June 03 2013
This week's guest post comes from Christine Gertz, CAPS' Library and Information Specialist.
At the end of May of this year Flickr, owned by Yahoo!, embedded a job posting in its source code as a way to attract programmers. Since Flickr had just gone through a massive redesign, they gambled that programmers would be looking at the source code and find the hidden job posting. You can still find
April 23 2013
This week’s post comes from Christine Gertz, CAPS’ Library and Information Specialist.
When students are about to try something new career-wise, such as starting a business or moving to a different city for an internship, we often urge them to talk with people they know to get advice or ideas. I’m not skeptical when people tell me they don’t know anyone they can reach out to. There are plenty
April 15 2013
This week's guest post comes from Jonathan Faerber, CAPS' Communications Intern extraordinaire!About two years ago, CAPS and the Faculty of Arts created a joint initiative called the Arts Work Experience (AWE) program. I applied for the program on March 23, 2011. A year later, on March 23, 2012, I was interviewed for a communications position with CAPS, and am now wrapping up my one year