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Volume 126 Issue 75
kansan.com
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN UDK
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WINTER OLYMPICS
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014
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Table of contents
4-20 University Career Center Career Fair directory
21 — Q&A with Daniel Seddiqui
24, 25 Engineering and Computing career fair
26 — Ready for a job? Take this quiz to find out
27 — Tips from a career counselor
28 Cleaning up social media use
29 — Dressing for interviews
30 — Strengthen interview skills
31 — Landing an internship, start to finish
Letter from the editor
"What do you want to do with your life?" "Do you have plans after college?"
Do you have plans after college?
We've all been asked these questions and may have been frightened by the fact that we really don't know where we will be after graduation. We may not know what life holds after college but we do know the time to prepare for those years is now.
The job market has come a long way since the 2007-2009 recession, in which 8.7 million jobs were lost, but job hunting is still not easy and job growth remains weak. These facts may not sound promising, but in order to better prepare for our future we need to improve our competitive advantage by better preparing ourselves.
by better preparing ourselves.
In order to do so, we've compiled helpful tips on how to dress for interviews, improve your resume, edit your cover letter, and use social media to your
advantage. After landing your interviews, take a look at our piece on thank-you notes to know how to professionally follow up with future employers.
Those still undecided or simply uninterested with their current major should read the five newest majors that seem to currently carry the highest demands for jobs after college. If those five majors don't cut it, the Q&A with Daniel Seddiqui, a job-hunting expert who has held 50 different jobs in all 50 states, can help inspire you to explore your opportunities and land your dream job.
Don't dread your job hunt. Staying focused, organized and goal-oriented while following our helpful tips, will help you overcome our less-than ideal economy and land a great job. Soon we will hopefully be making money at a job we love, thanks to the effort we made during these four years.
from our store shelves, positioning us for a growing role in the health care delivery system," said Larry Merlo, president and CEO, in video statement released on cvs.com.
Ashley Hrabe, a junior from Salina, is the founder of Breathe Easy At KU (BEAK), an organization that "promotes a healthy environment for all through a tobacco-free KU." The organization has administration and faculty support and is currently trying to gain student support for its initiative through student petitions. Its goal is to make the University a tobacco-free campus by July 1, 2015.
CVS estimated that it would lose about $2 billion dollars in sales from customers that enter the store to buy cigarettes and tobacco products.
pus so that would include anything from cigarettes to chewing tobacco" Hrabe said.
Hrabe said that the program began with a slow start but is now picking up speed and recently received a grant from the Kansas Health Foundation to help pursue the organization's efforts. Hrabe hopes that CVS no longer selling any tobacco products will start a trend in the tobacco industry. She also feels that CVS's program will help her own efforts on campus.
"I feel like they are definitely going to be a strong influence on [tobacco use] not only at KU but also in the Lawrence community," Hrabe said.
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Carlos Calderon, a freshman from Leavenworth, has been smoking for the past year and a half. Calderon said on average he smokes about every three
rettes and tobacco products.
"It's really good that CVS is getting rid of cigarettes because it's saving lives," Calderon said. "I smoke but I don't advocate for it. It's horrible and if I could take it back and not have started smoking I totally would and I recommend nobody start."
Although Calderon thinks that CVS no longer selling cigarettes and tobacco products is a step in the right direction, he thinks that it will be difficult to wipe out all cigarettes and tobacco product sales.
"The FDA can try all they want, but smokers will still have their way."
Edited by Austin Fisher
CVS pharmacy will stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products nationwide, beginning Oct. 1,2014. The company stands to lose an estimated $2 billion dollars in sales.
Facts from American Lung Association
1. Cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals.
2. About 8.6 million people in the U.S. have at least one serious illness caused by smoking
3. Among current smokers, chronic lung disease accounts for 73 percent of smoking-related conditions.
4. Men who smoke die 13.2 years earlier than men who do not smoke.
5. Women who smoke die 14.5 years earlier than women who do not smoke.
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CROSSWORD 5
CRYPTOQUIPS 5
OPINION 4
6. Smoking causes about 90 percent of lung cancer related deaths.
SPORTS 12
SUDOKU 5
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