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07.23.08
Internship @ EMC - CS, CSE Students
Jobs (0)Students currently doing Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering can apply for internship opportunities available at EMC², in RTP, North Carolina . If you are interested send me an email with your resume. International students in F-1 Visa can use CPT for internship. Job Description: The coop/intern works with the software development team responsible for creating new Network Attached Storage (NAS) platforms. Tasks cover a wide range from setting up hardware and testing software installations and procedures, verifying RAID arrays inter operate correctly with the NAS software. Student will have hands on access to a large lab that includes ...
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07.10.08
Average Master’s Degree Salary - 13 U.S. Cities
Jobs (0)Couple of days back, one of the Happy Schools Blog reader had sent me email asking to explain few steps to find the salary range for the position she's going to interview next week. That's an important step in job search - finding the salary range offered for a position before attending the interview. HR person is definitely going to ask what is the your salary requirements. Not being aware of the Salary Negations techniques is a big mistake during the job interview process. Here's a list of 9 salary negotiation mistakes made by students, as the result, they end ...
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06.24.08
10 Best Websites for Job Search
Jobs (2)Job search in itself is a full time job. Once students graduate, they will come face to face with reality of job search. It will usually take 1-2 months time to understand how big the job search market is and what techniques and strategies needs to be followed while searching for jobs. Job search is long journey, you never know where the road leads. Here is the list of job search sites that I like in the order listed. LinkedIn.com ( Job Search Guide Using LinkedIn ) Indeed SimplyHired ( LinkedIn.com) Yahoo! HotJobs Craigslist CareerBuilder Monster ComputerJobs Dice (IT jobs) Bio Space ( Biotechnology, Molecular Biology) Photo Credit : Brenbat
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06.21.08
50+ Tips to be successful in your new job
Jobs (0)To be successful at your job, its not only you would need technical skills, but its a mix of Interpersonal and communication skills. If you just got an entry level job after graduation, it will be lot of learning experience. I was browsing though lots of Career Websites and I came across nice article that clearly explains the skills one would need to be successful at their job. I graduated with Masters in 2005 and I was much impressed with tips I learned from the article. Here rae some of the important tips Understand your role in contributing to the bottom line ...
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06.20.08
10 Jobs That Start at $50K+
Jobs (3)Almost everyone applying for Graduate School in U.S. at the end wanted to know how much they can earn after completing Graduate School. To gen an idea of salary for Entry Level Jobs, here are list of Top 10 Jobs that will pay more than $50,000 per year. 1. Investment Banking Analyst. $59,084 2. Business Analyst, Computer Software. Typical Starting Salary: $50,727 3. Forensic Computer Analyst. Typical Starting Salary: $51,852 4. Junior Associate Attorney. Typical Starting Salary: $52,678 5. Physical Therapist. Typical Starting Salary: $52,573 6. Nurse Practitioner (ARNP). Typical Starting Salary: $67,166 7. Electrical Engineer. Typical Starting Salary: $54,401 8. Software Engineer. Software engineers design, write, and test computer programs. Computer networking ...
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03.09.08
Job Search using LinkedIn.com
Jobs (0)Did you know on an average students do online job search for 5 to 7 months after Master's Degree? The one who gets the job is not always the one who can do the job best, but who knows best how to get the job! Do you want to avoid 5 to 7 months of online job search in your OPT, then this article will give you exact tools and techniques for students to help them in online job search in U.S. When a students is planning to study in U.S. the first question that comes to his/her mind is, Can I ...
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03.03.08
9 - Salary Negotiation Mistakes by Students.
Jobs, Money (1)Salary negotiation is difficult, unless you are well prepared for salary negotiation, your salary offered will be less than average entry level salary for that particular position. Do you know how to negotiate salary? If not continue reading for tips on salary. As far I know most of my friends who got the job didn't really have any clue about salary negotiation. Most of them we just content with job offer itself and the happy feeling just drops off when they hear their first salary offer. Because, most of the students, including me did few mistakes during Salary negotiation process. But, ...
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02.28.08
Entry Level Student Resume : How to highlight your skills
Jobs (0)I don't have work experience, what shall I include in my resume? How do I highlight my skills? Image Credit : Daquella Manera Well, you are not the only person who is trying to find the answers the above questions. Over past few years, I read few books on Resume Make Over and how to highlight your academic experience in the resume to get that job interview. I know its tough to get your resume apt for the position you are applying. I had written about students in OPT looking to get job and H1B visa and many students reading this blog ...
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01.30.08
Google Pays $95,000 per year
Jobs, Life in U.S., Money (2)Do you wonder how much you will be paid after studying Master's in U.S.? Hello everyone. Hope you are finding the articles in this blog useful. If you feel it might help your friends who are looking for information about U.S. Universities in general and have applied for admission and waiting to hear back from the University, checkout 5 different ways to find the University admission application status. Also, spread the word about Happy Schools Blog. Here's how I create the buzz about Happy Schools Blog and also 5 Minute Marketing idea that you can spend to help my blog grow and ...
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01.24.08
Video : Interviewing at Google - Inside Look
General, Jobs (0)Google tops the Fortune's list of 100 best companies to work for - 2008. It's everyone dream to work for companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon. If you wonder how it will be to work for Google, you got to view this video. Inside Look : Working at Google Hope you enjoyed the videos.
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12.15.07
How to make your Resume look good
Jobs (0)I Stumbled Upon this very useful web page about Resume makeover. I was glad to see such a detailed description on how to change your resume. They have explained with sample resume template. If you are looking for job or internship, this is a good tutorial on Resume Make Over from Life Clever.
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12.02.07
Top Mistake in Entry Level Student Resume
Jobs (3)In the last article, I wrote about 28 questions students ask while writing resume.. To find a job U.S. after Graduate Degree, itself is a full time job. Resume plays a important role in the job search. When the student looking for the job dosen't have any job experience, then things gets really interesting. But, having resume that attracts interview call is important and in this article, I will discuss about the top mistake made by the students while writing the resume. I was reviewing few resume last week and I saw almost all the resumes I came across had ...
