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-15 posts tagged "jobs"
Carlos Basurto | Wednesday, March 29, 2023
As I traversed through the latter half of my Moreau course, answering the weekly reflection prompts and consuming the wide catalog of videos and readings, I once again noticed a trend that has bothered me throughout the entirety of the career selection process. Even though I had always been rather certain of my path, I
Caroline Collins | Tuesday, January 24, 2023
There are visual measures to quantify job satisfaction and measure pain, such as the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale posted in doctors’ offices and hospitals. However, there were no visual measures to track job burnout, so Notre Dame professor Cindy Muir (Zapata) set out to create a short-term measure to assess employees’ feelings about burnout.
Emma Duffy | Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Life Outside Reentry Assistance has come to South Bend. The organization works towards helping those formerly incarcerated by acting as a middleman and providing connections to those who are trying to adjust to life outside of prison. Jeff Walker, co-founder and board president of Life Outside Reentry Assistance, first heard of the Reentry Council in
Isa Sheikh | Friday, May 13, 2022
With almost 80% of graduating seniors reporting their post-graduation plans to the Meruelo Family Center for Career Development (CCD), early results indicate trends for the class of 2022 are similar to previous classes. According to data collected in a joint effort by the CCD and Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Research (OSPIR), about two-thirds
Liam Price | Friday, May 13, 2022
Each year, the Career Crossings Office at Saint Mary’s administers the Graduate Destination Survey to examine post-graduation plans of its graduating class. The survey provides the College with information to compare with data collected later in the graduates’ careers, director of the Career Crossings Office Stacie Jeffirs said. “This is just a snapshot in time
Maggie Eastland and Maxwell Feldmann | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
A worker shortage is rippling across the country, and the Notre Dame campus is also feeling its impact. Whiteboards encouraging workers to join the Campus Dining staff and shortened Taco Bell hours highlight the underlying labor shortage on campus. The problem is exacerbated by both nationwide labor shortages and lower levels of student employment. “As
Maggie Eastland | Friday, May 21, 2021
While complete data on career paths for the Class of 2021 is not yet available, early responders to the Meruelo Family Center for Career Development’s first destination survey indicate trends similar to previous classes. If the data continues to follow historical patterns, two-thirds of the graduating class will pursue employment, 20 percent will pursue higher
Selena Ponio | Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Students — from freshmen to seniors — will be donning their nicest suits and blazers Wednesday for the Fall Career Expo. The event will have a new location this year — Notre Dame Stadium, where students will network with company representatives in the concourse. The fair will take place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Courtney Becker | Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Sophomore finance major Zach Prephan, like many business students, has already been through the internship interview process multiple times this year, an indication of organizations and industries looking to hire students earlier and earlier. “I’d like to think that I’m on track, but it’s kind of different because not everybody is starting their recruiting
Selena Ponio | Friday, May 13, 2016
Senior Jessica Zic stumbled upon her post-graduation plans one day in an email she received from the Center for Social Concerns. Zic, a neuroscience and behavior major with a supplemental major in Latino studies, said she knew she wanted to try something new after graduating but was unsure exactly what that entailed. “I knew I wanted