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September 24, 2007

Introduction

Welcome to the Career Services Blog...brought to you by Franklin Pierce 2Ls Kiera Slye & Kristin Scaduto.

What is this blog you ask? This is a tool for job searching brought to you by people who are experiencing the job search along with yourselves. We want to show you how to do an interview right so we can all get jobs and bring up Franklin Pierce's rankings!


Coming Soon:

  •  Career Services News (including upcoming interviews and deadlines)
  •  Employer Information (including Bios of Firms and Interviewers, as well as Student Experiences and Alumni Contacts)
  • Student Bios ( where did you work last summer and what was your experience like)
  • Photos ( what should you wear to an interview, What NOT to wear, Everything you ever wanted to know about toe cleavage)
  • Ask Career Services
  • Weekly Spotlight ( superstar of the week....nominations are accepted)
  • Best/Worst Contest ( what is the worst rejection letter you have received, worst interview experience, who has the most rejection letters, Best/Worst Summer jobs)
  • Do's and Don’ts in Interviews
  • I'm a 1L...nobody will hire me! (ideas for jobs/volunteering for your 1L summer, timeline for what you should be doing and when, resume and cover letter writing)
  • I'm a 3L...and nobody will hire me! ( So i didn't get an offer from my summer associate position...what now?)
  • Links

If there is anything else you'd like to see on the blog, email either Kristin or Kiera! We are also accepting nominations for Superstar of the week- email one of us with a brief description of why you think this person should be nominated.

KScaduto@piercelaw.edu

Kslye@piercelaw.edu

 

Happy Job Hunting-

K & K 

Posted by Kiera Slye on September 24, 2007 2:05 PM | | Comments (0)

September 27, 2007

Anatomy of a Call Back Interview

So you made it through the screening interview- now what?

  The call back is a whole other creature, so i am sharing my experience with you so you all be prepared for your own... I had an interview with a firm in Boston on Wednesday. I took the bus down the night before and stayed with a friend in the city. My interview was at 2 on Wednesday. I left at 12:30 to give myself enough time to find the firm. 

Problem # 1- I brought knee highs to go with my new suit, thinking my skirt was long enough to cover the top. Well, they were but just barely. If i wlaked around too much, they were likely to fall down. Having my nylons show would be pretty much the most embarassing thing i can imagine at the interview, so before my interview, i had to stop at CVS and buy nylons. Problem solved, right? Wrong...

 Problem # 2- I couldn't find anywhere to change into my nylons. I left government center and walked to the firm, but there wasn't even a starbucks around to change. Everywhere else in Boston there is a starbucks at every corner, but now when i could use a latte (and a bathroom) there wasn't any in sight. So here i am walking around in my black suit (black suit 90 degrees= woefully uncomfortable) and i finally manage to change (i will spare you the details). 

So i walk into the building and make my way to the firm's reception area. I was greeted by the receptionist and the recruitment coordinator, but then sat down and waited. and waited and waited. My initial interviewer came by to see who i was interviewing with, but they never gave me that information. She went and tried to found out who my interviewers would be... And i wait. And wait. I say hello to every person that walks in the reception area 1) they could be on the hiring committee and therefore my new best friend in the world; and 2) they might be my interviewer. I make small talk with a BU student also interviewing today about the job search, law school in general, etc... Meanwhile, i am hoping he is socially akward or has a horrible GPA, because quite frankly, coming from BU, he doesn't need any more help getting a job. I silently curse when his interviewer comes to get him, although i had been waiting there for 20 minutes before he arrived. 

My interviewer from Franklin Pierce comes and gives me a book with the list of my interviewers. I spent the next 10 minutes cramming. So, finally the recruitment coordinator came to take me to my first interview. I was taken from office to office, where i met with 2 associates and 1 partner. These interviews felt much more relaxed than the screening interview. I was asked very few questions, and the attorneys mostly explained how the summer associate program worked, what type of work they did, etc.. I met with each interviewer for 30 minutes and then they walked to me the next interviewers office. Overall, it was much less intimidating than i expected. 

Now comes the fun part- waiting. I am trying to think positively and hoping I won't be adding my wall of rejection letters (seriously- i'll post pictures at some point). Best of Luck to everyone who has call-backs coming up! 

Happy Job Hunting-
 K & K

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Posted by Kristin Scaduto on September 27, 2007 1:38 PM | | Comments (0)

September 28, 2007

The Ultimate Rejection

Picture%2042.png Email sent with resume and cover letter: 11: 07 pm Rejection received: 11:22 pm So one of our goals here at the blog is to make sure nobody is taking themselves too seriously. Yes, we all want jobs. Yes, we all want good jobs. But everybody is getting rejected left and right, and if we took that too seriously, we might be a little depressed. Instead, we should take this opportunity to have a good laugh at ourselves. Here, i am giving you all the chance to laugh at my expense. It's ok, my friends do it all the time, so why shouldn't you? As you can see my the above picture, i achieved the near impossible: getting rejected in a mere 15 minutes. . I am wondering if they even opened the attached resume and cover letter.... So go ahead and laugh. I did. Because sometimes if you don't laugh at something, it just might make you cry. and next time you get rejected, think of me and realize its maybe not that bad :-) Happy Hunting- K & K

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Posted by Kristin Scaduto on September 28, 2007 10:56 AM | | Comments (0)

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