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11/16/2009 - Winter Quarter Registration Begins
11/26/2009 - Thanksgiving (School Closed)
11/27/2009 - Thanksgiving Friday (School Closed)
12/4/2009 - Winter Quarter Registration Ends
12/23/2009 - Fall Quarter Ends
12/24/2009 - Christmas Eve (School Closed)

How to Interview for a Job


It is very important to make a good impression in a job interview. Be sure to consider the following:

Here are the top reasons given by hiring managers and human resource personnel for not hiring an applicant:

  • Poor personal appearance
  • Application form or résumé is incomplete or sloppy
  • Overly aggressive behavior
  • Lack of tact and courtesy, maturity, interest and enthusiasm
  • Nervousness or lack of confidence and poise
  • Failure to ask questions about the job
  • Responding vaguely to questions
  • No eye contact with the interviewer
  • No genuine interest in the company or job
  • Lack of planning for career; no purpose and no goals
  • Over-emphasis on money
  • Unwillingness to start at the bottom
  • Negative attitude about past employers
  • No sense of humor
  • Arriving late for the interview
  • Failure to express appreciation for interviewer's time