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Career Center link helps student land job

Career Center link helps student land job

Lizzie Acchione March 19, 2023

The world’s largest online professional network, LinkedIn, is designed to help its users establish professional connections. Katherine Commale ’23, said the connections that she made on LinkedIn resulted...

Employers prepare before the career fair on Feb. 10. PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

Career fair returns to campus after two year hiatus

Ally Engelbert March 2, 2022

St. Joe’s held its first in-person career fair since spring 2020 on Feb. 10, drawing fewer students than it had in the last two years. A virtual career fair had been held on Feb. 3.  Combined...

Caroline Ciuffreda and KJ Brown from Signature Consultants talk to Taylor Stokes ’22 and Christopher Maffuid ’23 at the fair.
PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s first reverse career fair

Eddie Daou February 16, 2022

St. Joe’s held its first Reverse Career Fair on Thursday, Feb. 10. The fair was planned by the Career Development Center. Kaleigh Cadogan ’24 helped plan through her position as the University Student...

ILLUSTRATION: CASEY WOOD ’23/THE HAWK

A student survival guide on how to ace a Zoom interview

Mary Comerford April 20, 2021

At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, many employers struggled to hire, in part, because they were not sure how to conduct interviews that were not in person. But employers have become increasingly...

The Career Development Center is beginning to provide heightened insight on difficult career paths. PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA ’20/THE HAWK

New career series helps students break into specialized fields

Gabriella Bamford March 7, 2020

The Career Development Center (CDC) launched a new program this semester, the Industry Insight Series, to help students get started in careers that can be hard to break into. This semester’s program...

Almost 500,000 employers engage with the Handshake community each year, including Fortune 500, local small businesses and nonprofits.
PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Fraudulent employer identified on Handshake

Alex Hargrave February 4, 2020

Alexis Wilson ’19 started searching for employment opportunities on Handshake, an online career resource platform used by the St. Joe’s Career Development Center (CDC), after graduating in May...

Articles of clothing at this Fall Semesters Pop-Up Shop. PHOTO: Jackie Collins ’21

Pop-up shop attendance spikes with Target sponsorship

Jackie Collins October 1, 2019

Target is the newest sponsor of the Professional Clothing Pop-Up Shop that the Career Development Center (CDC) holds each semester. Target provided the CDC with $500 this month, which covered 20 professional...

The Career Development Center takes scheduled or walk-in appointments (Photo by Matt Barrett ’21).

Mastering the resume

Alex Ventola October 23, 2018

Career Center encourages in-person consultations St. Joe’s recently made the switch from SJU Careers to Handshake and while the platform has changed, the Career Development Center still requires students...

Handshake gives students the opportunity to connect with future employers (Photo by Matt Barrett ’21).

Connecting to careers

Rebecca Barus September 11, 2018

Career Development Center launches Handshake St. Joe’s officially switched to Handshake as the new online career resource platform, replacing SJU Careers, on May 14. Handshake, used by over 500...

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