Getting a job isn’t always about the old cliche of knowing the right people.

But it never hurts to have a few connections.

Students are finding ways to connect to people involved in their field. These connections may result in a better path to their first career or in a job.

With an increasingly diverse population in the United States, it is not enough to know one language.

The change in American culture has given students who are fluent in another language an edge in the job market when they graduate.

Career Services Center Director Judy Owen said knowing another language would be beneficial in many career fields, especially in business and hotel management.

Office of Diversity Programs director C.J. Woods said preparation is the key to getting a job.

Race is not the key.

In the wake of affirmative action cases gaining national attention, Woods emphasized that minorities have no advantage over other races.

“As long as students prepare themselves and study the job market and are academically prepared for that market, they will be competitive,” Woods said.

There’s nothing more rewarding than making a buck or two.

Well, that’s what I used to think.

When I was in high school, I needed money. Well, need isn’t quite the right word. But to a 16-year-old girl wanting desperately to gain some sort of worth through nice clothes and a decent car, money was a need.