Social media and your career

More than 100 million professionals are now on LinkedIn. The growth of this professional social network is not a fad. The growth has been exponential which has led many recruiters to begin to use LinkedIn as their primary resource for their work.

Don't get left out of the conversation. More and more professionals are finding career opportunities by taking advantage of this free and commonly used tool.

Get connected

If you don't have an account and would like to set one up for free, click here.

To join the official Huntsman School LinkedIn group, click here.

Further reading

For some excellent tips on how to use social networks in your job search and networking, click here.

Give us advice

Please let us know how you are using LinkedIn and other social networks to build your network and advance your career. We would love to hear from you.

MS MIS Program Spotlight

Did you know the Huntsman School's Master's of Science in Management Information Systems (MS MIS) program is the fastest growing graduate program in the Huntsman School of Business? In fact, the program has seen a 70 percent increase in its admission within the last year and a 100 percent increase in MS MIS graduates over 2009.

To learn more about the MS MIS program, please visit the program's website, here.

Meet Associates of the Master's of Science in Management Information System Program



Faculty Highlights

• The Business Intelligence (BI) Group headed by David Olsen has five working papers and three accepted and/or forthcoming conference papers, one of which was awarded the "Business Intelligence Congress Innovation in Pedagogy Award" at the second Business Intelligence Congress.
• Yong Seog Kim was invited as an editorial board member of Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences.
• John D. Johnson led a group of students to the Microsoft Imagine Cup US finals where they finished in second place. The team developed a Facebook App that people can use to lend directly to entrepreneurs.
• Pam Dupin-Bryant authored studies on ethical behavior in cybersquatting and softlifting as resources for educators.
• Kelly Fadel co-authored a paper entitled "Knowledge Exploration and Exploitation: The Impacts of Psychological Climate and Knowledge Management System Access," Which appeared in the Information Systems Research journal, a Financial Times top 40 journal.
• Robert Hayden joined the department as the associate director of the MSMIS program. Dr. Hayden's career included steps as department head and dean of the School of Computing, BYU-Hawaii, and vice president of instruction at Otero Junior College. Dr. Hayden was also cast as a stunt double for Larry Wilcox on the popular television series "CHiPs".

Summer Session applicants deadline fast approaching

The Great Work Great Career Summer Session 2011 is starting May 17 and the deadline to apply is fast approaching! Applications are due April 29! If you want to know anymore about the program please search this website, email greatworkgreatcareer@gmail.com or check us out on facebook!

Presenting Spring 2011 Graduates!

Another semester has come and almost gone and the GWGC has an amazing group of participants who have graduated from the program! These graduates worked hard to learn skills that will change how they view their career paths.

The executive GWGC team would like to thank all the facilitators who assisted in teaching the participants of the program, especially Lynne Pettit who always kept everyone smiling. We would also like to all the employers who came to the GWGC Networking Dinner where the participants put the skills the have learned from class into practice.

Great Work, Great Career Course

The Utah Statesman recently posted an article on the Huntsman School's Great Work, Great Career course. Here is an excerpt of that article.

At this time in the semester students are not only forced to think about graduation, but about the pressures of finding a job that matches the skills learned in their major, said Brett Cheney, a junior majoring in entrepreneurship.

Cheney is one of about 30 students who were enrolled in a no-credit class titled "Great Work Great Career," after Stephen R. Covey's book published in 2009. Covey partnered with USU as a tenured professor in the Jon M. Hunstman School of Business. With about a year left until graduation, he said he has observed the way this nine-week course has influenced students who are unsure what their majors will allow them to do career-wise, especially those majors that have been deemed less marketable. . .

You can read the full article, here.

Huntsman Alumni Magazine

The Global Engagement Issue of the Huntsman Alumni Magazine is out. In this issue, you'll find articles on our students' engagement in Africa, North and South America, India and other parts of Asia. You can also hear from some of our alumni including Kent E. Bracken and Kent Alder. Feel free to flip through a digital copy of this magazine, here.

Let us know what you think about this publication in the comment section of this post, and you may appear in the next Huntsman Alumni Magazine.

David Herrmann on SEED

One Huntsman School program has raised more than $130,000 to help lift individuals out of poverty by teaching them business skills and principles. That program is SEED. You can hear the interview learn more about what SEED is and how the Huntsman School has impacted the lives of many entrepreneurs in developing nations from Professor David Herrmann. He was recently interviewed about our SEED program on the Voice of America’s radio program, Nightline Africa. Click here to hear the interview.