Category Archives: Advising

Four Jobs Eveyone Should Try

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  Max Trzebiatowski If you’ve ever played a sport in your life, you’ve probably heard the saying, “Practice like you play.” or “Every repetition matters.” Whether it’s a swing, slapshot, jump shot, throw, kick, juke, jump, sprint or toss, you need to be focused and do it like you are in your top game form. […]

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Technology: Taken for granted?

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Max Trzebiatowski As we begin to get geared up for the school year and our SBE Academic and Career Advising Center gets ready for all of the new and returning students, we find that more and more of what we do in our office is technology based. This summer we embarked on a project to digitize […]

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Defining Professionalism: Step One

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Max Trzebiatowski One of the questions that we ask peer adviser candidates when they apply to become a peer adviser for the School of Business and Economics is, “How would you describe professionalism in your own words?” Professionalism is defined by Merriam-Webster as the skill, good judgment and polite behavior that is expected from a […]

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Six Degrees of Separation

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Max Trzebiatowski Have you ever heard of the six degrees of separation theory? My blog today talks about the idea that you are way more connected that you think. Even after you drop all technological devices; your family, friends and connections all have family, friends and connections, too. This past weekend my family and I attended […]

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Finding Jobs: Where to Look and What you Need

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Max Trzebiatowski Hi there! Today’s conversation starts with the overall economy and funnels down into how you can become visible in today’s job market. If you’ve ever taken an economics course before, then you’ve heard of the unemployment rate. This is a measure of all the men and women in the workforce who are unable to find […]

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What Do You Bring to the Table?

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Max Trzebiatowski One of the best things that I get to see throughout the four-year college process is students informing me about the dream internship they got or a job offer that they received that completely exceeded their expectations. The job process itself has all the parts of a great movie. There are points that make […]

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What did you really learn this semester?

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Max Trzebiatowski It’s amazing how fast a semester goes when you look back in retrospect. This semester seemed to be one of those fast moving ones for. The end of a semester makes me look back on everything that I got to do or be a part of, and although I didn’t take a single test, I […]

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Why email is SO important

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Max Trzebiatowski My first question for you before you continue to read further is: Do you have your email set up on your phone? If you answered no, then you should do so IMMEDIATELY! How often do you check your phone? How important is social media to you? If you are like me, then you […]

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What do you do in your free time?

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Max Trzebiatowski Have you ever stepped away from your day-to-day grind and looked at how you spend your time throughout the day? The older I get (and I don’t feel that old yet) the more I realize how fast the time is really going! What do you do with it? How much time during the […]

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How to Borrow Wisdom

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Hi again! I just got back from an awesome keynote speaker this morning, thanks to the Portage County Business Council. His name is Johnny Quinn. Johnny is a former NFL player and  also competed in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. His speech is titled, “Think Like an Olympian” and he brought a TON of enthusiasm to […]

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