Advice: Jobs and Careers
What’s ahead for Maine?
“Over the next 5-10 years most new jobs in Maine will be in healthcare. That is by far the biggest producer of new jobs, and it is one that does require very specific sets of education and skills. The second most growth will be in professional and business services. This is everything from engineering, accounting, public relations, new media services, insurance, finance, all of those are in the professional and business services. They’ll be the second biggest job producer. And the third is leisure and hospitality: restaurants, hotels, and so on, and related services for tourism and recreation”
Internships open doors to jobs and opportunities
“I was in a 20-hour-a week internship program here at Skowhegan Savings Bank when I was in college. I had to keep a blog of my day-to-day activities, and then present my internship program to my college class. And that really opened the door for me. During my internship, my manager at the time basically asked me if I was interested in a position there and if I would consider working there when I got out of college. I liked what I was doing and it was really interesting to me so I said, ‘Absolutely.’ I thought it would work out really nicely for me and maybe turn into a career.”
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Making mistakes on your resume
“There are three areas I can think of in terms of advice on resumes. Number one, be careful of typos. It may sound obvious, but we see them all the time. The other area would be using a correctly spelled word in the wrong place. Finally, the other errors we see a lot are just classical blunders. Misperceptions can make the difference between whether your resume is followed up on or put in the ‘do not call’ pile.”
— in Mistakes he has seen reviewing resumes and cover letters
Featured: Be aware of how you present yourself to employers
“With Facebook and other social media, we encourage students to think twice about anything that could be accessed about them off the internet by employers, and whether or not that is something they would like employers to see. We have heard stories from employers who have typed a name into a search and found things the applicant really would not want them to see.”
