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The summer between years in graduate school is a critical time for students to focus on their career prospects and future goals. However, transitioning from an academic environment to the job market can be challenging and require a different approach.
In this blog post and video, I talk with Dave, a graduate student that raises two questions: how do I get a job? And, how do I find out what I want to do?
International students, you often excel at navigating academic applications, but the job hunt presents a whole new set of challenges. It is crucial to understand the fundamental differences between seeking educational opportunities and searching for employment.
It is common to face challenges in obtaining responses from potential...
Summer is coming and I want interviews! There are ways to build a constant stream of interviews! AND...it’s our mindset / 心态 NOT a lack of anything (skills, GPA, etc) that is to blame.
Do you want interviews for a job but find that you have none scheduled? I have been in those shoes before and it STINKS.
These two profs explain what was happening in my mind at the time, just making the problem worse!
“...not having enough [interviews] can make us so maniacally focused on short-term solutions that we lose sight of our priorities.”
When you’re hungry, it’s hard to think of anything other than .
“Scarcity produces a kind of tunnel vision, and it explains why, when we're in a hole, we often lose sight of long-term priorities and dig ourselves even deeper”
#interviews #面试机会 #saturday #psychology
Source: https://www.npr.org/2017/03/23/521195903/how-the-scarcity-mindset-can-make-problems-worse
If George Hood can hold a plank for +8 hours (and he did), what is every international student now on North American soil capable of? Here’s a thing in common between a physical feat and getting a job: It’s this experience of improving. It’s that experience that I curate for my students each day within The Career Accelerator Program - that great feeling. Job hunting is no longer that depressing thing!
Afraid to start? Here is what George says:
"Everybody has to start somewhere," Hood said.
"Every tree that's planted has roots. Once that tree is planted and those roots start to grow, whether it be 30 seconds or a minute or 5 minutes or an hour (of holding a plank), you start repeating the process and taking care of your tree, it will grow and you will improve and you will actually get better."
If your roots are planted in quicksand [online applications] they won’t sprout and grow. Find something more solid. Find a community in a dependable process. Then...
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