e-news archive
Wednesday, October 22 , 2008
in this issue...
- Topic of the Week: Graduate and Professional Schools
- Jobs & Internships! New This Week
- Ask Dot
- Featured Website
- Career Resource: Golden Eagle Search
- Alumni Highlight: Speech Pathology
- Employer Spotlight: PriceWaterhouse Coopers
- Calendar of Career Events
SPRING CAREER COURSES!
The Career Services Center offers two eight-week sessions focusing on career planning or job search. Read former student testimonials here.
ARSC 050 (primarily freshmen and sophomores)
Tuesdays 3:00-5:05 p.m.
Career Planning and Decision Making : As career planning is an important step toward academic success and job satisfaction, this course is designed to help you assess your interests, skills, values, personality characteristics, investigate career possibilities, and learn how to use a wide variety of resources in your career search. Students will participate in self-discovery activities and learn about sound career decision making strategies as well as the world of work. The course stresses the value of liberal arts education and places an emphasis on exploring Arts and Sciences academic majors.
ARSC 051 (primarily juniors and seniors)
Wednesdays 3:00-5:05 p.m.
Job Search Strategies for Arts & Science: This course section is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of planning and organizing job search strategies. Emphasis is placed on identification of individual goals, assessment of talents, exploration of career options, analysis of the job market, effective use of job search materials (cover letters, resumes) and tools (interviewing, career fairs, networking), and management of career direction. The course stresses the value of the arts and sciences degree in the labor market and develops job search skills that will be useful throughout lifelong career management.
Questions about this course may be directed to Laura Kestner.
POWER Lunch:
Professionals Who Were First-Generation College Students
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Union Room 157
The POWER Lunch series provides the opportunity to network with professionals in various career fields, hear real stories and experiences from experts representing diverse cultures, and enjoy free lunch.
Each month we focus on various career fields plus diverse cultural, social, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Topics covered will include career information specific to each professional’s area of expertise and a focus on real experiences including stories of challenge and success.
All students, faculty, and staff are welcome!
More information may be found at www.mu.edu/csc/students/powerlunch
Click on the link below to check out the schedule for
ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWING
Don't forget to register on MU Career Manager!
Reminder: If you have previously created an account on MU Career Manager, please consider updating it with your current year in school and resume!
Stop by Career Services walk-in hours Monday-Friday from 12-2pm for additional assistance!
Calendar of Events
This calendar includes upcoming on campus recruiting events
and career-related workshops.
Planning for graduate/professional school is a long-term process and should begin about two years before the semester you intend to begin a program. Because many graduate programs have fall application and financial aid filing deadlines, planning should start during the junior year.
Researching and Choosing a Graduate or Professional Program
• Determine whether or not graduate or professional school is for you
• Create a list of CRITERIA for your graduate program
• Research careers, institutions, and programs
• Choose about five programs and institutions that meet your criteria
Preparing Application Materials
• Develop a calendar of deadline dates
• Sign up to take required admissions exams
• Gather application materials
• Write your personal essay or “statement of purpose”
• Pay non-refundable fee
• Complete a separate financial aid application
• Request registrar’s office to send transcripts to admissions office
• Obtain letters of recommendation
After You Have Submitted Your Applications
• Call all institutions to ensure they have received your complete application materials
• Possibly interview for assistantships or entrance into programs and institutions
• WAIT for notification from schools
CELEBRATE your acceptance to the program of choice!
• Send deposit to the institution of your choice
• Notify other institutions of your decision, allowing them to accept others in your place
• Send thank you notes to your letter of recommendation writers and inform them of your plans
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Looking to gain career-related experience with an internship? Ready to start your job search? View internships and jobs posted recently for Marquette University students. To see even more internships and full-time jobs, register with MU Career Manager.
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Dear Dot,
I am a junior at Marquette and am planning on pursuing a Master's degree in Public Health when I graduate. I am not sure which test I have to take for this or how to go about studying for any of the tests. I also have no idea what schools to apply to and what the application process is like. What should I do in order to learn more about grad schools?
Mary B.
Read Dot's advice
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www.gradschools.com
GradSchools.com is the leading and most comprehensive online graduate school guide for the best graduate schools and graduate degree program information.
Choose from over 60,000 master degree, doctoral degree, PhD degree and graduate certificate programs. Search by field of study, subject, graduate school or metropolitan location nationwide and international.
For students interested in distance learning, you can also browse online graduate programs offered by accredited online colleges and universities.
Explore our MBA programs for a finance MBA degree, international business MBA degree, leadership MBA degree and more. Browse MBA, Executive MBA, Weekend MBA, Evening MBA and Pre MBA programs. Choose the right MBA program for you.
Create your own MyGradSchools account to save important college and university deadlines, calendar events and program information. Register for a MyGradSchools Account today.
Check it out TODAY!
GOLDEN EAGLE SEARCH has over 5 million national job postings that come from corporate web sites, job boards, education, government, newspaper, and recruiting websites. Jobs are collected from all industries, disciplines, and regions.
Instructions for accessing Golden Eagle Search:
Golden Eagle Search can be accessed through the MU Career Services Center Career Gateway at: www.mu.edu/gateway. (Use your eMarq username and password to log in.)
Starting Your Search:
Golden Eagle Search allows for basic and advanced searches and defaults to the advanced search.
Search by Skill Set:
Search by skill set by typing skills you would like to use in your job or internship into the “Skills/Qualifications” field. You can use words, sentences or phrases in this search field. For example, you can type in “writing” to search for positions that will utilize writing skills.
* If you are looking for work internationally, typing the city or cities you are considering in this search field will produce results with the city names in the body of the posting.
Search by Job Title:
Use this box to search the job title field of the jobs listed in the database. If you enter “Tax Accountant” in the Job Title box, your results will consist of all of the job listings that have the word ”tax" or “accountant” in the job title. By checking on the “All words” check box next to the job title field, your results will only contain listings that have words “tax” and “accountant”. You can use an “*” as a wildcard at end of a search term in the job title field. For example you can enter “manag*” and your results will contain listings with job titles for Manager, Managing Partner, Management Consultant, etc.
Location Information:
Remember to fill in the city and state where you are looking for work. If you are searching for a job within a city, you may leave the + miles field blank. You can also search up to 99 miles from a particular city.
Posting Information:
Golden Eagle Search will display the job postings as they appear on the site where they were originally posted. Be sure to reference the original website when you indicate where you learned of the position in your cover letter.
Good luck!
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Nancy Rut Zyrkowski, Speech Pathology, 1967.
Learn more about the success and career path of this Marquette Graduate.
Contact Nancy Zyrkowski at JZTECPAN@aol.com.
Are you interested in contacting other alumni for career advice?
Check out MU Connect: Career Alumni Network.
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Pricewaterhouse Coopers is the largest global network of professional services firms, with more than 130,000 partners and staff in 148 countries offering a wide range of assurance, tax, and advisory services to many of the world's largest and most prestigious companies. PwC people have access to unparalleled knowledge, training, and technical resources around the world.
At PwC, you'll find a work culture that is inclusive and respectful of your individuality, and an environment where you can thrive and grow, both personally and professionally. PwC has developed programs and initiatives that make them flexible and responsive to the needs of all of their employees. They believe that only by focusing on common goals and working together can they be successful.
Career opportunities for recent grads include Advisory (developing a deep understanding of clients to help them address the complex issues of managing their enterprise), Assurance (helping clients respond to rapidly changing business conditions), and Tax (assisting clients ranging from multinational corporations to prominent individuals with tax strategy, planning and compliance).
For more information please visit: http://www.pwc.tv
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Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Information Session
Monday, October 27th 7:00 p.m.
Career Services Center
All majors welcome!
Roadtrip Nation Information and Speaker
Monday, October 27th 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Schroeder Field
Speaker at 5 p.m.
Weasler Audotorium
The Roadtrip Nation RV will be at Schroeder field Monday October 27 from 9-5, with a speaker to follow at 5 p.m. inthe Weasler Auditorium. Roadtrip Nation is a unique student movement founded by four students who decided they wanted more out of their lives than the path that their major was pointing them toward. On the original road trip, 15,000 miles were traveled, 80 people were met, and their movement has expanded to 3 RV's and participants from 3 different countries. Go see the Road Trip Nation RV and discover the future you want!
Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges (WFIC) will be hosting a ‘Student Networking Capstone Event’ on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 as a new addition to our Insurance Education Initiative. Our organization is working to introduce talented students to all of the exciting career opportunities that exist for them within the insurance industry here in Wisconsin.
Students are invited to attend a buffet-style dinner and Milwaukee Admirals hockey game completely free of charge.
The evening begins at 5:30pm at Buck Bradley’s located in downtown Milwaukee followed by the game at 7:05pm.
Over 30 different professionals from such areas as Risk Management, IT, Finance, HR, Marketing, Sales, PR will be attending as well to network & mingle with students. This is a great opportunity for students to network in a comfortable, relaxed and fun environment – FOR FREE!
Calendar of Events
This calendar includes upcoming on campus recruiting events
and career-related workshops.
Upcoming Career Fairs
This calendar includes upcoming Marquette career fairs,
off-site career fairs, and e-fairs.
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