1J1 MIMM with Career Planning and Placement
Attention graduates: Early bird could get the worm
s
turn v»m il N' .! ci>1
lege graduate and
ready to hit the real
world.
You have a freshly printed
resume, a semi-designer vut
and a crisp diploma.
However, it ctxild happen
that after your third or your
fifth or ymr twentieth inter
view, you realize that ytxi’U
have a harder time finding .1
joh than you expet ted.
Competition is stiff in the
job-search stratosphere, and m
many cases, a silk tie and that
degree arc no longer enough
to assure potential employers
that a graduate will know
what he or she is doing if giv
en a job.
True, it is often enough to
know that the potential em
ployee has the stuff to make it
through a H A. program, but
more and more, practical ex
pcrtencc is tire key to unkxk
mg the dixir to employment.
That's why an internship is
one of the most significant
ways to Uxtst your “hire
ability ■" Ikit how to go alxxit
getting one is tire first quo
non.
l utet The Career IVvel
opment Internship Program,
11, 1,led hy l 'harlenc I’hipi*
and I Yh Chereck, this pro
gram iv the pertix t ptac e tor
hopeful interns to get started
Open to juniors .tnd v
mors, the program can help
students find an internship in
their resjxitive field' or per
haps earn credit for an intern
ship the student may already
have.
In order to start the process
of finding an internship, stu
dents should make an individ
ual appointment with Phipps
or Or crock.
Tire next step is to peruse
their notelxxiks full of intern
ship opportunities for the ap
propriate position.
"The op|X>rtunities are very
a In in." says Cheretk, direc
tor of the program. "We have
listings from a lot of different
companies.”
Often internships tan turn
into full time, paid pisitioas
once the student graduates.
Of students who have gone
through the Internslup Pro
gram, (,'hereck says many have
stayed on as pud employees
after their internship pcriixl
ss as over.
I sen if the student tsn1
asked ti> stay on with the corn
pans, ('Iteres k remtruls that
lontaits made are often oil
v ia! for job seats lung
e:se
when.'
(Ihcrcck also stresses rh.it
the knowledge ginned and re
sulting confidence from the
internship experience, trans
lates into a graduate wlu> has
great interview ammunition.
Appointments can be made
with the Career IVvcIopment
Internship Program at the Ca
reer Planning office, 244 Hen
dricks Hall, and they si you Id
lx- marie early.
Tlie program fills intern
ships tor the following term
and those positions fill quick
ly, x) it is strongly recom
mended that students don’t
maintain tire old "hurry up
and wait" attitude.
A summer program is now
Ix-ing funned, anti now is the
perfect time get the jxixess
rolling and find an internship
for the summer months.
Whichever road the stu
dent takes, the l airecr IVvel
opment Internship Program is
an opportunity no junior or se
nior can afford to miss.
This could just lv that ex
tra edge that may eventually
help vou land the job of s»xir
dreams.
Sarah / ag/iax tti
m available.
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