Cardinal Directions

Helping Ball State humanities majors pivot from college to career.

Month: March 2022

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    Step 3: Networking for Introverts
    March 23, 2022 by

    Watch the presentation Ball State Access Only Takeaway Resources Do you get anxious about advertising yourself to potential employers? Do you worry about how you can get a job when you don’t really know how to network? This session will teach you how to network and widen your professional circles, both in real life and […]

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    Step 2: Self-Assessment and Step 3: Strategic Research
    March 15, 2022 by

    Watch the presentation (Ball State access only) Question: How do you search for a job if you don’t know it exists? Answer: Do some self-assessment, and then some strategic research. Takeaway Resources March 16, 2022  Cathy Day, Director of the Humanities Compass Advantage, cday@bsu.edu  Emily Karas, Career Coach for Humanities and Social Sciences majors, ekaras@bsu.edu   […]

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    Step 1: Personal Branding
    March 3, 2022 by

    Watch the presentation (Ball State access only) As a job candidate, it’s important to know how to differentiate yourself from the crowd. What makes you distinctive, and how do you convey that distinctiveness online, on paper, and in person? In this session, you’ll complete a few different writing activities aimed at helping you to find […]

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