How to Prep for Virtual Career Connections Day

Drumroll, please…. We are excited to offer you our very first Virtual Career Fair – Career Connections Day!  This will be a great way to meet employers, find out about opportunities, learn about industries and organizations, and network.  (Temporarily) gone are …

By Sara Shepherd
Sara Shepherd Director, Employer Relations
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How To Put Your Best Foot Forward During A Video Interview

As the quality and reliability of affordable video conferencing software and hardware increases by the day, video interviews have become commonplace for candidates and recruiting companies alike. The Coronavirus pandemic has taken something that was viewed as more niche and …

By Samantha Karpiloff
Samantha Karpiloff Associate Director
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Why that language class is key!

Lucky for you, you have to take a language class at Mercy University before you graduate! In terms of your career, the ability to speak a second language is a key selling point when you are looking for a job. …

By Mariana Ayerbe
Mariana Ayerbe Deputy Director, Career Education
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Adapting to a Virtual World – From a College Student’s Perspective

The announcement of the lock down in March was shocking at the time. It was abnormal to think that we would need to adapt to a remote way of socializing and working. For us college students, this included moving towards …

By Cindy Cheng
Cindy Cheng
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Stuck Trying to Move Your Career Forward in a COVID Environment? There’s much you actually CAN do!

College students across the globe have been faced with a brand new world since COVID entered their world. This is a historically differentiating time; your generation will forever be asked how it affected you – your plans, your education, and your …

By Julia Wexler
Julia Wexler Director of Employer Relations
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Tips to Prepare for a Virtual Career Fair

In this new, virtually all virtual world, it helps to have a few pointers on how to conduct yourself in a professional setting.  Career Fairs are a great way to meet employers, find out about opportunities, learn about industries and …

By Sara Shepherd
Sara Shepherd Director, Employer Relations
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What’s in Your Cover Letter?

  With New York’s phased re-openings underway, many of you may be starting to think about applying to jobs. With those applications however, employers may ask that you write a cover letter. This is a great time for you to showcase …

By Joi Sampson
Joi Sampson Associate Director of Career and Professional Development
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Career Plans Changed? Here’s the Good News!

Although your plans may seem up in the air now and you are wondering why you spent so much time planning for things may not be possible for now, you are actually lucky! Let me tell you why. You already …

By Mariana Ayerbe
Mariana Ayerbe Deputy Director, Career Education
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Reflecting on Adaptability

In these times where nothing seems certain, being adaptable has become integral to how we live our everyday lives. Even after the world shifts to the new normal, adaptability will still be important, both personally and professionally. In 2019, the …

By Meghan Mickiewicz
Meghan Mickiewicz President
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We’re in this together… one baby step at a time!

Nothing can stop us…not even a pandemic (didn’t think I’d ever write that, but here we are)!

As we’re getting used to our new ‘normal’, I want to take time to keep encouraging you, students, to not lose hope. It …

By Gina Villazhinay
Gina Villazhinay Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development
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