Odyssey Bound April/May 2015 for St. John's College, Santa Fe

Global Pathways Awards

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Ariel Internship Awards

Interview With Ben Osborn 6 Things You Should Never Mention on Social Media

Career Services at St. John’s College, Santa Fe April/May 2015

Global Pathways Fellowship Awards Announcement!

Langue Onze Language Program Toulouse, France

School for Field Studies, Bhutan

The Marchutz School of Art, Aix-en-Provence, France

The SEA Summer at Sea Program of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Wei Bai, SO

Susan Stickney, Tutor Advisor

Miranda Blas, SR Nancy Ko, SR Cynthia Ma, JR Unhye Myong, JR James Spencer-Zavos, JR David Stanislaus, SR

Rome Institute of Liberal Arts, Rome, Italy Phil Bartok, Tutor Advisor

Anna Bell, SO Natasha Farmer, FR

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Sally Ko, SR

Llyd Wells, Tutor Advisor

Raquel Goldman, SR (Trans-Atlantic Crossing) Bum Cheul Park, SO (Trans-Atlantic Crossing) Julian David Rios Acuna, SO (Hawaiian Islands) Parker Webber, SO (Hawaain Islands)

Sun Yat-sen University International Summer Program, Guangzhou, China Krishnan Venkatesh, Tutor Advisor

Allen Matsika, SR(unable to accept)

Interviewing with Ben Osborn By: Maxim Tucker

At Career Services, we recently had the chance to catch up with Ben Osborn and talk with him about what an interview (without North Korea or the hijinks of Seth Rogen and James Franco) should look like in order to have a good chance of being successful. “An interview,” Ben says, “is the 30-minute chance for you to show the interviewers your personality.” Giving a general sense of how one should interview, Ben advised to go in having fun. Don’t be raunchy or ribald; but, Ben says, “Enjoy your time and be comfortable in your skin, look each interviewing member (for there will often be more than one) in the eyes and give a firm handshake.” Another necessity to a successful first impression is being 15 minutes early. Even being on time can be as bad as being late. In addition, if it is a choice between being over-dressed or a guess at what the proper mode of dress is, you should always overdress, depending on the environment of your industry.

Perhaps the most important thing in the actual interview itself, and one of the hardest things for Johnnies to do well, is to answer questions briefly and concisely. Make sure to use real-world experience to give the interviewers pragmatic information. Too often, Johnnies have a tendency to wax philosophical and can lose track of the conversation, thereby losing the attention

of the inverviewers as well. Ben thinks a helpful example in this context might be to imagine the interview as a specific type of seminar. In this seminar you are the text making an argument for yourself. Within the personal experience of your life is the support you need to show

-Be Yourself and Be Confident -Frame Answers Positively -Use College Experience -Keep Their Attention -Short Concise Answers -Don’t Wax Philosophical More help at: https://www.facebook.com /sjcsfcareerservices

the interviewers your argument. The argument is that you would make a good fit for the company. Realize that much like a seminar, if you speak too confusedly, for too long, or in highflown rhetoric, you risk losing the attention of the interviewers and their attraction to your argument.

More specifically within the interview you want to “voice everything in the positive,” Ben advises, “for example, instead of saying you wouldn’t do X, rather explain why you would do Y.” A question that irks Ben is also the only question that has been asked in every interview since the beginning of time and will continue to be asked until the end of time. This question is the weakness question, or “what is one of your main weaknessses?” The question itself seems to provoke a disingenous response, but for the interviewer the question serves not so much to show a weakness of yours as to see if you are put off-guard by a hard question.

In this sense, the question is another way to gauge your personality. Ben recommends framing a strength as a weakness, such as “I work too hard.”

But, the specific answer is not altogether important so long as you don’t give the interviewers a weakness that sounds like a strong negative.

The interview as a whole is more an opportunity not to shoot yourself in the foot than to show yourself as the shining example of candidates. Also, don’t speak badly of a past employer. Ultimately, they

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Interviewing with Ben Osborn (Continued) want to know that you meet the qualifications necessary for the position, but more importantly that you are a person they would enjoy spending time with. In tandem with this, make sure to have researched the company beforehand and understand well what position they want you to fill. “The

“The interview as a whole is more an opportunity not to shoot yourself in the foot than to show yourself as the shining example of candidates.” resume and cover-letter cast a wide-net,” Ben says, “the interview is a chance at specificity, to show that you are ready to fill this position but more importantly that you are a person you would enjoy spending time with.” When it comes time to ask the interviewers your questions, Ben recommends one especially. The question is, “Is there anything you know about me from this interview that you think makes me a less attractive candidate?”

This question allows you to

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confront their perception of you and explain to them the ways in which you make up that deficit.

For example, A common complaint about most newly graduated students will be a lack of experience. In counter to this objection, show that though your work experience might be lacking, your college experience was varied, challenging and difficult. Likewise, if it seems to you that the interviewers have a specific quality they believe you are missing, or you simply wish to highlight a quality of yourself, use your college experiences in order to furnish examples of those qualities. A possible list of these qualities includes meeting deadlines, adaptability to new areas of knowledge, and communicating with a diverse group of people about a wide array of subjects.

This will help you to develop a rapport with the company and show your versatility. Especially for Johnnies looking to join

small non-profits or smallish companies in general, their positions will require a lot of adaptability to changing circumstances and an ever-changing position with various tasks to be completed. There is room for growth in small companies that a Johnnie is particularly well-suited to. Ben says, however, that the most important thing you can do before an interview, is to practice. “Use this article to prepare a set of interviewer questions and practice answering them, have a friend recite them to you,” he says.

Imagine being in a room filled wtih people while answering these questions and work on calming the nerves you might have. Non-verbal cues are as important as verbal cues. If you answer all their questions eloquently but still send off non-verbal cues of nervousness the view they have of you as a candidate will suffer. Lastly, make sure to follow-up by sending along an email thanking them for their time and the opportunity to interview.

6 Things You Should Never Mention On Social Media

Your personal status updates may be impacting your ability to land your next job. Employers will search for you online at some point during the screening and hiring process. What you think may be hidden behind a curtain of privacy probably isn’t.

93% of recruiters will review a candidate’s social profile before making a hiring decision.

(This survey used a traditional definition of “employers”) Is This Invasive? Some may say that employers shouldn’t be allowed to scrutinize private or personal updates on social networks. And some feel that it isn’t fair to evaluate personal lives to determine professional qualifications. We are crossing into new territory where your lifestyle and perceived professionalism are both fair game if you put it out there on social networking sites.

Jobvite’s 2014 Social Recruiting Survey reports that 55% of the recruiters and hiring entities have reconsidered a candidate based on content viewed in a social profile, leading to both positive and negative re-assessments. 61% of those reconsiderations were negative.

Instead of viewing this as invasive, embrace the opportunity to publicly promote the best you have to offer. Just remember, we don’t all live in Vegas where what’s said there stays there. Be

smart and aware about what you are sharing online and know that someone is checking you out.

Don’t give them reason to turn away.

1. Just Say No To Drugs: Referencing illegal drugs is the most damaging thing you can do to your job search. According to Jobvite’s 2014 Social Recruiting Survey, 83% of recruiters said seeing mentions of illegal drugs in a candidate’s social updates left a negative impression. Stay away from any mention of drugs, even if you’re joking, or run the risk of ruining your reputation.

2. Sex Sells, But Not in a Job Search: Next in line for topics to avoid are status updates of a sexual nature. 70% said sexual posts were a turn-off. While it may be funny to your friends, that joking status update or tweet is most likely offensive to others and damaging. You wouldn’t dare send that joke, photo or link in an email to your boss, so keep it out of your social networking stream.

3. Spelling Counts: You may not think you need to worry about status updates being typo-free, but spelling and grammar do matter. A quick scan of error-ridden updates either shows a lack of attention to detail or poor writing skills. In fact, the recent study found 66% of recruiters said spelling and grammar errors were a negative.

By: Hannah Morgan From “Career Sherpa: Guide for Lifetime Career Navigation” (http://careersherpa.net/)

4. Swear At Your Own Peril: Employers have little tolerance for the use of profanity online. 63% of recruiters viewed status updates containing profanity negatively.

Profanity is unprofessional, offensive and wouldn’t be tolerated in most workplaces.

As old fashioned as this may sound, keep your language clean.

5. Keep Your Guns Under Wraps: People’s attitudes about gun ownership and usage vary widely, and opinions also vary based on whether you live in a rural or urban area. You should know that 51% of hiring entities, negatively view references to guns, so conceal those weapons.

6. Don’t Drink and Share: We all know that drinking and driving don’t mix. The same holds true for sharing photos or status updates about that great party or overindulging Saturday night bash and your job search. These types of updates may not be as harmful as the others mentioned, however, you s till want to keep your stream alcohol-free.

44% thought the reference of alcohol was taboo!

On The Bright Side: There is a positive side to all this. Employers can be positively swayed by your status updates.

One third (33 percent) of employers who research candidates on social networking sites say they’ve found content that made them more likely to hire a candidate.

What’s more, nearly a quarter (23 percent) found content that directly led to them hiring the candidate.

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International Summer School For Bioethics in Manhattan, NYC CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Partial Scholarships Available for Students -Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI) invites students worldwide to attend its first International Bioethics Summer School in New York City (June 15-July 18, 2015).

Join us for this 5-week one-of-a-kind

educational opportunity.

Graduate Certificate following completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate in Global Bioethics during a graduation ceremony followed by a banquet.

Students may wish to seek financial assistance or scholarships from their home

institutions or outside sources to cover expenses.

Contact Ana Lita by: Phone: 212 687 3324 or 646 269 0773|

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Earth Garden’s volunteers work to support teachers, staff and students to use the garden and grounds as an outdoor classroom as well as to teach students environmental stewardship and health eduction.

We have a new Peace Corps Recruiter for New Mexicoz: Eduard Verhulst.

Phone: 505-340-4244 Email: everhulst@peacecorps.gov

Fax: 212 661 4188 Email: applicants@globalbioethics.org, For more Information visit: http://summerschool. globalbioethics.org

Become a Part-Time Garden or Farm Volunteer With Earth Care’s Justice and Environmental Food Stewardship Americorps Program. Complete 300 hours of service by 8.31.2015(can include 30 hours of coursework) and receive an educational stipend for $1,212.00.

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

The schedule is flexible and the sites include: Nava, Camino Real, Salazar and the Community Farm.

To apply: EarthCareNM.org

The International Folk Art Market is being held July 10-12th and they are in need of volunteers to help For more information about the market or to volunteer Visit: folkartalliance.org

Disclaimer:

The St. John’s College Career Services Office produces Odyssey Bound Spotlight as a service to St. John’s College students and community members for their career development and educational and life planning. Any jobs or other opportunities listed herein do not indicate an endorsement or recommendation from St. John’s College or the Career Services Office.

Students and individuals from the St. John’s College community are responsible for all necessary precautions when interviewing for or accepting these positions or awards.

They are also responsible for anything that happens at a given job site. Career Services makes every effort to publish the most current information, but unforeseen publishing problems may render some events obsolete. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause the reader.

Ariel Internship Awards Announcement!

Congratulations to the 2015 Ariel Internship Recipients!

This year 26 undergraduates were awarded Ariel summer internship funding. There are two kinds of Ariel awards, those for bio-medical research and those for more general internships. The bio-medical stipends are generously funded by Dr. Stephen Forman (AN70). The committee wishes to thank each of the applicants for their interest and efforts, and encourages all undergraduate students to consider applying in 2016.

Bio-Medical/ Science Awards: Samantha Ardoin (JR) Psychology in FL or OH * Ms. Ardoin is looking at a number of internships in the New Mexico and Florida areas that deal with the healthcare of patients in a meaningful way through psychological therapy.

*Indicates that an internship is still to be confirmed Jahn Madlangbayan (SO) Experience and Cognitive Lab, University of Chicago, IL Ms. Madlangbayan will be contributing to and learning from a cognitive lab environment where she will run experimental participants, compile code data and help run a mobile neuroscience lab(a truck with a giant glowing brain on top) to educate the public.

Alexander Bindrim (JR) Santa Fe Botanical Garden, NM Mr. Bindrim plans to learn about botany, horticulture, Jiangxue Ning (SO) Santa Fe Institute, NM nonprofit management, experiential education and Ms. Ning will be exploring the nature of “helping wetland restoration. behavior” or cooperative breeding amongst Western bluebirds and also will be learning programming, staIndira Cabrera (JR) Institute of Mind and Body, University tistical methods, and mathematic modeling of Chicago, IL Ms. Cabrera will attempt to answer the question Tai Ragan (SR) U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. “How does an animal perceive sensory stimulus?”

Mr. Ragan plans to help the Observatory with the comthrough neurological research with behavioral and puterization of their telescopic programming, as well as observing, compiling and analyzing data from said electrophysiological studies. telescope.

Kristin Hoch (JR) Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM * Ms. Hoch hopes to shadow a researcher in either the Cody Smith (SO) Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM field of astrophysics or theoretical high energy physics Mr. Smith will explore the field of neuroscience in brain imaging. He hopes to explore the question “How to gain a sense of what being a physicist entails and are memories created and stored in the brain?” depending on the project, to do some experimental work.

Hayriye Solak, (FR) Pamukkale University of Archaeology, Mugla, Turkey Alexandria Ingalls (FR) Zia Queenbees Farm & Field Ms. Solak will be doing archaeological excavation, Institute, Truchas, NM restoration, and drawing to uncover the history of Ancience Grecian, Roman, Ottoman and Turkish RepubMs. Ingalls, alongside Melanie Kirby(SF ’97), will lican cultures. learn the varied aspects of what it takes to run a successful honey business, complete with the care and Xuanqi Zhao (SO) Santa Fe Institute, NM maintenance of beehives.

Ms. Zhao hopes to accomplish research related to cognitive science and complex systems by learning how to do mathematical modelling using software.

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Ariel Internship Awards Announcement

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General Awards: Nicholas Anderson (SR) Outside Magazine, Santa Fe, NM* Mr. Anderson will be contributing to the news and culture content, both print and online, by helping to write culture calendars, previews and reviews as well as news stories and research assignments.

Sebastian Huerta (SO) KSFR Santa Fe Public Radio, NM Mr. Huerta will be fulfilling the role of broadcaster by finding and developing local and national news stories into a script, conducting interviews, creating captivating specials, editing raw voice material through computer software and being part of an inspiring news team.

Ruoyao Ma (SR) Yucai High School International, Shengzhen, Christian Bonilla (SR) Pacifica Electrical Contractors, China Paramount, CA Ms. Ma will help teach as a teaching assistant in a great Mr. Bonilla will shadow an electrician who will in- books high school with discussion-based classes and struct him in electrical theory and its practice, includ- hopes to help the students there fulfill their college ing how electricity is handled, stored and routed. dreams.

Michael Brett Ethridge (JR) Thrive Santa Fe, NM Mr. Ethridge hopes to gain valuable insight into how a Gym/Fitness studio is formed, as well as taking full advantage of his free yoga classes by attending 5-6 courses per week in order to learn a variety of yoga types from many different teachers.

Emma Goos (SR) SITE Santa Fe, NM Ms. Goos is excited to intern with a non-profit contemporary exhibition space by working with the Assistant Curator, Registrar, Chief Preparator, curators, and artists through installation of exhibitions, planning for upcoming exhibitions, researching artists and maintaining exhibition archives.

Grace Grubb (SO) LifeBound, Denver, CO Ms. Grubb will follow her love of teaching this summer by helping to research and implement programs as well as drafting blogs and essays. She will also serve as a college mentor during a five-day academic coaching training session in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Nicole Havranek (SR) Various Theater Organizations, Chicago, IL* Ms. Havranek is currently exploring a number of internships in Chicago theater, but whether it be education, dramaturgy, casting or development, each internship would offer something useful to her future career in theater.

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Reynaldo Mendez (SR) Breakthrough Santa Fe, NM* Mr. Mendez will receive two-weeks of intensive educational training which he will then use to teach middle school students for six weeks.

Emily Pham (SO) William Carey Library Publishers, Pasadena, CA Ms. Pham will be learning all facets of the WCL business including proof-reading, text and content editing, marketing, design, and working on copyright distribution.

Garri Saganenko (SR) Martha’s Vineyard Film Society, Vineyard Haven, MA Mr. Saganenko will assist in the operation of movie screenings and live performances, manage box office finances, and will manage public relations for the Film Center. He will also help choose and coordinate events for the summer line-up.

John Treviranus (SR) Counterplay Games, San Francisco, CA Mr. Treviranus will analyze user-generated analytics to find issues and solutions to balance the game, will take part in company meetings, weekly agile sprints and will learn from his mentors about game production, marketing, content release timelines and company management.

Sarah Wiener (JR) Henrik Vibskov, Copenhagen, Denmark Ms. Wiener will participate in a workshop hoping to integrate the aspects of art and clothing design where she will build installations for shows, make patterns, sew and experiment with new designs and materials while working with her mentor to gain knowledge of artistic principles.

Unable to accept: Renate Braathen (SO) The House Shelter, Cerillos, NM Equine, Pre-Vet Alexandra Forman (SR) Marjon Law P.C, Santa Fe, NM Criminal/Civil Rights Law

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