The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/career-development/)
Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist Andrew Morse ’96 visited campus Tuesday for an Inside Journalism event, where he reflected on his career as a journalist, discussed technology’s role in modern journalism and offered advice to those looking to enter the industry.
The Winter Career Carnival, hosted by Cornell Career Services, offered a chance for students to learn more about the career development opportunities offered by the office as well as to win college merchandise.
For students from non-traditional majors looking to build transferable skills for the professional workplace, choosing classes can be overwhelming. Two Cornell undergraduates and two recent graduates offered tips for ways to gain transferable skills for the workplace through Cornell’s many courses.
“Given I had never worked for a really large company, I had the image of these large firms as really well-oiled machines where everything was operating smoothly. It was reassuring and almost calming to see that there are mistakes along the way and no one’s perfect.”
Chen spoke to the lessons that students could take away from the program, including valuable soft skills such as interpersonal and communication skills, strong teamwork and leadership skills as well as hard skills including “business acumen from their mentors” and “how to implement industry practices in creating secure and robust software and designing impactful, user-friendly products.”
“One-way video interviews are an understandably unnatural experience.” Here are four Cornell students’ tips on how to sell your professional self through a computer screen.
The Learning Services Center, Career Services and IT@Cornell are all serving students online.