Home-grown businesses

The latest issue of the Baton Rouge Business Report includes a cover story about local entrepreneurs ranging in age from 10 to 25. Most are in the college-aged range, and we thought you'd be interested in reading about the cool things they're up to . . . Check out the cover story here.

25 ways to sabotage your job search

We couldn't have said it better ourselves, so we'll leave it to CNN this time!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/06/15/job.search.sabotage/index.html

Major-Specific Resumes

New, major-specific resumes posted at www.lsu.edu/career/resumes . . . created by our Job Search team! More coming soon.

LSU's Presidential Management Fellow

OK . . . we're doing back-to-back posts about federal public service, but we just found out something cool. An LSU graduate was plucked from a pool of 5,000ish applicants to be a 2009 Presidential Management Fellow. Being a fellow comes with a two-year internship in a federal agency and puts the intern on the fast-track to top-level jobs in federal government. Something pretty cool to shoot for . . .

Read about LSU's fellow
Find out more about the PMF program

Uncle Sam is hiring!

With all the talk about this company closing, that one laying off, it's easy to feel discouraged. One employer, though, is hiring B-I-G time: Uncle Sam. Get the low-down on federal public service by checking out the newly release 2009 Best Places to Work in Federal Government.

Help for Recent Grads

Calling all May grads! If you need help kick-starting life after graduation, we've got your back. We can help with the grad school app process; job searching; and even figuring out what options your degree gives you. All of our services are available to alumni.

Are we open during summer?

We sure are, folks! Our work doesn't stop when school does . . . we're here year-round, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Who's welcome?

- students who have been admitted to LSU but haven't started yet
- current students, faculty and staff
- alumni

Schedule an appointment by phone (225-578-1548) or virtual chat (www.lsu.edu/career/thepursuit) during normal business hours.