e-news archive
Friday, November 21, 2008
in this issue...
- Topic of the Week: Setting Career Goals
- Jobs & Internships! New This Week
- Ask Dot
- Featured Website
- Career Resources: Reference USA
- Alumni Highlight: International Affairs & Political Science
- Employer Spotlight: Wells Fargo
- Calendar of Career Events
Check out this new career resource on Sexual Orientation!
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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.
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.
KNOW YOURSELF, KNOW YOUR CAREER GOALS
It is never too early to start developing some career goals!
In order to determine what your career goals, it is essential that you get to know yourself and what is important to you. The following three criteria will help you get started:
- Interests: What do you like to do?
- Skills: What are you good at doing?
- Work Values: What is important to you?
Once you have a good grasp on what matters most to you, it is time to look into career fields that may be a good fit. The Career Services Center has several resources that can help each step of the way.
View resources by other stages in the process:
You may also view resources by your year in college:
It is also important to remember that everyone develops at their own pace so even if you think you are back to square one, some additional self-assessment and exploration can help guide you.
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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.
Did you know Disney offers great opportunities for both college students and professional internships? Click on the links below to learn more!
www.disneycollegeprogram.com -- Disney College Program
www.disneyinterns.com -- Disney Professional Internships
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Dear Dot,
I am getting my degree in Exercise Science this Spring and I am thinking that I want to do health and wellness programming in a hospital setting. I'm just not sure where to start in order to get there. I know of some job search sites but what else can I do to construct more of a job search plan?
Emma L.
Read Dot's advice
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www.milwaukeejobs.com
Milwaukeejobs.com is a great comprehensive job search resource for jobs in the Greater Milwaukee area as well as those across the state of Wisconsin. Features include:
- Several job postings across the greater Milwaukee area and Wisconsin in a wide range of fields.
- Job search advice columns and blogs.
- FREE accounts with the ability to upload multiple resumes, create a job search "briefcase" to save job postings and track jobs you've applied for.
- Community event calendar including local career fairs.
- Additional community partnerships and resources for a diverse array of professionals.
ReferenceUSA is a research and reference tool licensed to libraries, educational institutions and government agencies. Its business database contains 14 million companies and organizations.
ReferenceUSA can be used to:
• Compile a list of companies in a specific industry
• Locate and compile a list of out-of-town companies
• Conduct job searches
• Search for business opportunities and suppliers
• Track down addresses and phone numbers
• Conduct market and patent research
ReferenceUSA as a job hunting tool:
Because it is a database, students, as an example, may want to find all the pharmaceutical companies in Denver and can generate a list of the pharmaceutical companies in that area. They could then proceed to peruse the quick information—facts and statistics, see local competitors, view the company’s corporate family and click on the company’s website.
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Elizabeth Feste, International Affairs and Political Science, 2006.
Learn more about the success and career path of this Marquette Graduate.
Contact Elizabeth Feste at efeste@joffrey.org.
Are you interested in contacting other alumni for career advice?
Check out MU Connect: Career Alumni Network.
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Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance through almost 6,000 stores, the internet and other distribution channels across North America and internationally.
We're headquartered in San Francisco, but we're decentralized so every local Wells Fargo store is a headquarters for satisfying all our customers' financial needs and helping them succeed financially. Wells Fargo has $575 billion in assets and 159,800 team members across our 80+ businesses. We're the United States' 27th largest employer (SEC 12/07). We ranked fourth in assets and sixth in market value of our stock among our peers as of December 31, 2007.
Our vision is to satisfy all customers' financial needs, help them succeed financially, be the premier provider of financial services in every one of our markets, and be known as one of America’s great companies.For career opportunities, please visit: www.wellsfargo.com/careers
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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!
Career and Internship Connections (CICs) for 2009
These innovative off-campus events allows students to network and interview with companies in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Boston - and new this year, Los Angeles! This is the 10th year of the consortium events. Last year's events boasted over 200+ employers in EVERY type of field and this year we anticipate more companies and job postings.
Registering for the events early means you’ll get updated information on the events, employers attending, and jobs posted. You can also create search agents to send you postings in particular cities and/or fields.
Visit http://www.rochester.edu/careercenter/students/cic/index.html and click on the registration tutorial for complete registration details, list of employers registered thus far, etc. This year's PASSWORD TOKEN is "cic2009".
CICs 2009 dates are:
Boston - January 5th
West Coast (Los Angeles) - January 6th
Washington, DC - January 7th
Midwest (Chicago) - January 8th
New York - January 9th
As always, the Career Services Center is ready to assist you with your resume, navigate the CIC web system and prepare for CIC interviews.
Big East Career Fair
Headed back east for the BIG EAST Tournament?
Seeking an internship or job back east?
New York, New York
Big East On-Site Fair
Friday, March 13, 2009
10:00am – 3:00pm
Madison Square Garden, NYC
http://www.eventemanagement.com/bigeast2009/
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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