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How to Become an Electrician: The Complete Career Guide
Are you a patient problem solver with a knack for completing hands-on tasks? You might possess the skills necessary to become a skilled electrician. This challenging profession is a great option for those passionate about hands-on technical work in diverse settings where no two days are the same. We’ve created this career guide to answer […]
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The Student Perspective: Meet Tyler
Written by: Corina Chen and the CareerVillage.org Team “I’m different. My head is in the game. I’m going to start my freshman year of college and want to prepare for medical school now. I want to go to the best medical school possible.” -Tyler “Ever since I was little, my life has been about two […]
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Professional Spotlight: Sherman Tam
Sherman Tam is a Senior Marketing Manager for Western Digital and volunteer on CareerVillage.org Written by: Corina Chen and the CareerVillage.org Team For senior marketing and innovator Sherman Tam, success in the workplace begins with striving for excellency. He first learned this lesson from his dad. He writes, “My dad motivated me for a career […]
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Professional Spotlight: Tamara Hollins
Dr. Hollins is an English Professor at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania and volunteer on CareerVillage.org Written by: Corina Chen and the CareerVillage.org Team Outside of papers, lectures, grading, and reading, what do professors really do? Long-time creative writer and English professor Tamara Hollins describes her daily rhythms to me in an interview we had earlier […]
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From Skepticism to Social Work: Meet Stephanie
Written by: Corina Chen and the CareerVillage.org Team “I always signed up for the college or virtual talk to talk to a current student. I picked up that habit because of the advice I received on CareerVillage.“ – Stephanie An ad plays telling you the next Great Chicken Nugget is on sale tomorrow at your nearest McDonalds. […]
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Research Roundup: Measuring Career Readiness
This is the latest edition of CareerVillage.org’s Research Roundup: recapping the latest academic research from the field of Career Development. Directly measuring career development is much more common outside of the United States than it is inside. Part of that gap appears to be a lack of awareness among US-based educators about what measurement tools […]
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The Student Perspective: Meet Augusta
Written by: Corina Chen and the CareerVillage.org Team “CareerVillage has helped me answer the questions that came to my mind that I didn’t think reading a book would be able to answer in the specificity I needed.” -Augusta Augusta first joined CareerVillage in 2013 when she was in high school and first started thinking about college. “All of a […]
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Designing diverse and inclusive avatars is hard (but important!)
CareerVillage.org has offered designed avatars for students for years and was at the forefront of offering diverse avatars (long before emojis got skin tones). When the time came this year to revise our avatars to match the revised design of the website, we dug deep into how to make them diverse and inclusive. Here’s how […]
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CareerVillage.org announces winners of its $15,000 Data Science for Good Kaggle Competition
CareerVillage.org invited the Kaggle community to use their data science expertise to improve the algorithm that matches career questions from youth to working professionals. Palo Alto, CA — This week CareerVillage.org announced the winners of its $15,000 Data Science for Good competition on the data science crowdsourcing platform Kaggle. The two-month-long competition was designed to […]
