THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2008 NEWS 3A ยป SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Center offers help for landing the job Workshops to improve resumes interviewing skills this month BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw@kansan.com The Business Career Services Center kicked off its first Business Career Month Monday afternoon with a workshop aimed at helping students develop a resume from scratch. It was the first of 11 events scheduled throughout February. The purpose of Business Career Month is to educate students on how to find and obtain summer jobs and internships, Jolene Phillips, assistant director of the Business Career Services center, said. "Our goal is to get students the information they need to put together a resume and do well in a job interview before they start the spring recruiting process." Phillins said. Two of the events are scheduled for today in Summerfield Hall. Students can attend an open house in room 125 where employers will review their resumes for tips on how to improve it or for job consideration from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The events are open to anyone, Jennifer Jordan, director of the Business Career Services Center, said but the program is mostly targeted at students interested in pursuing a career in business. "In planning the events, we kept the needs of business students in mind, but anyone is welcome to attend." Jordan said. James Buddig, Hinsale, Ill., sophomore, attended Monday's workshop and said he would probably attend every workshop that pertains to creating resumes. "The difference I had between the resume I had before and the one I have now is phenomenal." Buddig said. "I recommend this program for anyone interested in applying to the business school or applying for an internship." Edited by Sasha Roe Business Career Month schedule Feb. 5 - Business Career Services Center Open House Employers will review student resumes in room 125 of Summerfield Hall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 5 - Acing the Behavioral Interview Workshop Job interview instruction in room 428 of Summerfield Hall from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 5 - Consulting Industry Night Representatives from the consulting industry in the Relays and Courtside Rooms in the Burge Union from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 6 - Preparing for Grad School Feb. 6 - Supply Chain Industry Night Students will learn about the supply chain industry in the Relays Room of the Burge Union from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 7 and Feb. 11 - Resumania BCSC advisors will review student resumes in the Koch Commons from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 7 - Researching Companies Using KU Libraries John Stratton, a KU librarian, will discuss tools available through KU Libraries to help students research companies from 11 a.m. to noon in room 413 of Summerfield Hall. Feb.8- Lunch & Learn with Recent Grads Students can eat and talk with KU business graduates in the Relays Room of the Burge Union. Feb. 15 - Mock Interviews Students can warm up for their first real interview in room 125 of Summerfield Hall, Advanced sign-up is required through KU Career Connections. Feb. 15 - Wichita Company Field Trips Interested students can sign up at distaller@ku.edu for a Wichita field trip. Anticipated departure/return is 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 29 - Jayhawks on the Job Applicants will pair up with a business host for lunch and the afternoon in Kansas City. Advanced sign-up is required. Source: School of Business --- This semester, students are less likely to get "mailbox full" messages in their KU e-mail inboxes. That's because Information Services recently increased the storage capacity from 30 megabytes to 100 megabytes. The original size of the mail- boxes was 30 megabytes. csommerville@kansan.com In an e-mail sent to all students on Jan. 30, University representatives said that the increase was "intended to enhance e-mail use and enable students to more efficiently manage e-mail, attachments and related documents." Bill Myers, director of assessment and outreach for Information Services, said the last time the University upgraded storage on student mailboxes was in 1999 when they started using the Microsoft Outlook Exchange program. CAMPUS BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE E-mail service expands inboxes The increase occurred on Jan. 2. Myers also said the faculty and February 6 Danforth- 11:30am, 12:30pm,4:30pm ECM-6:00pm Imposition of Ashes staff have had 500 megabyte capacity mailboxes for a while. Because most students do not use their University account as their primary one, demand was not as high for a larger mailbox, Myers said. The gradual increase helps Information Services gauge the rate of usage and helps them decide if they need to increase it even more in the future, Myers said. A further increase to 500 megabytes is planned for March. Last fall, the University spent $400,000 on upgrading the e-mail service. "The increase in storage for students enables us to accommodate an increase in demand, should that come about," Myers said in an e-mail. Increased storage was the improvement most noticeable to users, Myers said. She said she spent a few days last semester trying to figure out why her inbox was full. Ralls said she likes the extra space and the larger increase in March may or may not be necessary. The upgrade included an improvement of hardware and software. The faculty and staff have consistently needed more space than students. Myers said. Someone had sent her a few pictures that she didn't want to delete "I'm doing well with the amount now." Ralls said. Kaitlin Nicholson, Lenea sophomore, hasn't really thought about it, but is happy she doesn't have to delete every e-mail she gets. Students like the new capacity. Elizabeth Ralls, Mission Hills sophomore, said the larger capacity was very convenient. "I guess it's more convenient." Nicholson said. What you can store with... 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Bush's proposed budget may reach record deficit WASHINGTON โ€” The record $3.1 trillion budget proposed by President Bush on Monday would produce eye-popping federal deficits, despite his attempts to impose politically wrenching curbs on Medicare and eliminate scores of popular domestic programs. Associated Press billion this year and $407 billion in 2009, the White House says, just shy of the record $413 billion set four years ago. The president forecasts a $48 billion surplus by 2012, keeping a promise he made two years ago when strong revenue predictions made it look far easier. Now, he's relying on spending cuts โ€” for everything from transportation to Medicare and Medicaid to nonprofit groups that help the poor โ€” to do the job in order to keep his signature 2001 and 2003 tax cuts intact instead of expiring at the end of 2010. "Our formula for achieving a balanced budget is simple: create the conditions for economic growth, keep taxes low and spend taxpayer dollars wisely or not at all." Bush said in his budget message.