UMass grads –
it’s your network too
Got a good UMass degree but a job that lacks pizzazz? The Campus Career Network’s services aren’t limited to current students – alumni, too, are encouraged to come back for assistance. (The network is also available to non-alums, but for a fee). After all, says director Joan Stoia, “life evolves.”
Karen Knight, associate director at CCN, is the career advisor for alumni, available for phone and e-mail consultations, workshops on career management, individual appointments both here and in Boston, and a long list of job-related services – networking assistance, resume revision, interviewing search strategies, and career assessments.
If you’re the type who likes to do research up front, the network is making it simpler: For those within driving distance of UMass, career materials will soon be housed in the Du Bois Library in case, as Stoia says, “you decide you want to hunt for a career at ten at night.” And the network’s Web site includes such tips as this one for reworking a resume: “Use jargon from your field that will catch a 10-second scan by a screening person.”
Finally, a 52-page “Alumni Career Search Guide” written by Knight includes the above information and more, including advice on using the Internet for job searches, learning the growth markets, and finding smaller companies. The Career Network’s website is www-ccn.acad.umass.edu/index.htm, and Knight can be reached at kdk@acad.umass.edu or 413.545.0742.
