Get an Inside Look into Stevenson's Award-Winning Career Architecture Model
Here in the Office of Career Services at Stevenson University, we offer many valuable career resources for students to access throughout their college tenure. We believe that a successful career...
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Part-Time Jobs Fair: August 27, 2014
Stevenson University’s Part-Time Jobs Fair will take place on Wednesday, August 27 from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. in the Greenspring Gymnasium (Greenspring Campus Map). The event will feature 20 on- and...
View ArticleThe Importance of Motivation: What Drives You Should Drive Your Career Direction
All too frequently a student will schedule an appointment with a single thought in mind. The student will arrive with a resume in hand in hopes of a quick review before they can begin applying for...
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3rd Annual Senior Seminar
The third annual Senior Career Seminar, on Friday, September 12, is fast approaching. This interactive workshop allows seniors to work directly with some of the areas top employers, and receive...
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Finding the Right Fit
Salary and benefits are the two most common determinants job-seekers use to make the decision to accept a job offer, or continue the search. This isn’t all that different from prospective students...
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Choosing the Right Major
For many college students, choosing a major is the biggest decision they have ever had to make. Many are fearful that if they make the wrong choice, they will be miserable and jobless for the rest of...
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Part-time jobs fair was a success!
It’s the very first week of the fall 2014 semester at Stevenson University, and the campus is buzzing with activity. The Welcome Picnic, a perennial hit among incoming Mustangs, is a great chance for...
View ArticleMustang Interview: The value of ICAP
The Individualized Career ArchitectureSM Plan (aka ICAP), enables a student to start thinking, planning and building upon a career path from day 1 (or week 1, 2, 3…), with the help of a student’s...
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Senior Seminar: An Employer's Perspective
This September the Office of Career Services hosted Senior Seminar, an interactive event for students preparing to graduate next spring. The event was broken up into employer presentations followed by...
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Paid vs. Unpaid Internships: What You Should Know
Participating in an internship is the perfect way for students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to real work experiences while networking and learning from professionals in their...
View ArticlePositioning Yourself for the Workplace: An Employer’s Perspective –...
As we wind down the fall semester, let’s take a look back at one of our favorite events: the third annual Senior Seminar. The fall is always an extremely busy time for career services professionals...
View ArticleProNet and the Alumni Mentoring Program
So, What is ProNet? ProNet stands for Professional Network and is an online tool where alumni are registered to help current students with career related questions. The tool launched last year and...
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Award-Winning Photojournalist Patrick Smith Discusses College Experience,...
Patrick Smith, a freelance photojournalist, covers the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan region and beyond. He was named 2014 Sports Photographer of the Year by Pictures of the Year International, and...
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Be Proactive! Building Your Career Path with the help of Career Services
I have been working at Stevenson University’s Office of Career Services since July 2010 and have recently taken on a new role as the Industry Specialist for the Brown School of Business and...
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Interview with a Stang: Chris Jaeger, VCD Alum
Chris Jaeger is a 2014 graduate from the Visual Communication Design program. After graduation he was hired by Tenable Network Security as a full-time employee. His supervisor and mentor encouraged him...
View ArticleThe Power of Conversations in a Digital World
As I write this article for a blog post to be distributed to our career services professionals and employers, I am struck by how much we have come to rely on technology to communicate on so many...
View ArticleCongratulations Graduates!
The Office of Career Services would like to congratulate Ellen Olson for receiving the Stevenson University Pin yesterday at graduation. The SU Pin Award is the most comprehensive honor the university...
View ArticleThe Future of Career Fairs
This blog post was originally featured in the Eastern Associaction of Colleges and Employers blog, May 2014 The long-standing institution of the Career Fair held on college campuses several times a...
View ArticleFind Your Dependable Strengths; A personal story
Dependable Strengths is a peer-assisted career search workshop designed to help people find meaningful work. Through the use of storytelling, participants reflect on their experiences in life, identify...
View ArticleCareer Changes and Finding Your Personal Direction
“What do I want to be when I grow up?” Our parents and teachers asked us this question countless times. Just because we think we’re grown, though, doesn’t mean this question doesn’t continue to nag us....
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