Leveraging AI for Career Development
When used ethically and strategically, AI can significantly enhance career exploration, job searching, and content creation. AI tools like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Claude, Consensus, and Perplexity offer diverse functionalities for students and professionals alike. For instance, BU students have access to VMock, a powerful tool that analyzes resumes in seconds. This year, VMock introduced ...
How to Build Mentorship Into Your Career
Mentorship is a powerful tool for career development that can help you achieve your personal and professional goals, access helpful resources and advice, gain “insider” knowledge and insights from someone with vast experience, and build your professional support network. Mentorship is the gift that keeps on giving, and you’ll find that professionals who are years ...
Equality vs. Equity: What’s the Difference?
In the workplace, when diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work in tandem and are centered in both an organization’s values and in practice, a sense of belonging is fostered. When we feel psychologically safe and that we belong, we are more likely to show up as our full authentic selves without fear of negative consequences ...
Career Readiness Competencies: Building a Strong Foundation for Professional Success
In today's competitive job market, employers are seeking candidates who possess not only technical skills but also a range of essential professional competencies and life skills. To bridge the gap between higher education and industry, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has developed a set of eight career readiness competencies. These competencies are ...
Community Engagement and Your Career
Engaging in your community through volunteering, service, advocacy, and civic engagement activities is more than just a resume booster. Community engagement is an opportunity to explore future careers, build networks outside the university, develop new skills and apply what you’re learning in the classroom to the world around you. Every profession has a public dimension ...
How to Maintain a Work-life Balance While Still Showing You Care at Your First Job
A new job or internship is an opportunity for a clean slate. It takes time to get to know the people, the job responsibilities, and the culture, but it only takes a few weeks to create a routine that will set you up for success in the long run. It is only natural that you ...
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