The Trident blog shares information and tips with topics ranging from online learning success to career development.
For many transitioning veterans, job interviews are unlike anything they’ve ever experienced in the past. Corporate job interviews are most often behavioral based, with the interviewer identifying job-related experiences, knowledge, skills, and abilities that the company deems necessary for a particular position.
Readtime: 3 Minutes Continue ReadingMaking decisions about your education can be overwhelming. If you’re just beginning to look into schools, then be sure to read on. TA DECIDE will dramatically simplify the process for you.
Readtime: 4 Minutes Continue ReadingAs the Army continues to address reductions in personnel, impacted families can find comfort in educational opportunities. As the Army continues on its mission to reduce spending and address DOD mandated reductions in personnel to a total of 440,000 to 450,000 soldiers by the end of the 2015 fiscal year, the uncertainty of the future may be a cause of anxiety for some servicemembers.
Readtime: 4 Minutes Continue ReadingIn late 2014, Trident’s Career Advising & Development Center launched its successful webinar series. Over the course of this year, we’re going to be looking back at many of these sessions, which are filled with wisdom and advice from career center Manager Tanya White-Earnest.
Readtime: 2 Minutes Continue ReadingThe path to successfully completing a doctoral degree is long, filled with many challenges to overcome. While times may sometimes be tough, preparation and determination are key, especially when it comes to your approach to the dissertation.
Readtime: 4 Minutes Continue ReadingIn November, Trident’s Career Advising & Development Center presented their third webinar on LinkedIn. My goal was to make this session a little different by giving Trident students an opportunity to interact much more closely so they could get updates and suggestions on their LinkedIn profiles in real time.
Readtime: 3 Minutes Continue ReadingTrident University International (Trident) will be acknowledging Veterans Day on several fronts this year. The University has strong ties to the United States Armed Forces, as 79% of current students are active duty military, veterans, National Guard, or military dependents.
Readtime: 3 Minutes Continue ReadingThere are many things that we do in life and when you look back and think about the experience, the first step was the hardest. For example, when I joined the army after finishing high school, it was an extremely hard step. I was uncertain of what I actually wanted to do, and I remember thinking of all the reasons why I should not take the oath and make the commitment.
Readtime: 3 Minutes Continue ReadingYou’re interviewing for a job and the hiring manager asks you this rather strange question, "If you were an animal, which animal would you be?" How should you respond? This type of question, while it can offer insight into you as the candidate if you're prepared enough to articulate the relationship intelligently, is often more about gaining insight into how you think and handle "outside the box" situations.
Readtime: 4 Minutes Continue ReadingTrident is proud to announce the new Trident Military Assistance Center (TMAC), which launched in June 2015. This center is designed to improve the student experience of Trident’s active duty, veteran, dependents and National Guard communities, which currently make up 79% of the University’s currently enrolled population.
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