{"id":1088,"date":"2014-02-02T21:38:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T21:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careerplanning.me.holycross.edu\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2014-02-02T21:38:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T21:38:51","slug":"battle-the-cold-stay-ahead-of-the-winter-fold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/2014\/02\/02\/battle-the-cold-stay-ahead-of-the-winter-fold\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle the Cold! Stay Ahead of the Winter Fold!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Well Hello <span style=\"color: #800080\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">r<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080\">u<\/span>s<span style=\"color: #800080\">a<\/span>d<span style=\"color: #800080\">e<\/span>r<span style=\"color: #800080\">s<\/span>!<\/h4>\n<p>Nothing says <strong>\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #800080\">Welcome to Spring Semester at Holy Cross<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> quite like sub-zero temperatures and snow! While you&#8217;re probably wanting to stay under that purple HC Snuggie and sip a nice hot tea to overcome the Antarctic climate that seems to have invaded the hill, lets make the most of this indoor time to push yourself ahead of the pack in your career search.<em><strong> How?.<\/strong><\/em><strong>&#8230;<\/strong> Well here at Career Planning we have some helpful ways to get started.<\/p>\n<h3>First up:\u00a0The Good News\u00a0\u2192 The Average starting salary for graduates has increased 2.6 percent! WOOOO!<\/h3>\n<h3><em>\u00a0Just Some Motivation Keep on Pushing!!!\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>According to a recent report\u00a0from<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.naceweb.org\/s01082014\/salary-survey-class-of-2013.aspx\"> NACE<\/a> (National Association of Colleges and Employers),<em> the final overall average starting salary for Class of 2013 bachelor\u2019s degree graduates increased 2.6 percent to $45,633 from the final overall average of $44,482 for the Class of 2012.\u00a0The current overall average starting salary is boosted by the 2.9 percent increase to humanities and social sciences majors&#8217; and a 2.3 percent bump to the average salary of business majors.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>Adapted from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.naceweb.org\/s01082014\/salary-survey-class-of-2013.aspx\">www.naceweb.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u2026Now what should you do?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">Come to Career Planning!! #Hogan203<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;text-decoration: underline\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Career Planning manages our connections to employers &amp; maintains Crusader Connections, so this is the place to go for internship\/job hunting<\/li>\n<li>Drop-in Hours are Monday thru Friday 1-4PM\n<ul>\n<li>Drop-ins are appointments for quick career questions or edits to a resume or cover letter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Stop by Hogan 203 or call (508) 793-3880 to make a brief appointment with a career counselor\n<ul>\n<li>Whether you want to create a resume\/cover letter or simply discuss career options, these meetings provide the time you need be as successful as you can in your Career endeavors!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Make Connections &amp; Network!<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Make yourself aware of company info tables and career nights\u00a0&amp; practice the ins and outs of forging connections<\/li>\n<li>Meet alums at the 2014\u00a0<em>Practice with the Pros<\/em>\u00a0(2\/12, Hogan 320, 5-7pm) RSVP via Crusader Connections<\/li>\n<li>Reach out to alumni &amp; learn about their career paths using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.holycross.edu\/can\/can\">Career Advisor\u2019s Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Go DIGITAL (you can stay in your Snuggie for this one&#8230;)<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>As the \u201c<em>Facebook for the business world<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0is a social media outlet where you want to establish an online presence<\/li>\n<li>Make or update your LinkedIn Profile (Education, Activities, Job\/Internships, Honors\/Awards, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Connect with friends, family, past co-workers, neighbors, etc.\u2014Even if you think you can\u2019t relate to Uncle Ron\u2019s career as a dog hair groomer, still request him on LinkedIn\u2026Uncle Ron might be grooming the dog for the CEO of your dream company!<\/li>\n<li>Remember: Many employers search for you on other social media platforms, so adjust privacy settings &amp; be cautious about posting or tagging yourself to things you wouldn&#8217;t want employers to see \u00a0(i.e: Your friend&#8217;s raging 1st Weekend Back Party)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pick something from the above list &amp; get proactive with your career! <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><\/strong><em>Remember, consistently\u00a0revisiting career\u00a0oriented blogs and websites is always a good way to kill time when\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0just lounging in\u00a0bed. If you\u00a0haven&#8217;t\u00a0already, re-visit the blog post from November on popular Career Search Apps!\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u2026Now you can hop back in your bed &amp; relax a little\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>&#8230;Netflix is always a good remedy for bad weather&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well Hello Crusaders! Nothing says \u201cWelcome to Spring Semester at Holy Cross\u201d quite like sub-zero temperatures and snow! While you&#8217;re probably wanting to stay under that purple HC Snuggie and sip a nice hot tea to overcome the Antarctic climate that seems to have invaded the hill, lets make the most of this indoor time &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/2014\/02\/02\/battle-the-cold-stay-ahead-of-the-winter-fold\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Battle the Cold! Stay Ahead of the Winter Fold!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[147,148],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-holy-cross","tag-holy-cross-career-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}