Odessa Burkett

Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development for SBS

Odessa Burkett is the Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She focuses on career counseling, resume and cover letter writing, and interview preparation. Odessa is also a graduate of UMass Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Economics. After college, she worked in corporate Human Resources, did AmeriCorps, and travelled extenseively through North America before coming to Higher Education. Odessa worked with Veteran students at the University of California, Santa Cruz before returning to her Alama Mater. Currently, she is pursuing her Masters in Higher Education at UMass.

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2021 Guide to Green Careers – All You Need to Know

By 2030, the green economy is expected to offer up to 24 million new green jobs.

Check out the Guide to Green Careers

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The Future of the Entertainment Industry Beyond 2020

The entertainment industry is changing to conform with new realities, and those changes bring new challenges and opportunities.

What is the Future of the Entertainment Industry?

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The Basics of a Successful Journalism Applicant

Broadly speaking, here are the basics of what you’ll need for a successful application.

Resume and LinkedIn Profile

Over the years journalism students have had success using the functional resume format, which highlights your skills, and a professional LinkedIn profile. …

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