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Helping Students with Investing and Marketable Skills

February 7, 2019NVC PREmployee Highlights, Image Rotatorbusiness, rolando Sanchez

As part of the Business and Entrepreneurship Institute, Northwest Vista College Economics instructor Rolando Sanchez is helping students with investing and developing their marketable skills. Investing Symposium He recently started monthly meetings called “Investment Symposiums,” in which he facilitates discussions tied to investment and trading topics. This extracurricular opportunity includes an investment portfolio competition with monetary prizes for

Careers and Hiring Topics of Two-Day Career Fair and Speaker Panel Event

October 12, 2018NVC PRImage Rotator, Storiesbusiness, career, job fairs, panel, speakers1 Comment

“Talk to yourself in front of mirror to practice for a job interview. Research online for possible questions you might have to answer, says Jeff Miller, Operations Division Leader, Consumer and Community Banking Talent Leads, JP Morgan Chase. He also suggests recording yourself on your cell phone. Ahren Duke, former business executive and current NVC

Business Executives Share Secrets on Developing ‘Soft Skills’, Demonstrating Leadership Potential

February 23, 2018NVC PRImage Rotator, Storiesbusiness, job fair, Northwest Vista College, NVC, speaker

“A good time to work on your competencies is while you are in college. And these competencies include ‘soft’ skills’. “At the end of the day, everyone will look for a job. Employers want to know if you will fit with their team.” “In the interview process, we are looking for people who have a

Recruiting Managers, Consultant Share Advice on Getting Hired

November 21, 2016NVC PRImage Rotator, Storiesbusiness, jobs, lynne dean, NVC Business Council, resumes, speakers, student

Before you start looking for a job, clean up your social media, say three business leaders participating on a panel discussion for the Northwest Vista College Business Student Organization. Panelists confirmed that hiring managers check what’s posted on social media of candidates and these postings could be a deciding factor on whether or not candidates