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For the week of 12 November 2009

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Welcome, students, to the Career Services version of @COE. This e-newsletter will reach you weekly with announcements, news, articles and opportunities from the fine folks in Dunford Hall.

From help finding a summer internship or post-graduation employment to workshops and articles, the Career Services @COE newsletter has got you covered!

 

Career Services Announcements

Spring Job Fairs – Coming SOON!

Spring Job Fair

Summer Job & Internship Fair
February 10, 2009
University Center Ballroom, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

If you are looking for a summer job and/or internship (all majors), this is the perfect venue. Keep in mind that internships can be available year-round, not just during the summer.

Log in to Hire-A-Vol for a list of employers attending the fair, types of positions available and desired majors. You can also submit your resume to employers in advance through the RSVP feature.

Visit http://utk-csm.symplicity.com/events/ to view employers attending the fair – updated as employers register!

Spring Job Fair
March 2, 2009-11-03
University Center Ballroom, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The Spring Job Fair is our final campus-wide job fair (all majors) of the school year. This event's primary focus is on graduating seniors seeking full-time employment.

Log in to Hire-A-Vol for a list of employers attending the fair, types of positions available and desired majors. You can also submit your resume to employers in advance through the RSVP feature.

Dress professionally and bring multiple copies of your resume. Visit the Career Services website for resume assistance. Visit http://utk-csm.symplicity.com/events/ to view the list of employers attending.

For a list of all upcoming Career Services workshops and events, visit our newly designed website at career.utk.edu and click on “All Events” in the “Upcoming Events” box on the right

Be ready for the fast approaching Spring Recruiting season by contacting Career Services to schedule your appointment with Leslie Fox, College of Engineering Career Consultant. Just call 865-974-5435. Resume critiques and mock interviews are available by appointment at Career Services year-round.

 

Hire-A-Vol

One more engineering company (plus those that accept all majors) is accepting engineering resumes through HIRE-A-VOL during the end of the Fall 2009 recruiting season:

Keep watching HIRE-A-VOL for on-campus recruiting opportunities that may occur throughout December 1st and remember to keep checking the JOBS tab on HIRE-A-VOL for potential full-time, part-time and internship opportunities under “Jobs for UT Students”, “NACELink” (jobs posted by companies and sent to more than one university across the country), and “EmployOn” (jobs found by a search engine system with membership rights FREE to all UT students and Alumni through Career Services).

To register for the HIRE-A-VOL system and start your job search for part-time and full-time job opportunities, visit the Career Services website at http://career.utk.edu and click on the HIRE-A-VOL logo.

 

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The Volkswagen Distinguished Scholars Program is now accepting applications through February 12, 2009, application available online at http://www.orau.org/volkswagen. The program offers students a 2010 summer internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a possible second summer in 2011 at the Volkswagen Plant in Chattanooga. Undergraduate juniors and seniors as well as Graduate students who have not completed coursework are welcome to apply. Students in degree fields that relate to Volkswagen’s current areas of research are invited to apply. The current research areas of interest to Volkswagen are:

Eligible applicants must be undergraduate juniors/seniors or graduate students who have not completed coursework with a GPA of 3.5 or above who are U.S. citizens majoring in a field of interest to VW and who are attending one of the following universities: Fisk University, Tennessee State University, the University of Memphis, or the University of Tennessee in either Knoxville or Chattanooga. Interns are selected based on application materials, major discipline, academic excellence, motivation, and enthusiasm for automotive related science and technology.

Selected students will receive a paid stipend, housing allowance (where applicable) and one roundtrip mileage to/from the internship site if more than 60 miles from the student’s home. During the ORNL internship, scientific mentors select projects for individual students based on their interests and degree field. Students in the second summer may or may not receive an internship at the Volkswagen Chattanooga facility. Current program participants will be notified at the end of their first summer regarding the following summer’s opportunities.

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, the world’s fourth largest automaker and the largest carmaker in Europe. It houses the U.S. operations of a worldwide family of distinguished and exciting brands including Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini and Volkswagen, as well as VW Credit, Inc. Volkswagen Group of America brings to the U.S. vehicles that marry the science of engineering and the art of styling, with the goal of offering attractive, safe, and environmentally sound automobiles that are competitive and set world standards in their respective classes.

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a university consortium leveraging the scientific strength of 97 major research institutions to advance science and education by partnering with national laboratories, government agencies and private industry. ORAU manages the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education for the U.S. Department of Energy.

 

Four Things To Do By Thanksgiving To Land A Job

by Brad Karsh: President and Founder of JobBound

Midterms are over and before you know it you’ll be headed home for Thanksgiving Break. It’s just starting to get cold, summer is a long way off right? Wrong. While getting a job or internship for next summer may be the last thing on your mind right now, it shouldn’t be. The truth is, what separates successful job hunting students from the unsuccessful is what they do right now, before the holidays.

As a former recruiting director and as a current job search expert, I know how students can plan for career success. Here are four simple steps for the fall that can help you land a job this spring.

1. Get your resume in order. More than anything else, this one piece of paper determines whether or not you will get the job you want. As you can imagine, that piece of paper needs to be great. On your resume, you need to focus on accomplishments instead of job descriptions. Most recruiters will tell you that the majority of resumes don’t sell a student hard enough because they simply list the activities that anyone holding that position has ever done. If what is written on your resume can be written by the person who had the job before you, after you, or next to you, then you haven’t done yourself justice.

2. Network, network, network. The single best way to get a job is to know somebody. Yes, it should be based on merit alone, but unfortunately that isn’t how it works. Tap into as many connections as you can. Reaching out to your school’s alumni is a great place to start, and they usually love to hear from current students about life on campus. If you don’t know many alumni in positions to make a difference for you, start emailing the graduates highlighted in your school’s alumni newsletter, or check out the career center. They often have lists of alums looking to help students.

Don’t forget you can network with your neighbors, your dentist, your parents’ friends, older siblings’ friends, etc. Remember roughly sixty percent of job seekers get a job through networking!

3. Become involved. Grades alone won’t get you the job. Most employers want smart, well-rounded, involved students. There’s still time to gain the experience that companies are looking for in new hires. Join a club, get a part-time job, and volunteer for a charity. It’s even more impressive, if you get involved in a big way. It’s one thing to have, “Member, Student Activities Council” on your resume. It’s quite another to have “President, Student Activities Council.” Obviously, companies want to hire leaders and accomplished candidates. If you prove that you have those skills, when it comes time to make the hiring decision, you’ll be the obvious choice.

4. Visit your career center. If you want a job or internship this summer, the career center is going to be your best friend. Guess where companies go when they want to hire students from your school? The Career Center. Guess where you can get someone to help you with resume writing and job interviewing? The Career Center. And guess where you can go to find out whether you should be a lumberjack or a management consultant when you grow up? The Career Center. The fact is, your Career Center is an amazing resource for the job search. And it’s all free! Go early, go often, and you can’t go wrong.

The new school year holds countless, bright possibilities and great opportunities. If you get started on these four, simple steps, you are setting yourself up for career and future success!

Brad Karsh travels to college campuses as a keynote speaker on the topic of landing a job. He’s also President of JobBound, a career-consulting company that advises students and professionals on resume writing, interviewing and everything related to the job search. Author of How To Say It on Your Resume (Prentice Hall Press, 2009) and Confessions of a Recruiting Director: The Insider’s Guide to Landing Your First Job (Prentice Hall Press, 2006), Brad is considered the nation’s leading expert on the job search. He’s been featured on CNN, Dr. Phil and CNBC and quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Fortune and many others.

 

 

If you have questions, comments or concerns regarding the Career Services @COE, please send them to L. Ashley Susong at lsusong@utk.edu.