Announcements

Roadtrip Nation, a public television and webisode series, is coming to campus Tuesday, November 10 and they will be bringing with them their huge green RV and a message of self-discovery and growth through interviewing the nation’s most inspiring people.

About Roadtrip Nation
Started in the summer of 2001 by a group of students who hypothesized that one way to figure out what you want to do with your life and who you want to be is to interview “people who are doing what they love, then ask them how they got there.” That group traveled 17,000 miles and interviewed 85 “eclectic” people, including former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Now what they have done has transformed their passion into Roadtrip Nation and a movement that “encourages students to hit the road in search of interviews with people who have defined their own distinct routes through life.”

Roadtrip nation is now broadcasted nationally through PBS and has been picked up by over 200 local stations including PBS’s Oregon’s affiliate OPB. They are now in their sixth season and are taking applicants for their seventh. » Read more

It’s Career Fair time again. The Career Center is hosting it’s annual Spring Career Fair this Wednesday, April 15, from noon to 5pm in the EMU Ballroom. Over fifty employers will be attending, and they’re all interested in hiring students from the University of Oregon. Companies and organizations from the fields of Retail, Finance and Banking, Health Care and Government will be represented including: The Department of State, the City of Eugene, Columbia Sportswear, Oregonlive.com, First Investors and Eli Lilly.

So we’ve piqued your interest, now what do you do to prepare over the next couple days? » Read more

We’re always looking for new and better ways to share our expertise about preparing or searching for jobs and internships. This Fall we revamped our Facebook page to add event photos, links to useful videos, our blog feed, and opportunities to anonymously submit questions to our career counselors. Check it out, become a fan, and leave a comment to let us know what you think!

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If you still like getting updates in your email, you can also sign-up to get email updates from us. » Read more

Tyler Macklin at the ODE did a great job putting together this video about the Fall Career Fair. If you haven't found your way to the EMU Ballroom for one of our fairs yet, check out the video to see what it's all about. Our next fair is the Winter Internship Fair on January 27.

photo by ToastyKen

You've probably gotten at least a few phishing emails that ask you to verify or update your personal information. While these emails typically focus on banks, businesses, and Universities, some attacks target people looking for jobs and internships. Although scam artists continue to get more creative, the following tips may help you spot a fake job or internship posting:

• Most employers will not ask for personal information (such as Social Security Numbers) until you arrive at their offices for an interview and are given a formal job application.
• Never wire funds (Western Union, etc) to a potential employer.
• Never accept any kind of offer to cash checks or money orders on someone's behalf.
• If you have doubts about a company's legitimacy, research them at the Better Business Bureau and the United States Federal Trade Commission.
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Note: we plan to keep off-topic posts like this very infrequent, but voting is important!

In case you haven't been paying attention, we're closing in on election day and the amount of advertising and campaigning is reaching new (and annoying) levels. I'm getting daily phone calls and people knocking on my door trying to convince me to support their candidate or position, but I would rather find out which candidate supports my beliefs from a more neutral source. » Read more

If you checked out our old blog last year, you've probably noticed that we've improved things a bit this year. We've transformed our old blog/newsletter into a true blog complete with feeds, commenting, and engaging content.  Since we managed to claim the #2 spot in One Day, One Job's review of career center blogs with our old blog in June, we should be able to pass UW and be #1 this year. There may still be a few bugs floating around, so contact us if you see any. Leave a comment if you have any suggestions for our new blog.

So, what's new other than the updated design? » Read more