Career Skills for Knowing, Finding, Applying, and Getting your next Opportunity

Enterprise Technology Engineer and WIU Software Engineering Instructor Russell Glaue

Are you preparing for an internship this summer, or your first job after you graduate?

If you are still unclear about your career direction in the technology-focused industries, writing your cover letter and resume (a must for your job application), and what you should do during an interview, come to this Career Skills Talk on Wednesday March 2, 3:00pm in Stipes 304. We will discuss these things and there will be opportunity to get help with your cover letter and resume after this session - with special focus on your technology skills and career. Just in time for WIU’s Tuesday March 8th 2022 All Majors Career and Internship Fair .

We will also be discussing why you may not get an interview, or why you may not get a job offer after your interview. What do you do after this? Or you may get the job offer, how do you negotiate your first salary? We will discuss that with an additional special mini-video-segment from “Shark Tank” investor Barbara Corcoran.

In partnership with the WIU School of Computer Sciences, Russell Glaue will be presenting this session to help you get ready. Russell is an Enterprise Technology Engineer with Center for the Application of Information Technologies here at WIU. He has reviewed several hundreds of resumes and interviewed candidates for technology positions, and non-technology leadership positions.

Getting started in your Computer Science career

• How to know what you want to do in the technology industry
• How to look for internships and entry-level positions
• The importance of LinkedIn, GitHub, and Glassdoor

The cover letter and resume

• Cover letter
  • How to present yourself
  • How to introduce your skills
  • Relating your experience to the job
• Resume
  • Being precise and attractive
• What hiring managers are looking for, and why you won’t be asked to interview

Interviewing

• How to prepare for an interview
  • Resources for preparing
• What to do during an interview
• Why you may not get the job after you interview, and what should you do next

How to negotiate your salary before and after you get the job