Anna Buono ‘18 recruits for The Arc Westchester at the 2019 Spring Career Fair

Anna Buono graduated from Mercy University in 2018 and as a student, she attended the 2018 Spring Career Fair . The ARC of Westchester recruited at the Spring 2018 Career Fair and as a result,  Anna Buno landed a full-time job …

By Allen Rossetti
Allen Rossetti Senior Career Coach
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Human Services and Education Career Aspirations Survey

Please take a moment to let me know what type of internship or job you are looking for now, or perhaps in the near future.

By Shannon Hargrove
Shannon Hargrove Director, Career Education & Operations
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Spotlight on Montefiore Mosholu Community Center (MMCC)

Warning: This gif has absolutely nothing to do with this post, I just think it’s funny.

What is Montefiore Mosholu Community Center?

MMCC is a vital community resource that changes the course of lives of Bronx and Manhattan residents to …

By Sara Shepherd
Sara Shepherd Director, Employer Relations
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Path to an Easier Transition

The transition from high school to college can be very difficult. The pressure is now on you. There is no more following the crowd or waiting until the period before to study for your test. When I first entered Mercy …

By Katarina Felix
Katarina Felix Marketing Chair
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How Can Career and Professional Development Help You?

How can Career and Professional Development help you during your time at Mercy University? We asked four of our students to explain how they took advantage of the opportunities Career and Professional Development has provided them with to explore and …

By Stephen Caldwell
Stephen Caldwell Media & Communications Chair
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Soft Skills: what are they and do they matter in job search…..?

You have probably heard at one of our Career Academy workshops that hard skills are easy to quantify, or to measure —like a certain degree or fluency in a foreign language, for example.  Soft skills are much harder to assess …

By Marguerite Busetti
Marguerite Busetti Associate Director of Career and Professional Development, Dobbs Ferry Campus
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NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY- April 24

NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS’ DAY

National Administrative Professionals’ Day, also known as Secretaries Day or Admin Day,  is observed on the Wednesday of the last full week in April of each year.  It is a day to recognize the work of …

By Shannon Hargrove
Shannon Hargrove Director, Career Education & Operations
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How to Ace an Interview!


                       Looking for the secret formula to ace an interview? 

I wish I had the answer for you. Well…the only way to rock an interview is by practicing. Career and Professional Development provides all students with the ability to practice endlessly. …

By Meghan Mickiewicz
Meghan Mickiewicz President
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The Secret is Out Part 6: What Employers Look for – Career Management

This is part of a series of blogs: #6 of 8! If you missed the first ones, you can read them here.

Onto the next secret of what employers are looking: Career Management. According to NACE, it’s the ability to …

By Mariana Ayerbe
Mariana Ayerbe Deputy Director, Career Education
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Caring Can Have a Big Payoff

With summer just around the corner and the end of the semester approaching quickly, consider using your summer to care for your community. Ways you can care for your community include finding an organization in which you can connect with. …

By Joi Sampson
Joi Sampson Associate Director of Career and Professional Development
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