This week's HOT TOPIC focuses on conducting a successful JOB SEARCH .
CAMPUS INTERVIEWING ...has many resume submission deadlines approaching. Don't miss out!
Career Tools looks at the Wildcat e-Folio system.
HOT TOPIC
Now, about that JOB SEARCH...
You’ve taken the time to create, proof, rewrite and finalize the masterpiece that is your resume. Now comes the hard part – the job search. This is the activity that will feel like another three credit course which can and will zap your energy. Tackle your job search with a keen sense of focus, a great deal of organization and persistence.
Be sure to:
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Take time to identify your personal values and career experiences, interests, goals, skills and accomplishments.
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Look at the industries that employ your major or specific skill sets.
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Examine the things that will make you happy in a work place – company volunteer opportunities, professional development training, mentoring for new hires, tuition reimbursement.
Questions to consider:
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Are you interested in a large company that can offer a greater variety of training programs and career paths?
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Are you interested in a smaller company that can offer positions with broader authority, responsibility and closer working relationships?
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Are you restricting your options because you won’t consider living in another state?
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Have you taken the time to look at the cost of living in various areas of the country?
Organize your job search by determining a target date that you’d like to have a job. Perhaps you’d like to have a job (internship or full-time) in hand before May 2010 finals week. Backtrack to this week and take a look at your calendar to schedule in blocks of time for the job search. You’ll need two to three hour blocks of time, at the very least, to spend sourcing for employers, filling out company profiles and applying for positions.
As you read job descriptions, ask yourself:
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What skills do I have that match the requirements of the job?
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What are two or three strengths I have that would give me an advantage in getting this position?
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What relevant work experiences qualify me to perform the targeted position?
Design a tracking system that will help you monitor each position you apply for online or employer/friend/professor you hand your resume to. Note the date, event, contact and follow-up date for each interaction.
Career Services offers Job Search through the Professional Development Seminar series.
Job Search for Internships or Career Jobs: Tough Economy Edition
http://www.career.arizona.edu/Students/Workshops/#JobSearch
This seminar offers information about the most effective strategies for finding a summer job, internship during college or career position near graduation. Learn a variety of job search methods. Please join us! No prior sign-up required. Just show up...and bring a friend!
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM Student Union Suite 411
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 02:30 PM - 03:20 PM Student Union Suite 411
Thursday, November 19, 2009 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM Student Union Suite 411
Organization and persistence are key to a successful job search – happy job hunting!
CAREER TOOLS
Wildcat JobLink
The Wildcat eFolio system, supported through a generous grant from the UA Parents and Family Association, is your personal online database to document your academic, internship and other related experiences while attending the University of Arizona in a clear, professional, organized format that can be shared with potential employers.
Wildcat eFolio provides a unique online resource for you to chart your academic skills and leadership development throughout your attendance at The University of Arizona. The system allows you to record and evaluate the skills you gained both in and out of the classroom, and then share those accomplishments with potential employers and graduate school.
http://www.career.arizona.edu/Students/?eFolio
CAMPUS INTERVIEWING
CAMPUS INTERVIEWING has many resume submission deadlines approaching. Don't miss out.
Every year many students find excellent jobs and internships with top employers through CAMPUS INTERVIEWING . We bring some of the top employers in the country right here to the UA campus. If you are thinking about a great job or internship now or in the future, this one is a no-brainer...register for CAMPUS INTERVIEWING as soon as possible! These employers are looking for Y-O-U.
Don’t forget to check the deadline dates! Each employer determines when they will accept student resumes. Be sure to know your deadlines. Login to Wildcat JobLink and submit your resume before the deadline for your favorite employer passes!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Don't miss the 2009 UA Graduate School Day
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Student Union Memorial Center 3rd Floor Ballroom
http://www.career.arizona.edu/Events/EventList.aspx?eID=GS2009
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The McGuire Entrepreneurship Program
The McGuire Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Arizona is now accepting applications for the class of 2011. Graduate and undergraduate students welcome to apply!
Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students
About the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program
Having an idea for the next multi-billion dollar high-tech venture is only one potential path for an entrepreneur. With knowledge value emerging as the 21st century driver of economic growth, the role of the entrepreneur is evolving, and fast.
At the Eller College of Management's Chris and Carol McGuire Entrepreneurship Program, students develop venture plans to commercialize wide-ranging innovation. But they are also armed with the skills and experience to turn ideas into reality in any environment, whether that means a new venture, existing company, nonprofit organization, or small business.
Entrepreneurship goes beyond starting a business: it is learning how to recognize and advance innovation. To grow and thrive, today's communities, corporations, and ventures must organize around the knowledge economy. Throughout the McGuire Center, this philosophy underpins academic programs that are built on a strong network of University departments and programs, working entrepreneurs, community organizations, and corporations – each pursuing overlapping goals.
It's an unusual approach. It's also an effective one: the McGuire Center is one of the oldest and best-regarded entrepreneurship centers in the country, one that continually seeks opportunities for advancement within its curriculum, research, and teaching - so it produces graduates who understand and contribute to the developing knowledge economy.
Contact the McGuire Center with questions or information requests:
http://www.entrepreneurship.arizona.edu
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Winning Women Leadership Event - Apply by October 23, 2009
Our most senior and successful women were once in your shoes. Now they drive our business forward. Our Winning Women Leadership Events give you the chance to hear from women who have developed impressive careers at J.P. Morgan. And, they give us the chance to meet you - the next generation of female business leaders. Learn about what we do. Take part in skill-building sessions, mock interviews and job shadows. Many past Winning Women participants have become interns at J.P. Morgan and are now successful full-time Analysts. Join us and get a head start on your career. This is where you need to be.
When: November 13, 2009
Where: J.P. Morgan New York City Headquarters (Transportation paid for by J.P. Morgan )
Apply by: Friday, October 23, 2009
Open to: Women in their sophomore or junior year
For more information on how to apply visit: http://careers.jpmorgan.com/student/jpmorgan/careers/winningwomen
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GEICO – Driving your career – Insuring your future
Geico offers $1000 Achievement Awards to exceptional college students.
Applicants will:
- Be a college sophomore or junior
- Have at least a 3.0 overall GPA
- Be majoring in business, IT, math or a related field
- Be a leader on campus and in the community
Applications must be postmarked by February 20, 2010.
Learn more and apply today! http://www.geico.jobs/achievement
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Web sites of interest:
AgCareers.com - Leading supplier of human resource services to the agriculture, food, natural resources and biotechnology industry.
http://www.agcareers.com
Job-hunt.org – Large but very usable index of hundreds of on-line job search resources.
http://www.job-hunt.org
Dice.com – Leading provider of online recruiting services for technology, engineering and security-cleared professionals.
http://www.dice.com
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Peace Corps Opportunities!
Since 1961, the Peace Corps has shared with the world America's most precious resource - its people. Peace Corps Volunteers serve in 73 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe and the Middle East. Collaborating with local community members, Volunteers work in areas like education, youth outreach and community development, the environment and information technology.
For more information visit the UA Peace Corps Web site and stop by Career Services to meet UA's own Peace Corps representative, Aaron Hoholik. His office hours at Career Services are Mondays and Wednesdays 1pm - 3pm, and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am - 12noon, and by appointment. Call: 621-7188.
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