by Alicia Smyth "A mentor is someone who helps you to see the hope inside yourself." - Oprah Winfrey Last week, I co-hosted a virtual coffee chat with two students who had participated in the Boeing Career Mentor Program this summer. We discussed what a mentor is, how you find one, ways to make the [...]
By: Sandi Ohman CareerShift is a supplemental resource available for free to ERAU students and alumni, to help search for currently posted positions, and contacts at various companies. It can be accessed through Handshake, under the Career Center option, then select Resources and then CareerShift. There are many features to CareerShift that users will find [...]
By: Dr. Teresa Michaelson Last week I spoke with a student who was finishing up their third year at Embry-Riddle. The student didn’t start counseling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; they were already an established client. However, the focus of our work quickly shifted direction as they began to talk about the future [...]
By: Sandi Ohman Change is inevitable, and while change can bring stress, it can also bring innovation. That is the case with virtual interviewing. Virtual interviewing has been used in various forms for several years, whether through systems like GoToMeeting, Skype, Facetime, and other earlier systems. During past economic hardships, companies began using virtual interviewing [...]
Photographer, Connor McShane, 2019 On November 8, 2019, the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott campus hosted their first ever “Raytheon Day.” Just around 30 representatives from every department traveled to campus with the goal of educating ERAU students on how their skills gained from their particular degree programs could be used at Raytheon. The [...]
From Daytona Beach Career Services: Welcome back, Eagles! The Career Services team here in Daytona Beach is excited for your return to campus because the start of a new semester always brings great energy and the start of a new year (and decade) gets everyone motivated to meet their goals. If any of your 2020 [...]