Workshops on resumes and starting your own business

The last two undergraduate research workshops of the fall term will be presented this month. Everyone (undergraduate students, graduate students, curious advisors, faculty, etc.) are welcome to attend these events.Â
Packaging & Presenting Your Research Experience: A Resume Workshop for Undergraduate Researchers
How do you effectively present your research experience on your resume? It’s so much more [...]

Get Involved!

Are you involved in extracurricular experiences that will enhance your undergraduate experience at MSU? Leadership, Volunteering, Community Service, and Research can make a big difference and enhance your preparation to professional programs or employment after college. Take control of your undergraduate experience!

Graduate and Professional School Fair

Interested in furthering your education after undergrad? Come check out the Graduate and Professional School Fair.

Entrepreneurship seminars for CNS students

Do You Have What it Takes to be an Entrepreneur?Do you have a big idea that might lead to the next Google or iPod? Want to learn how to think like an entrepreneur? Do you know how to take your ideas from concept to market? Learn from a real entrepreneur.
MSU alumnus and entrepreneur Gary Grondin [...]

CNS Colloquium 2009

This slideshow is from today’s CNS Colloquium for incoming freshmen and provides an overview of CNS and suggestions for enhancing the student experience.
CNS Colloquium 2009 Dean’s Welcome Presentation

For more information on some of the specific examples provided, check out these sites:

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC)
SOAR Telescope
Blog by students doing hyena research [...]

Networking Site for New Grads

If you are graduating soon, here are several good items from LinkedIn to help get you going…

Check out this blog post offering tips to recent grads.
‘09 Grad Guide  (the video is helpful in building your profile).Â
Be sure to join the College of Natural Science group to help build your network.

3 Basics for Science Career Development

NatSci Career Advisor Brian Telfor talks about three basic items students need to think about when preparing to launch their career.
1) Know your strengths and skillsets (get advice and online tests to determine your skillset),
2) Know your employer or type of employer (to find a match for your personality),
3) Bridging where you are with where the [...]

Five Tips for Using LinkedIn to Find a Job

Sharon Ball has a short blog article as a follow-up to Brian’s podcast “3 Steps in Beginning Your Job Search.” She gives some quick tips on using LinkedIn to find a job.

3 Steps in Beginning Your Job Search

If you are graduating in the next year, there are three simple steps you need to take before starting your job search. In this podcast, Brian Telfor discusses:

Resume preparation – from identifying your strengths to putting together a solid resume,
Reviewing your online image – clean up your online image and use Google and Spokeo to [...]