Opinion
Leaving Dartmouth, Wistfully
By Skip Sturman | May 31, 2010When the Class of 2010 takes its final curtain call this month, they will exit stage left to thunderous applause.
Skip Sturman
Opinion
Leaving Dartmouth, Wistfully
By Skip Sturman | May 30, 2010When the Class of 2010 takes its final curtain call this month, they will exit stage left to thunderous applause.
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Thanks to the Review Team
By Skip Sturman | April 18, 2008To the Editor: On behalf of Career Services, I wish to express my sincere appreciation and heartfelt gratitude to all of the students, faculty and administrators who took time out of their busy schedules last week to meet with Career Services' External Review Team ("External Panel Tackles Career Services Review," Apr.
Opinion
Are You Your Major?
By Skip Sturman | January 4, 2007Meet Jess. Jess is working toward a major in comparative literature (French/philosophy) with a minor in theater and art history.
Opinion
The Truth About Recruiting
By Skip Sturman | October 2, 2006The first thing you need to know about "corporate recruiting" is that it does not exist, at least by that name.
Opinion
Working for the Right Cause
By Skip Sturman | January 13, 2004It may strike some as rather presumptuous that Career Services would launch a Careers for the Common Good (CFCG) program, as we did last fall.
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Opening Doors
By Skip Sturman | April 2, 2003Hey Jed, It's hard to believe that your graduation is just around the corner. Seems like yesterday when your mother and I dropped you off for freshman year at Bucknell in the midst of a raging rainstorm.
Opinion
Think for Yourself
By Skip Sturman | February 26, 2003A former Associate Director in Career Services swore that he had a magical chair in his office that instantly transformed students into would-be investment bankers or consultants.
Opinion
Ten Ways to Think About Work
By Skip Sturman | January 8, 2003The choice of an occupation remains one of life's great mysteries. Somehow, after 22 years of "seemingly unprofitable meandering" (to use John Gardner's phrase), upon graduation one is expected to suddenly chart a clear course for the future.
Opinion
Perils of Misrepresentation
By Skip Sturman | November 12, 2001There used to be a popular television show, "Truth or Consequences," in which game show contestants suffered the consequences of inappropriate choices.