Month: July 2017

STEMnet

STEMnet

Everyone knows the saying of “the only way to get better is to practice”. This isn’t just applicable to sports, instruments, or any hobby, it’s also a true fact for everyday life such as your future career. Internships are hands on experience in a specific job or job setting. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 60% of college students who have paid internships will receive job offers. With a quick job offer and career experience at stake, how do students become successful at finding internships? Fortunately, websites like www.thestemnet.com allow for students to find a wide...

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A Guide to Resume Writing

A Guide to Resume Writing

Applying for a job or internship is more than a just a good interview. Despite the rumors that in-person interactions between employers and employees matter most, what’s on paper matters a great deal as well. A resume is a professional, neat, and brief document that goes over an individual’s achievements, education, personal information, and experience in jobs and clubs. Other aspects to be highlighted in resumes include volunteer experience. This information is especially relevant in terms of updating or editing your resume so its contents appeal to the reader. For example, including volunteer experience in a computer lab on...

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Graphic Design

Graphic Design

Graphic designers create visual concepts, by using things like computer software or they do it by hand. They do it to communicate their ideas that inspire and capture their consumer’s attention. Graphic designers develop the overall layout and production design that they use in various applications. For example, advertisements, brochures, magazines, and corporate reports on the things they work on. In order to become a graphic designer, the level of education that is needed is a bachelor’s degree. Graphic designers are expected to face strong competition for available positions. There are many talented individuals that are attracted to careers...

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Emma Bowen Foundation

Emma Bowen Foundation

The Emma Bowen Foundation (EBF) is a company founded in 1989 that helps students of color discover opportunities to find internships at major companies. They recruit promising students and put them in paid internships providing the future tech and media companies with a pipeline of young talent. They believe “that diversity is important in all aspects of the media industry, from the correspondents in front of the camera to the media sales departments bringing in revenue to the coders and engineers who are changing the way we access and understand content” (emmabowenfoundations). They focus on different types of media...

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Howard University

Howard University

The college world seems so inviting; parties, friends, and new found freedom. It seems to be a fresh start at life. While the charm of college freedom is calling, it’s important to understand the basics of college to understand what school is best for you. Let’s use HBCU’s poster child, Howard, as an example. Howard University is a historically black university that offers programs in arts and sciences, communications, business, dentistry, engineering, medicine, social work, law, education, and divinity. My personal interests lie in neuropsychology, thus I would pursue a bachelor’s in psychology and then enter the neuropsychology graduate...

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