Taking time to read the fine print
As a Student Career Advisor in the College of Arts and Sciences Career Services Office, I have learned of many different opportunities that I otherwise would have overlooked. Sure there are flyers posted around Goldwin-Smith Hall and other buildings on the Arts Quad advertising upcoming events. The monthly newsletter for Arts and Sciences also notifies students of upcoming events related to careers and graduate schools. However, in my haste to check my emails each day or get to class as quickly as possible I often miss hearing about some of these events. That's why I was interested to learn about Wendy Gellman, a Cornell graduate, that came to speak to students on behalf of the office of Se

Career Exploration: Beyond "Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe"
In the past few weeks, I have put more thought into my future career options than I probably did my entire freshman year. Sure, last year I thought about careers, but more in a worrying way than in a helpful one. ("What if I never get a good job? What if I go into huge debt for law school and hate being a lawyer? What if I just never advance because I pick the wrong career and then I find myself 45 and bored and wanting to leave everything behind and start a restaurant in Morocco, only I can't because I don't have any business skills and I can't cook?") I  latched onto the idea of being a lawyer not without thinking but without thinking much about other options

Freebies
If you're into free stuff, A&S Career Services has been updating it's library and is giving away older versions of some of the resources in our career library. They're sitting on the shelves outside of G55 Goldwin Smith so stop by to take one when you get the chance! And along those lines, one of the books sitting on the shelf is a comprehensive guide to conservation organizations worldwide - perfect for the environmental junkies. Unfortunately, for me, it lists only one organization in Australia and it was one that I've already checked out. However, I did have an epiphany after meeting with my advisor: just getting up and moving to a completely different country is a huge fea

Taking a year off after graduation?
I am planning to returning to school after I graduate. As a senior, however, the thought of another 3 years of school right now (at minimum) makes me a bit queasy. That's why I am planning to take a gap year. I didn't realize that there were so many gap year resources out there. The career library has several related  books, such as Taking a Gap Year and Short Term Job Adventures, which list different organizations and programs. It seems like you can do anything in a gap year - volunteerism, expeditions, seasonal farmwork, au pair, manual labor - really, anything and everything you could think of is out there.I met

Walkthroughs for Life
I'm not going to lie - I am a walkthrough person. My roommate and I watched one of our friends play a game last night and I found myself consistently shouting 'Google' every time he got stuck and didn't know what to do. Granted that should have been our cue to stop procrastinating, we nonetheless persisted and eventually beat the game - two hours well spent doing nothing. If life were that simple, I'd be able to land a job in Australia and the visa to go along with it in two hours.I was browsing the Career Services page and found a lovely guide to getting jobs abroad so I decided to actually sit down and answer the questions. And