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The Right School Means More than a DegreeBY: Jessica Parker | Category: Education | Submitted: 2010-02-17 08:51:38
Contrary to what many people believe, the value inherent in going to college is more than the information that you learn and the degree that you earn. These days, the work experience, publishing, research, and contacts that you make are as valuable at the end of your degree program as the degree is. One of the first experiences that will prove this fact is the application process when you first look for a job. A cursory glimpse of job web sites will show you many positions that list your major, but chances are that many of the jobs that would suit your specialty may not even be posted on any job site. Instead, these jobs will be made available only to those that the hiring manager knows, or others who are recommended to him/her. For this reason, going to the right school is about making valuable contact with professionals in your field. As you connect with professors and staff, you will want to find ways to stand out in their memory. You may attain this through being a teacher's assistant for a semester, starting a study group, working on special projects, or just being fully engaged and professional in the course of your normal schoolwork. Another way to make the most of your degree program is by conducting research. Every major has some avenue in which research can be conducted. Some majors are more obvious than others (i.e. business, sociology or medicine), however, you can also make an impact in other programs such as fine arts, humanities, or elementary education by surveying professionals, classmates, or existing research studies and analyzing what you find. These projects are helpful to list on your resume after graduation and can also help you begin to build a niche for your professional expertise. Another way to make the most of your education is through publishing. While publishing is the obvious next step for research projects like what we discussed above, you can also find outlets for publishing on topics that you are learning about, publishing about your experience as a student, or creating reports about the different career paths that your major might open up. Look for platforms to publish your work that are well-respected in academia or in your chosen profession. If you aren't able to get an entire study published, you can try writing letters to the editor that are well-written and content-rich. Even these small mentions can set your resume apart when you begin applying for jobs, and they can help your build credibility in your field. When you are applying for schools, aside from looking at the degree programs that they have available, dig a bit deeper and talk to the professors and staff about other educational and professional opportunities that the school may provide. Another way to determine whether or not a school provides these kinds of opportunities is by Googling the faculty and staff names. If you see papers or articles published by them, you may have a greater opportunity to co-author similar pieces. Article Source: http://www.writearticles.org/ About Author / Additional Info: Comments on this article: (0 comments so far)
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