{"266811":{"#nid":"266811","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Center for Career Discovery and Development Preps Students for Spring Recruiting Season","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThough spring semester is barely underway, it\u2019s the time of year when job and internship searches for summer and fall are in full swing for Tech students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSince recruiters take most of the holiday season off, they hit the ground hard at the beginning of the year in an effort to get prime candidates,\u201d said Brandie Banner, a civil engineering major and student assistant in the Center for Career Discovery and Development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Career Discovery and Development is offering workshops and events throughout January to help prepare students to achieve their short- and long-term career goals. This week signups are open for \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/careerservices.gatech.edu\/plugins\/content\/index.php?id=447\u0022\u003EMock Interview Week\u003C\/a\u003E, which will be held Jan. 21\u201325 and give students a way to practice their interviewing skills without having a real job on the line.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUpcoming workshops include \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/8248\/264911\/successful-interviewing-strategies\u0022\u003ESuccessful Interviewing Strategies\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Jan. 16,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/8248\/264921\/job-search-strategies\u0022\u003EJob Search Strategies\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Jan. 22, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/8248\/264941\/graduate-student-resumes-industry\u0022\u003EGraduate Student Resumes\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Jan. 27.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe month culminates with the annual \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/8248\/266241\/internship-co-op-fair-open-all-majors\u0022\u003EInternship and Co-Op Fair\u003C\/a\u003E Jan. 28\u201329. This event is open to students of all majors looking for interning or co-op opportunities, with no preregistration required. A new smart phone app will provide users with dates, times, locations, company lists, and floor plans for career fairs throughout the year, including the Internship and Co-Op Fair. Those using Apple or Samsung smart phones can search \u201cGT Career Fair\u201d in their app store to download this free tool.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Center also is open more in the evenings for students during this busy recruiting time. Walk-in hours for spring semester are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 2\u20134 p.m., Thursdays from 4\u20136 p.m., and Fridays from 1\u20133 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor students in need of a suit for upcoming job search events, the Center also is building out a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/careerservices.gatech.edu\/plugins\/content\/index.php?id=457\u0022\u003ECampus Closet\u003C\/a\u003E where students can borrow suits for a week at a time to wear to interviews or other events. The Center is currently accepting donations to the closet on the second floor of the Bill Moore Student Success Center and in Suite 322 of the Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJanuary flush with career development opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"January flush with career development opportunities."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-01-14 10:28:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:40","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"266841":{"id":"266841","type":"image","title":"Student Talks with Recruiter","body":null,"created":"1449244058","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:47:38","changed":"1475894956","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:16","alt":"Student Talks with Recruiter","file":{"fid":"198545","name":"0514002-p7-34.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0514002-p7-34_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0514002-p7-34_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":785299,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0514002-p7-34_0.jpg?itok=xS7a4rdA"}}},"media_ids":["266841"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/career.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Career Services"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8563","name":"careers"},{"id":"83481","name":"center for career discovery and development"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:richard.south@success.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERichard South\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECenter for Career Discovery and Development\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}