January at BCO

BCO wishes everyone a happy new year, and invite our readers to stop in for some of the recent additions to our site.

As we head into the season for on-campus interviews, THE BLACK COLLEGIAN's staff's attention is turning toward our traditional focus on providing information about how students can make the most out of interview opportunities and, as importantly, avoid its pifalls.

In a new Q&A feature, Paul Freyer of New York asks, "Do campus career centers [and college career fairs] really help students find jobs?" As the advice columnist Diane Hess puts it, "Many career centers can be a treasure trove. But as with college itself, what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

We couldn't agree more, and we've planned a series of strong, practical advice pieces by knowledgable contributors to run in our upcoming Second Semester issue on the related topics of how to get the most out of (unfortunately underutilized) campus career centers and on-campus opportunities, as well as how to prepare for an interview, on-campus or off-campus.

Meanwhile, we refer you to a few advance features posted on BCO, such as a new addition by College Journal's Shawn Graham on How to Walk a Recruiter Through Your Resume and Mike Wilson's feature from our current edition, What Recruiters Look for in On-Campus Interviews.

We'll be adding more throughout the late winter and spring, so be sure to stop back frequently.