We are a new collaboration of ambitious USC students shadowing professionals in the work place and reaching new heights.
Keep an eye out for upcoming events and opportunities to find your professional niche! Affiance is a new USC organization that is focused on helping students find their niche through professional development and shadowing opportunities. The intention is for members of our organization to find what they are passionate about in order make better decisions in the future about Internships and full-time positions.
08/18/2012
Failure is the road to Success. Joshua Foer explains how to rise above those "ok plateaus."
Joshua Foer: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone and Study Yourself Failing OK-ness is the enemy of greatness. Journalist Joshua Foer illustrates why we must step outside of our comfort zones to achieve truly remarkable things.
07/07/2012
Per your request Antares!
How to Avoid the Cover Letter Slush Pile - MediaJobsDaily How to Avoid the Cover Letter Slush Pile
For those still interviewing for internships or jobs, here are some tips to help ace the interview.
The Chegg Blog » Top 12 Tips for Acing the Job Interview Getting a good career is job #1 at college these days. And who would be surprised? With ballooning student loan debt and with a very uncertain job market, most every student is worried about what awaits him or her after college. One of the main steps to getting a good job is the interview: the f...
04/30/2012
Avoid circumlocution and replace some of these phrases with simple words to help relay your message as clear and concise as possible.
20 phrases you can replace with one word | Articles Circumlocution is the use of many words when one or two will do. It’s a scourge of corporate writing. Here’s how to avoid it.
04/29/2012
“If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average”
Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work | Video on TED.com “If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average.” — Shawn Achor
04/27/2012
"Being open to risk (and thus failure) is crucial. We can only truly learn and develop when we push ourselves outside of our comfort zones."
The Top 5 Qualities of Productive Creatives (And How to Identify Them!) Want to make ideas happen? Or hire someone who can? We shortlist the key traits for putting ideas into action, and tell you how to identify them.
04/26/2012
Learn how to enhance your presentation skills to become a great public speaker.
Killer Presentation Skills PublicSpeakingSkills.com shows you a few of the simple behaviors you need become both comfortable and effective at public speaking.
04/25/2012
Thank you to everyone who came out to The Hidden Job Market yesterday. Mike Marinoff was truly inspiring and left us with crucial knowledge for being able to find jobs in today's economy. Thank you to Mike and his team for taking the time to share this knowledge with us!
Affiance will be back next semester with more events that will help you develop your professional career so be on the lookout! Good luck with finals everyone!
04/22/2012
Learn about some of the mistakes made on a resume that could get it into the "no interview" pile.
Why I Tossed Your Résumé - Manage Your Career - The Chronicle of Higher Education "The applications are in," my colleague told me as she walked into my office. "Here you go." I didn't have time to look up from my computer before a hollow thump echoed in the room. She had dropped a stack of paperwork four inches high onto my desk.
04/20/2012
Don't be afraid of failure...
04/19/2012
Nancy Duarte explains what all great speeches have in common and how you can call upon your audience to change what is, to what could be.
TEDxEast - Nancy Duarte uncovers common structure of greatest communicators 11/11/2010 TEDxEast INTERCONNECTIVITY - 11.11.10: -Nancy Duarte- That Resonates with Me! Why are some presentations spellbinding and some not? Well, this is the questio...
