Tips: How Employers Are using social media to discriminate against applicants

Employers may not be able to ask you about your religious or ethnic background to discriminate against you but they may be getting that information from your social media profiles instead. While there are company policies in place that may prevent employers from asking these questions in an interview, these policies may not include employers being able to retrieving this information online. Check out results from the Carnegie Mellon University and see how an experiment involving dummy résumés and social media profiles found how firms might discriminate against applicants. Read more at the Wall Street Journal.

Event Spotlight: New Jersey Devils Career Fair!

Are you interested in working in the sports industry? Do you want the opportunity to meet with top sports and entertainment organizations in the area as well as get the chance to obtain internships or entry level positions?

Then don’t miss out on the opportunity to meet organizations like:

NJ Devils
Prudential Center
NY Mets
Count International Sports Training Camp
Rockland Boulders, Staten Island Yankees
Turnstyles Ticketing
Philadelphia 76ers
Madison Square Garden Sports
Seton Hall Athletics
New York Knicks
New York Rangers

And more organizations are being added daily to the New Jersey Devils Career Fair!

Attending the career fair also includes a ticket to the New Jersey Devils game that night and the total cost for attendance to both is $36! Students who are majoring in business, exercise science, or sports management are encouraged to attend: including any related majors such as management, marketing, finance, accounting, sales, communications, public relations, etc. 

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Internships: The Weinstein Company looking for Post Production Interns!

The Weinstein Company is looking for interns for their upcoming spring semester for their post production department! More importantly they are looking to start the interview process within the next two weeks!

Description:

The Weinstein Company – Post Production department welcomes candidates to apply for internship opportunities for the Spring 2014 semester.  This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in a career as a producer or post-production supervisor.  Past experience in Post Production is not required, however ideal candidates are those that are passionate about the post production process of film and television.

Interns will have an opportunity to work directly with the post team attending post meetings and shadowing the Post Production Coordinator who is responsible for distributing all kinds of media to various departments and films in production.  Interns can expect to get first – hand experience with the entire post process from receiving dailies from production up to delivery of the final film.

Students may receive a stipend, or college credit. We are looking for a 2 day a week minimum, 10am-7pm.

REQUIREMENTS:

Must be currently enrolled and able to show proof of enrollment.  College credit is available.

Must have excellent references.

Please respond to nypostproduction@gmail.comwith a cover letter, resume, and letter of recommendation if available.

Christie's Education Global Priority Application Deadline!

The innovative courses at Christie's Education provide a rich learning environment, where handling works of art, discussion and research are integrated. Based in the heart of three of the world’s greatest cities, Christie’s Education offers unparalleled access to the art scene in London, New York and Hong Kong. Depending on location, Christie’s offers undergraduate, post-graduate, certificate and part-time Continuing Education programs in addition to a range of short courses, many of which are linked to international exhibitions and sales.

The priority deadline for applications to 2014-2015 graduate programs is on 17 January.Christie’s graduates are the next generation of art world professionals and now is your chance to join the Global Christie's Education network.

Internship Spotlight: United Nations Internships in New York!

VGIF is an international fund that provides small grants for grassroots projects that empower women and girls in developing countries.  VGIF is in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Department of Public Information (DPI) at the United Nations.  VGIF is seeking interns/volunteers to give 15 hours per week in the areas of data gathering, writing, monitoring UN and NGO calendars of events and meetings, and attending meetings of UN bodies and NGOs at and around the UN in New York. 

Such volunteers, along with the VGIF Main Representatives to ECOSOC and DPI will constitute the VGIF Team of Representatives at the UN.  The Main Representatives are responsible for reporting to the VGIF Board of Directors through its UN Committee, President and Executive Director.

Dates of service are from late January through December 2014, with the opportunity to continue through the next Commission of the Status of Women (CSW).

The position is an uncompensated, voluntary position; some funds are available for expenses in connection with events and limited local travel. Credit may be available through your university. Please check with them directly for requirements.

Flexible hours:Because students and volunteers have specific issues around classes, exams and other school-related, family and community commitments, we are aware of the need to schedule volunteer somewhat flexible hours. However, it must be possible for the accepted candidate(s) to attend a major portion of the CSW 58 (March 10 – March 21, 2014).

Qualifications:

·       Passionate about women’s global concerns, including issues affecting girls

·       Commitment to the internship 

    Self-starter, self-directed and goal-oriented

    Team player, comfortable with a collaborative work environment

    Well-organized; Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·       Recommended by at least one teacher/professor and one non-profit official or volunteer coordinator

·       We expect this voluntary commitment to be managed as one would manage a paid work commitment

Responsibilities may include the following, but will be negotiated with each person accepted according to interests and time available:

·       Time to attend training and participate in scheduled meetings

·       Data collection: Sources to include the UN website,  NGO postings, NGO Committee sites and new articles to advise the Team about meetings at and around the UN and to provide briefing papers about issues related to women’s issues and development

·       Writing reports of meetings; articles for various publications of VGIF; and other assignments

·       Monitoring the UN Journal and developing a calendar of assignments/events

·       Attending meetings at the UN on issues of interest to VGIF; attending meetings of NGO committees; writing brief summaries about such meetings; following up where it is in VGIF’s interest to be part of the process

·       Reports to:  Main representative of VGIF for ECOSOC or DPI and the VGIF Program Director

How to apply: Please send a cover letter and resume to aconstantineau@vgif.org and include "VGIF-UN intern/volunteer" in the Subject Line of the email.  We will send the application form upon receipt.

Deadline for receiving applications is November 30, 2013.  Interviews will occur before the end of the fall semester and candidates will be notified before December 15.  Start date in late January, to be negotiated.