You have updated your resume, tailored your cover letter, refined your LinkedIn profile, reached out to your network, and submitted numerous job applications. Now you are applying, interviewing, and waiting. The job search process can sometimes be long, discouraging, or …
It’s simple. You should have FOMO if you’re not in the Husky Mentor Network (HMN). I assume that those of you reading this know what FOMO is… “Anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often …
It wasn’t tailored.
Just like your résumé, your cover letter should be tailored to the particular position you are applying for! It should not contain general statements regarding our desire to work there, or how impressed you are by the …
Morgan Reiss
Major: Psychology
Minors: Human Development and Family Studies, Criminal Justice, and Cognitive Science
Year: Senior
What was your internship or co-op and how did you find it? I was an intern at the Department of Children and Families …
Zane Grady
Year: Senior
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
What was your internship or co-op and how did you find it?
My co-ops/internships were through at NASA Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA), working as a materials research student. I found these …
Imagine coming across Batman’s resume; yes The Batman, the one who “Maintained the welfare of Gotham City by operating as the region’s number one crime fighter while holding a full-time chair position at Wayne Enterprises.” Now, your bullet statements probably …
Name: Timothy Bussey
Undergraduate Institution:
B.A. – Political Science (Columbus State University, Columbus, GA)
Visiting Student Certificate – Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England)
Graduation Institution:
M.A. – Political Science with …
Name: Jennifer Dealy
Undergraduate Institution:
B.A.-Psychology (Assumption College, Worcester, MA)
Graduate Institution:
M.A.- HDFS (UConn)
Ph.D. Candidate – HDFS (UConn)
How did you choose your particular internship?
“I have always been interested in translating my research interests in promoting secure …
Name: Hyeseong Kang
Undergraduate Institution:
B.A.- Sociology/Psychology (Double Major) (Korea University)
Graduate Institution:
M.A.- Clinical and Counseling Psychology (Korea University)
Ph.D. Candidate- Human Development and Family Studies (UConn)
How …
Guest author: Leila Shwayhat, Career Intern, Center for Career Development
When I first applied to be a career intern (or CI as you’ll hear them referred to in the office) at the Center for Career Development, I had no idea …
