Advice

Lessons Learned from Virtual OCI

For many law firms, on campus interviewing (aka OCI, EIP, EIW, etc.) is the main recruiting tool for hiring summer associates. Generally, firms travel all over the country to meet with students in back-to-back screener interviews—and determine which candidates to …

By Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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AAMC: Questions Your Pre-Health Advisor Wishes You Would Ask

“So, what do people usually ask during these appointments?”  Pre-health advisors answer a lot of questions about grades, required courses and MCAT scores, which are important.  The AAMC’s Advisor Corner asked advisors, “What question do you wish your advisees would …

By Carol Hagan
Carol Hagan Senior Associate Director, Graduate School Advising
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Lessons From the Trenches of Motherhood and Academe

Check out this post from the Carpe Careers blog published on the Inside Higher Ed website – written by PhD/postdoc career advisors for PhD students and postdocs:

By Joseph Barber
Joseph Barber Director, Graduate Career Initiatives
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The Paradox Of Career Choice

The Big Question 

When I first began mentoring college students, I thought it was simply a coincidence that the students I was meeting happened to be consumed by the same nagging question. As more and more students shared the …

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3 Remote Work Rules You’re Free to Break

It’s likely that you’ve been working remotely (and from home) for more than a year. It's also likely that, for more than a year, you've been reading article after article telling you how to work more effectively and productively while working …

By Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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Pause, Breathe, Reflect and Reset

Check out this post from the Carpe Careers blog published on the Inside Higher Ed website – written by PhD/postdoc career advisors for PhD students and postdocs:

By Joseph Barber
Joseph Barber Director, Graduate Career Initiatives
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Looking Back…. And Forward

Whew… we’ve almost made it through this incredibly strange 2020-2021 academic year.  Congrats to all of you, especially graduating students. We’ve muddled through zoom fatigue, social distancing, and have been faced with significant challenges throughout the pandemic.  For many, there …

By Barbara Hewitt
Barbara Hewitt Executive Director
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PhD Questions of the Month–April 2021

Welcome to another installment of our blog series, PhD Questions of the Month, where the Grad Student/Postdoc Team at Career Services answers the top 2-3 questions that we have been asked in our individual PhD career advising appointments. This month, …

By Marianne Lipa
Marianne Lipa Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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3 Career Lessons from Oscar-Winner Chloé Zhao

On Sunday, Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color and only second woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Zhao is the filmmaker behind Nomadland, a quiet and compassionate study of American itinerant workers who rely on …

By Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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Everything I Needed to Know About My Career, I Learned from Star Trek.

Last week, we ran a blog from our partners at Vault about Melinda Snodgrass’s journey from law school to being a writer on Star Trek: The Next Generation. I confess that I was the one who selected that for publication. …

By Michael DeAngelis
Michael DeAngelis Senior Associate Director, Communications & Technology
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