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Last week in Part 3 of the Career Services Series: Guidance for College Students Seeking Employment During COVID-19, we addressed how to network virtually and effectively utilize your professional brand to interact with employers.  In Part 2 of the series we covered professional job search materials and how you communicate your message as part of developing your professional brand. One of the basic components of professional branding is the resume.  Part 1 of the series covered the importance of a good resume format as the key to getting your resume noticed.  Part 4  the last segment of our series, will cover virtual interviewing techniques.  

Cybercrime used to be something that only effected the people in movies, but as computer tech has evolved, cyber threats have become as real and commonplace as any malicious act. Now in 2020, we find ourselves in an unprecedented situation: forced to the internet for work and socialization thanks to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

In recent years, identity-based application security has become an important component of network security, making it vital for cybersecurity experts to integrate Identity and Access Management for applications.

Last week in Part 2 of the Career Services Series: Guidance for College Students Seeking Employment During COVID-19, I discussed professional job search materials and how to communicate your message as part of developing your professional brand. One of the basic components of professional branding is the resume.  Part 1 of the series covered the importance of a good resume format as the key to getting your resume noticed).  Networking is a significant component of an expedited job search. In Part 3 we will address how, with the Covid-19 restrictions, the entire process can be done virtually while remaining effective, as most employers have converted to virtual communication. 

This year, Capitol Technology University was honored with the prestigious 2020 SC Media Award for Best Cybersecurity Higher Education Program.

It might not be the first technology you think of when you wonder what cutting edge tech is being deployed to help us during the pandemic, but big data analysis is right there on the front lines. Artificial intelligence is currently being used in combination with predictive analytics and data science to combat the coronavirus. 

Last week in Part 1 of the Career Services Series: Guidance for College Students Seeking Employment During COVID-19, I discussed the importance of a good resume by taking an assessment of yourself, your skills and accomplishments to look for ways to make you stand out in a crowd of applicants. Part 2 will discuss how to conduct the job search process virtually, in light of the COVID-19 limitations. 

A common enemy. It’s one of the most uniting forces throughout history, and when it comes to COVID-19, it seems that all of humanity has recently found an enemy in common. The coronavirus is a tricky combatant: invisible, widespread, and, as of yet, incurable. How is the world fighting back against these odds? With technology.

The construction industry has been slow to onboard automated solutions. However, this has changed in recent years as the construction industry has come to recognize the value of integrating technology, especially robotics in construction.

Global. It’s a word we used to use to mean worldwide, but as the coronavirus continues to spread, “Global” has taken on a new connotation. Global doesn’t just refer to our planet as a scientific body. We’re actively being forced to admit that global events aren’t a distant concept seemingly too broad to affect us. Global in the age of COVID-19 means everywhere and, more importantly, everyone.