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	<title>Daily Nexog &#187; Career</title>
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		<title>Beer Sparks Career Choice</title>
		<link>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/beer-sparks-career-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Artz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the TV sitcom ‘Cheers’ with Norm and his buddy sitting at the bar with a pitcher of beer? According to a recent msnbc.com article where George Wendt shows TODAY hosts how to play beer pong, this is exactly how his career got launched. Career counselors often say, Follow Your Passion, not necessarily the advice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is There Graduate School in Your Future?</title>
		<link>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/is-there-graduate-school-in-your-future/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/is-there-graduate-school-in-your-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Artz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next week offers a virtual smorgasbord of workshops and admission panels for the UCSB student planning ahead for possible graduate or professional school culminating on Thursday’s Annual Graduate Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside in the Arbor Mall. Most students can see the participant list of more than 80 graduate and professional business, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungry for Careers?</title>
		<link>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/hungry-for-careers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Artz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[career services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoy stopping at tables of employers hungry to hire bright UCSB students. Besides the free pens, mugs and Frisbees, one often discovers that you are speaking with a fellow Gaucho now on the other side helping out those who want to follow in their footsteps.
In this digital day of on-line applications, it’s nice to connect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greening Your Career</title>
		<link>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/greening-your-career/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Artz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The More You Know]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The other night I stumbled on Ken Burn’s PBS six part series on our National Parks: America’s Greatest Idea (See http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/about/). Having rafted down the Grand Canyon Colorado river after a hike down Angel’s steep trail, and having witnessed the magical fairy like quiet when the Sunday night rain turned into fluffy snow flakes inside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skills Employers Want and New Graduates Lack: Bridging the Gap</title>
		<link>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/bridging-the-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micael Kemp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily nexog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job application]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I read an article recently about a 2009 survey conducted by the National Association of College and Employers. In it, employers rank ordered the following as the skills they most want in their new hires:

 Communication skills
 Strong work ethic
 Teamwork skill
 Initiative
 Analytical skills
 Computer skills
 Flexibility/adaptability
 Interpersonal skills
 Problem-solving skills
 Technical skills



We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polish Your Résumé</title>
		<link>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/polish-your-resume/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/polish-your-resume/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micael Kemp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cover letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily nexog]]></category>
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A week or two ago, the following cover letter was emailed to me:

Hi Michael,
 My name is Sarah Parrish I am a current CLU graduate student, I talked to you over the pnone in regards to the Student Peer Advisor position, but as I am no longer a UCSB student I do not qualify.  Attached you will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mailing Your Cover Letter and Résumé</title>
		<link>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/emailing-your-cover-letter-and-resume/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/emailing-your-cover-letter-and-resume/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micael Kemp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily nexog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[electronic cover letter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[E-mail communication has become increasingly popular in the job application process. Professional e-mail is very different from casual email or instant messaging. First, here are some general tips:

* Avoid using &#8220;see attached&#8221; as the subject line or the body of the text. The receiver will probably not open the attachment without knowing who it’s from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do I Have to Write a Cover Letter?</title>
		<link>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/do-i-have-to-write-a-cover-letter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/do-i-have-to-write-a-cover-letter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micael Kemp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cover letter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Students often ask me this question.

It is the wrong question. 

You should be asking “Can I write a cover letter?” Unless explicitly prohibited from doing so, always write a cover letter, even if it just in the text box of an email. This is an additional chance to introduce yourself to employers and sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Applying for Jobs</title>
		<link>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/applying-for-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/applying-for-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micael Kemp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job applications]]></category>
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The next few weeks will be devoted to helping you put together a dynamite application/cover letter/résumé package. Typically this is your first introduction to an employer, so you want the package to be pitch perfect and to stand out from the crowd. When employers are receiving 70 to 100 applications for a single job, making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Work at Career Services?</title>
		<link>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/want-to-work-at-career-services/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dailynexus.com/themoreyouknow/career/want-to-work-at-career-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micael Kemp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We think we can offer you the best job on campus. Why? Because you&#8217;re not only getting a wonderful job working with the best students we know, but because you have extraordinary access to a staff of professionals whose mission it is to help students get internships, apply to graduate school, and find jobs [...]]]></description>
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