Student FAQs

MU Career Manager

• How do I register with the Career Services Center?
  
  
• How do I sign-up for interviews on MU Career Manager?
  
  
• How does the "pre-select" resume submission work?
  
  
• Why might I not meet the requirements when I actually exceed the qualifications listed?
  
  
• I am not able to sign-up for an interview. Where do I check to make sure I'm qualified?
  
  
• Where do I find a list of employers interviewing on-campus?
  
  
• I am an alum. How do I get back into MU Career Manager?
  
  
• How do I access jobs posted at Marquette University?
  
  
• What if I want to work at Marquette University?
  
  
• Where do I find other databases of job listings?

Resume and Cover letters

• Is a one-page resume absolutely necessary?
  
  
• How can I get my resume critiqued?
  
  
• How do I make my resume ready to send electronically?
  
  
• When do I use a cover letter?
  
  
• Should I send a cover letter and resume by e-mail or regular mail?
  
  
• What should I say when I want to follow up with employers to see if they have received my resume?

Interviewing

• How do I sign up for an on-campus interview?
  
  
• What do I wear to an interview? A pre-meeting?
  
  
• Where can I find sample interview questions?
  
  
• What types and how many questions do I prepare to ask an interviewer?

Internships

• I am a junior interested in a computer science-related internship for next summer. I was wondering if the interviews being conducted in October are for next semester or the summer or both. Would it be worth it for me to sign up for some that I am interested in?
  
  
• Do you have to have an internship experience to be competitive in the job market?

Job Search/Career Development

• How does the job search for alums differ from the job search for students?
  
  
• How can I be helped if I have no idea of what I want to do after graduation?
  
  
• Does the Career Services Center help students with majors other than business and engineering?
  
  
• Where can I find a list of a certain type of company in a certain geographic area?

Web Page Programs

• How do I access and use MU Career Manager?
  
  
• How do I access and use to Reference USA?

Graduate School

• Where do I get help in applying to graduate schools?

Career Fairs

• Where do I find out info about the career fairs at Marquette?
  
  
• How do I get the most out of a career fair?

Counseling

• Who can speak to a career counselor and how do I make an appointment?
  
  
• If I don't know what to major in, where can I go for help?
  
  
• I'd like to take a personality or interest assessment to help me focus on a career. Where can I go to have this done?

About Career Services Center

• What are the hours of the Career Services Center?
  
  
• Where can I find what services the Career Services Center has to offer?
  
  

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