Writing a personal statement by perception and sometimes reputation is often a daunting and overwhelming undertaking. The ambiguity and mystery swirling around its purpose and composition can be dispelled with the introduction of an easy recipe.   When baking a … Read more

The start of a new calendar year means the start of a new semester for graduate and professional students. There are classes to plan (or some to take), conference deadlines to meet, and thesis and dissertation defenses to schedule, to … Read more

Creative people employed by arts organizations stimulate innovation and play an important role in building and sustaining economic vibrancy.  Where are these organizations and what can you learn about them in a mere two hours?  Come to the Creative Industries … Read more

Learn what alumni have done with their degrees after leaving Carolina! On your LinkedIn profile, hover over “my network” and click on “find alumni.” At the time of this writing, there are 158,531 UNC students and alumni on LinkedIn. From … Read more

What’s your major? What do you plan to do with that after you graduate? At this point, no matter what your year at UNC, you have probably been asked these types of questions. If you are unsure of how to … Read more

It seems like the semester just started and suddenly it’s almost over! Back in August you were sure that   you would have your job or internship search wrapped up by Winter Break. You wrote your resume, perfected your cover letter, … Read more

What would an employer, colleague, student, or relative find if they were to search your name online? What assumptions might they make based on the results? Take a moment to Google yourself and see what comes up. If your academic … Read more

Lengthy Resume You resume is a very important resource when on the job search, but hiring managers are in a rush as well.  While your experiences are valuable, try to keep all content relevant and use a format that is … Read more

Over the past several weeks, I have been looking into the Focus 2 assessments and exploring careers and job families related to my results.  This week, I decided to learn more about one of those careers by interviewing an expert … Read more

Many people enter doctoral programs expecting to build an impressive CV, earn their degree, and move on to a tenure-track, faculty position in academia. The tenure-track goal makes sense, because doctoral programs train students to develop expertise in a methodology … Read more