Job
2017-02-16T05:58:42.231Z
When interacting with people who have the power to potentially employ you, you can’t help but ask the age-old question: What do I wear?? You want to dress to impress, but you also don’t want to be the person who wanders into a room full of casually dressed people in full Western business attire.
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2017-02-13T02:45:01.226Z
2017-02-01T19:47:10Z
You're trying to find an internship for this summer, but Google and internships.com aren't really helping you narrow down your search. If you can't find the perfect job, then head over to LionSHARE, a Columbia-specific database for jobs and internships run by the Center for Career Education. Columbians (and even alums!) have access to LionSHARE, while Barnumbians have NACELink, otherwise known as Millie Careers.
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2016-09-27T11:53:12Z
I knew exactly how I wanted to get from class to Arts and Crafts Beer Parlor: out of Zankel Hall at Teachers College, left onto Broadway via 120th Street, and another left down to College Walk. I'd stop in Hartley Hall on my way across campus to print out my readings for next week and I'd be set. It was 5 o'clock; I had an hour—definitely plenty of time. I'd budgeted for foot traffic, forgetting something back in the lecture hall, and even printer malfunctions.
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2016-04-08T12:02:13Z
The debate over being versus doing is not keeping most Americans up at night. On college campuses, it ends up playing out like an intellectual exercise that fails to establish a new code by which to live. And with summer just around the corner, the question of how to find a satisfying balance between being and doing comes to my mind more than ever. In answer: My summer is quite consciously unplanned, or rather, planned with the aim of redefining productivity for myself after one year at Columbia.
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2015-04-11T00:59:38Z
Phew. What a couple of months it's been. Senior spring is here/has been here/is almost gone, and it's done its damage by filling the air with contrariant sweet nothings like, "Woo, senior year! Get fucked up! But also get a job, man." Because they—yes, "they"—had always said that senior spring is this great time of abandon and last hurrahs.
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2014-11-17T00:51:02Z
I created my LinkedIn account in late high school for the purpose of determining whether my ex-boyfriend's new job was legal or not. At the time, I didn't know that every person whose profile I viewed would receive a message letting them know they were being watched. Perhaps the only real LinkedIn tip I can give you is to remember not to creep on other people's profiles for non-career-related purposes—they may find out about it.
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2014-10-20T10:10:03Z
One year and thousands of cups of coffee later, the partnership between Starbucks and Harlem nonprofit Abyssinian Development Corporation has exceeded its promised donations to the community.
In the 12 months since Starbucks started donating five cents for every cup of coffee sold at its store on Lenox Avenue and 125th Street, it has raised $110,000, beating its original goal by $10,000.
Cecilia Carter, Starbucks' vice president of global diversity, community and civic affairs, said the partnership reflects the corporation's long-term commitment to supporting Harlem. The Lenox store was the first to open in the neighborhood, in 1999.
"When we considered deepening our relationship and commitment to Harlem, we were looking for organizations that used a holistic approach to creating and supporting an uprising neighborhood," Carter said.
The donations primarily support Abyssinian's efforts to help local students, through programs such as Head Start and GED and high school diploma training, affordable housing construction projects, and job skills training. The chain also funds a grant program that encourages student leadership.
The grant program encourages target students—some of whom attend schools without a student government—to act on "what things they think they can change within their schools," said Damian Waugh, Starbucks' New York district manager.
"One of our priorities is supporting the youth of the communities where we live and work," Waugh said.
In addition to the donations to Abyssinian, Starbucks has also provided career guidance to students, including mock interview workshops, Waugh said. It has even hired some qualified students.
"We set up shop just as if we were actually interviewing candidates, and we give them real-live feedback," Waugh said. "If there are candidates that are available and we are in need, we would actually hire them as well."
Dupe Ajayi, Abyssinian's director of marketing and external affairs, said that students in the youth programs "highly admire this partnership and what it has meant to them in growing in their career," citing a meeting with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz as a highlight.
The Lenox store is one of three Starbucks "community stores" nationally, which Carter said aim to support their neighborhood through a partnership with an existing organization.
Starbucks hosts monthly events centered on Abyssinian's core values, such as civic engagement, gratitude, and service. "The community store was designed as a hub for the community to know about what it is that's going on that impacts their world," Ajayi said. October's event, held at the Morningside Heights location to appeal to college students, was a presentation with Vote Everywhere to encourage civic engagement.
Although Starbucks and Abyssinian originally envisioned a one-year partnership, organizers expect the program to last longer. They have planned monthly events through January, when Ajayi hopes to have a service-based event in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
"There's so much coming down the pipe from this partnership that's measurable and actionable," Ajayi said.
avantika.kumar@columbiaspectator.com
... In the 12 months since Starbucks started donating five cents for every cup of coffee sold at its store on Lenox Avenue and 125th Street, it has raised $110,000, beating its original goal by $10,000.
Cecilia Carter, Starbucks' vice president of global diversity, community and civic affairs, said the partnership reflects the corporation's long-term commitment to supporting Harlem. The Lenox store was the first to open in the neighborhood, in 1999.
"When we considered deepening our relationship and commitment to Harlem, we were looking for organizations that used a holistic approach to creating and supporting an uprising neighborhood," Carter said.
The donations primarily support Abyssinian's efforts to help local students, through programs such as Head Start and GED and high school diploma training, affordable housing construction projects, and job skills training. The chain also funds a grant program that encourages student leadership.
The grant program encourages target students—some of whom attend schools without a student government—to act on "what things they think they can change within their schools," said Damian Waugh, Starbucks' New York district manager.
"One of our priorities is supporting the youth of the communities where we live and work," Waugh said.
In addition to the donations to Abyssinian, Starbucks has also provided career guidance to students, including mock interview workshops, Waugh said. It has even hired some qualified students.
"We set up shop just as if we were actually interviewing candidates, and we give them real-live feedback," Waugh said. "If there are candidates that are available and we are in need, we would actually hire them as well."
Dupe Ajayi, Abyssinian's director of marketing and external affairs, said that students in the youth programs "highly admire this partnership and what it has meant to them in growing in their career," citing a meeting with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz as a highlight.
The Lenox store is one of three Starbucks "community stores" nationally, which Carter said aim to support their neighborhood through a partnership with an existing organization.
Starbucks hosts monthly events centered on Abyssinian's core values, such as civic engagement, gratitude, and service. "The community store was designed as a hub for the community to know about what it is that's going on that impacts their world," Ajayi said. October's event, held at the Morningside Heights location to appeal to college students, was a presentation with Vote Everywhere to encourage civic engagement.
Although Starbucks and Abyssinian originally envisioned a one-year partnership, organizers expect the program to last longer. They have planned monthly events through January, when Ajayi hopes to have a service-based event in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
"There's so much coming down the pipe from this partnership that's measurable and actionable," Ajayi said.
avantika.kumar@columbiaspectator.com
2014-10-16T10:51:45Z
I've wanted to be a professor for as long as I can remember. As a child I inhaled books, and as an adolescent I realized I wanted to continue learning for the rest of my life. What better place to do that than a university? Even during my early days at Barnard, when I felt a bit like I didn't belong, like I got in by some strange fluke, I saw myself at a place like it in five, 10, 20 years—despite recognizing whom the school was built for and what system it feeds into.
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2014-10-03T03:11:35Z
Interviews are by far the most nerve-wracking aspect of the internship application process. A room full of monkeys randomly mashing typewriters will eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare, so you should be able to write a one-page cover letter if you pull enough all-nighters. Acting like a functional adult for a full half-hour interview is a different story entirely. Out of the kindness of my heart (and definitely not because I want everyone else to be as unemployed and miserable as me), I've prepared a few interview tips:
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