interviewing, no one is perfect at it. Attend an interviewing skills workshop
and then schedule a mock interview. We'll provide you with honest feedback and we'll
even record and put it on a CD for you to take home!
- Not every industry recruits the same way. Research your industry and find out the
best way to break into it.
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