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Jump-start Your Job Search at The Forum on Workplace Inclusion
March 17 and 18 at the Minneapolis Convention Center, experts will guide you through improving your résumé, giving a compelling elevator pitch, preparing for interviews and successful job search strategies.
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Conversations from 40 Under 40
The Opus College of Business was proud to sponsor the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's 2015 40 Under 40. These are high-achievers who have launched companies and rebuilt them; they lead our cities; they've shaped and saved lives. -
The Barriers and Burdens to Hiring Foreign Nationals
International students will face challenges when it comes to finding permanent employment in the U.S. And employers are hesitant to pursue foreign national students for internships and full time positions. The uncertainties can be overwhelming. -
One Big Idea: Meaning is the New Currency
Now more than ever organizations are committed to offering their employees something more than a place to put in the time and collect a paycheck. Anytime Fitness is no different, explained Chuck Runyon, Anytime's Co-founder and CEO at our recent Master's Pub. -
Power Lunch: the Sales vs. Marketing Showdown
Sales and marketing: this inter-functional relationship is problematic and fraught with misunderstanding, distrust, and conflict. "No matter where you are at in dealing with this issue, it is important to note that there is a solution to this problem," says Professor Avinash Malshe. -
Taking the Plunge in Support of Special Olympics
"Our ethical lives can’t just be molded in our classrooms or through gaining the knowledge of what not to do. An ethical individual – an ethical business person – is crafted through attentive and active charity." -
Get Hired: Set Yourself Up for Success with Recruiters
The Opus College of Business recently hosted Career Insights: What Recruiters Want to help those searching for their first job or their next challenge find out how to best present themselves to recruiters -
A Young Leader Emerges
While there has yet to be a single definition that encompasses the totality of leadership, we do know that the majority of leaders share certain characteristics. Leaders are responsible for effectiveness. Leaders must be charismatic. Leaders are obligated to provide and maintain momentum. Leaders must offer perspective and be key in developing, expressing and defending values. -
Immersing Ourselves in a Different Way of Teaching
“There is a different definition of failure in Minnesota...in Silicon Valley it’s a celebration for learning.”