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Your Future Is Now!. Five Steps to Job & Internship Search Success. Step 1: Drafting Your Future. Who Are You?. What Do You Like To Do?. What Are You Passionate About?. Step 1: Drafting Your Future. • Explore your VISA (Values, Interests, Skills and Abilities) and know your outcome.
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Your Future Is Now! Five Steps to Job & Internship Search Success
Step 1: Drafting Your Future Who Are You? What Do You Like To Do? What Are You Passionate About?
Step 1: Drafting Your Future • Explore your VISA (Values, Interests, Skills and Abilities) and know your outcome. • Explore the Career Library at Career Services. (9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri.) • Explore on-line resources such as O-Net and the Occupational Outlook Handbook (bls.gov/oco). • Do an assessment test; Myers-Briggs, Strong Interest Inventory.
Step 2: Learn The Trade • Participate in student clubs and organizations. • Do an informational interview and/or job shadow with someone in an area of interest. • Volunteer and build transferable skills. • Explore joining a professional organization in your field as a student member. • Before you graduate get at least one internship.
Step 3: The Preparation (Tip: Pack Your Own Chute, But Always Consult An Expert!)
Step 3: The Preparation • Create your resume. - This is your foundation document. • Get your resume critiqued. • Network with people in your field to deepen your knowledge base. (Alumni can be a great resource - try the alumni on-line community) • Research organizations and trends in your field. • Schedule a mock interview or participate in Mock Interview Day.
Step 4: Pick Up Your Tools And Start Building (Tip: It’s About Using All Of The Tools In The Toolbox!)
Step 4: Pick Up Your Tools And Start Building The Visible Market: • eRecruiting (http://ithaca.erecruiting.com Your username is your complete I.C. e-mail address and your password is your ID number). • On-campus recruiting. • Career fairs (Career Day, Job & Internship Fair). • Consortium events. (Central New York Communications Consortium, Career and Internship Connection).
Step 4: Pick Up Your Tools And Start Building The Visible Market: • Targeted Websites: http://www.ecoj obs.com http://www.epa.gov http://www.ejobs.org http://www.unep.org http://www.eceajobs.com http://Enrivonmental-jobs.com http://www.conservation.org http://www.sws.org/jobs http://www.wef.org/careeropps http://www.earthfirst.org http://www.ehscareers.com http://www.greenbiz.com http://www.environetwork.com http://www.pirg.org http://www.clay.net/ep.html http://www.thesca.org
Step 4: Pick Up Your Tools And Start Building The Hidden Market: • Opportunities through networking. (Alumni, parents, friends, contacts from internships, etc.) • Be visible, employers sometimes look for candidates. (Publish your resume in the online resume book!) • Set up informational interviews. • Participate in professional associations. • Consider a post graduate internship.
Step 5: The Wiring, The Plumbing, And The Painting • Research the companies to which you are applying. Visit their website, check news sources, professional journals, PR Newswire. (Bonus: This helps in your application ANDinterview!) • Apply, Apply, Apply! (Don’t forget a cover letter and have the Career Center give you feedback!) • Schedule a mock interview and practice interview questions on your own. • Get appropriate interview attire and break it in.
Let’s Look At Some Tools Some great ones are packaged under Ithaca College’s iCareers. • Vault - for career exploration. • eRecruiting - for job and internship postings. • Career Search - for company research. • Alumni Online Community - for networking. • Opportunity Knocks - for events and news.
