Subject: Career Services eNews -
December 4, 2009
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Helping you choose
success! Rose-Hulman
Career Services |
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Career Services Quick Links:
Career Services Partnership Program
Career Services Programs: Entrepreneurial Intern Program
Reporting Forms: Internship offer reporting form Full-time offer reporting form |
December 4, 2009 Workshops: Using eRecruiting & Linked In
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the full workshop schedule. 12/9 Midwest ISO Lunch & Learn
Who: Midwest ISO alumni and
engineers What: Free Lunch and
Presentation on internship opportunities When: Wednesday, December
9th at 11:45am and 12:40pm Where: in the Union
Performing Arts Room (PA Room) RSVP TO CHARITY (cmouck@rose-hulman.edu) BY 8AM ON
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7TH IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND! (please note which session) New Peer Advisor Hours for Winter Quarter If you haven’t been to our office
to meet our Peer Advisors, we encourage you to stop by and get to know them!
These upper class students have been trained to help their peers with job
and internship searches, and they are happy to be of assistance. You can check their
page on our website for their hours, which include several hours in the
evenings each week!
Use Winter Break to Get a Jump on a Job… In two weeks most students will be
leaving campus for a much deserved winter break. Whether you have big plans
for the holiday season or not, you can use this time to get a jump start on
your job or internship search. Here are some ways you can make the most of
this extra time in your schedule: ·
Do Research. There are a variety of ways
to conduct research on companies and potential jobs, but doing this research
takes time. Spend some time every day during break exploring eRecruiting,
Linked In and other websites to discover available opportunities. Spreading
out the work makes it seem more manageable. ·
Conduct Informational Interviews. If you
know that one of your goals for a job or internship is to be located near
home, use this time to get out and about and network with professionals in
your area. If you have company or alumni contacts, be in touch before you
arrive home and see if you can schedule Informational Interviews.
Informational Interviews can be used to find out more about a company,
discover if their culture would be a good fit for you, and they can
ultimately lead to opportunities for you. ·
Update your Resume and Cover Letters.
Each quarter you should be updating your resume with any new information, such
as an updated GPA, new classes you wish to note or additional experiences
you’ve gained. Use this break to really discover what your resume and cover
letters say about you, and make edits and improvements as needed. When your
resume is updated, be sure to upload the new version to eRecruiting. ·
Network. Use this down time to talk to
friends and relatives. Find out if anyone has any connections you can reach
out to, and spend some time doing this. It may help to remember that
networking is not a manipulative tool, nor is it begging friends, family,
acquaintances and strangers for a job! Networking is letting people you know
- personally and professionally - that you are looking for a job. It simply
means asking them to keep you in mind if they know of or hear of any
openings that might fit your background. It is also the best way to access
the "hidden job market" - those jobs that are available now or will be in
the near future, but are never posted or advertised. |
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You’ve heard everyone
in our office say it at one point or another this year: the economy is
depressed, the job market is tough, and students need to start searching
early to be successful in finding jobs and internships. While all of this is
true, we do have some easy to use tools that can help make your search more
productive. Many students at Rose do not realize the bounty of opportunities
they have through our own system (
For the
next two weeks, during 5th and 6th hour each day, you
can attend a hands-on workshop focusing on basics, tips and tricks of
eRecruiting and Linked In and how you can best use them in your search. 
Are you interested in
a Summer 2010 internship with Midwest ISO? They will be conducting Lunch &
Learn information sessions next week, and will be bringing 2 engineers from
Midwest ISO who are Rose Alumni as well as past interns that are current
Rose students. They will also discuss full-time employment opportunities.
They are especially interested in EE, CPE, CS students that have completed
or will complete junior coursework by summertime.