Everyone needs a résumé—it’s an essential quick-summary of your work experience. Here are some tips on making a top-notch résumé.
Use bullets
Résumés are skimmed. Using bullets with short descriptions of your skills will work better than a large body of text that may not get read.
Continue Reading… Tips on Making a Great Résumé
Here are some events happening in the next week that may be of interest to MSU faculty and staff. Please visit the links for more information. Many events require registration.
Monday, February 25
All About Brahms, 7:30 p.m., Cook Recital Hall, Music Building
Tuesday, February 26
Kitchen Skill Drill: Grains, 12:10 p.m. – 12:50 p..m, McDonel Hall Test Kitchen
The Lady Victory, 7:30 p.m., Wharton Center
Walk on Wednesdays!, 12:15 p.m. – 1 p..m, MSU Campus
Coaching Skills For Leaders, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., 10 Nisbet building
Musique 21, 7:30 p.m., Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Theatre
Rene Fleming, 7:30 p.m., Wharton Center
Camtasia 8, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., 210 Computer Center
Navigating Manager Self Service, 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., 10 Nisbet building
Social Media: Connecting with Friends, Family and the Global Community, 7 p.m.- 9 p.m., 101 Kellogg Center
Saturday, March 2
Gateway to Infinity, 8 p.m. -9:30 p.m., Abrams Planetarium
Sunday, March 3
This week we’re highlighting an Administrative Assistant I/S position in the Academic Affairs Office for the College of Arts and Letters (Posting 7385). The selected candidate will function as the office manager, support staff supervisor, fiscal officer and administrative assistant to the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs. Some of the job duties for this position include coordinating interactions between the Academic Affairs Office and other internal and external entities; establishing and maintaining a customer service orientation; capturing and synthesizing information to keep the associate deans apprised and to ensure operational efficiency; compiling data, analyzing information and generating reports; monitoring, analyzing, forecasting and reconciling ledgers.
For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Our jobs seem to only get busier and our job responsibilities seem to only get longer. It’s also true with our demands at home. With both work and home lives being so busy, it’s easy to get sucked into negative thinking. Watch this video by HRD facilitator Lois Wolfe-Morgan on how you can stop the negative thinking and start thinking positively, one sentence at a time! Check out the video here.
To learn more, check out HRD’s upcoming course offerings, including Lois’sHarnessing the Power of Office Politics course on March 15.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also referred to as Health Care Reform, consists of about a thousand pages of complex information. It also brings massive changes to MSU and other employers.
To help people understand the complex information contained in the ACA, MSU Human Resources has created a special section on the HR website. The goal of the site is to share what MSU is doing in its effort to comply with the ACA, and also to provide you access to resources where more information can be found.Continue Reading… Curious about Health Care Reform?
Here are some events happening in the next week that may be of interest to MSU faculty and staff. Please visit the links for more information. Many events require registration.
Tuesday, February 19
Long-Term Care Insurance Information Sessions begin
Team Performance Essentials for Success, 8:30 a.m. – noon,
Windows 7 Basics, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., 210 Computer Center
Records Management and Retention at MSU, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
CPR—Heart Smart, 12:10 p.m.–1 p.m., Lake Ontario Room (3rd Floor), MSU Union
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, 7:30 p.m., Wharton Center
Navigating Employee Self Service, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Suite 10 Nisbet Building
Time And Email Quick Tips, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Suite 10 Nisbet Building
Blue Man Group, 8 p.m. – 11 p.m., Wharton Center
Sunday, February 24
All About Brahms, 3 p.m., Cook Recital Hall, Music Building
MSU Museum Chocolate Party, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
This week we’re highlighting an Administrative Assistant I position with University Advancement (Posting #7368). Some of the job duties for this position include assisting the Director of Student Programming and Initiatives with the day-to-day operations and programs of the Student Alumni Foundation (SAF). Furthermore, the position will be responsible for planning, implementation and execution of various student and alumni events and programs; working extensively with student volunteers/interns towards program goals; supporting the administrative needs of the office and upon request, the SAF advisor; and leading in the development of student programming on behalf of University Advancement, specifically the MSU Alumni Association.
To view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Do you love chocolate or have friends and family that do? Then stop by the Kellogg Center on Sunday, Feb. 24 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for Chocolate in 3D! Chocolate in 3D! is MSU Museum’s twenty-fourth annual Chocolate Party Benefit featuring cheesecakes, tortes, fountains and other delectable chocolate goodies. The MSU Museum Chocolate Benefit is a competition between local restaurants, caterers and bakeshops, and is one of few professional culinary events in the country open to the public. Each competitor uses their skills to craft pyramids, film reels and other items made from chocolate.
Chocolate Benefit competitors for 2013 include: Bake N’ Cakes, American Crepes, The Sweet Cake Company, How Sweet It Is, Aggie Mae’s and others. All proceeds raised from the event will benefit the MSU Museum’s collections. The MSU Museum has nearly one million artifacts housed in four buildings across MSU’s campus.Continue Reading… Eat Lots of Chocolate and Support the MSU Museum!
Every day thousands of students leave classrooms with more knowledge than they entered with. Why? Because dedicated Michigan State University professors are there to help students learn new subject material, navigate the world of academia and lend support when needed. Professors at MSU juggle many hats, including serving as faculty advisors for student clubs and graduate students, conducting original research and sitting on committees.Continue Reading… Thank You MSU Professors!
This Thursday, February 14, is Valentine’s Day. Haven’t thought of a way to spend the day? No worries! We’ve come up with a few fun, local ways to spend Valentine’s Day with a special someone in your life.
1. Walk along the Red Cedar River
This time of year the banks of the Red Cedar River can be quite beautiful. Swing by Sparty’s to grab a coffee or hot cocoa, then meander along the winding river and enjoy the winter scenery that MSU has to offer.Continue Reading… A Spartan Valentine’s Day
