Career Center help
Interships made easy with a quick guide
Angela Holton
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Life
Editors note: The following article's research came from the Drury Career Center's website.
The spring semester is quickly wrapping up, with projects due and finals coming up within the next couple of weeks, but it is important to start planning for summer.
Interning is a great opportunity to gain experience and maybe even some extra cash. During these tough economics times, it can be hard to find employment when everyone else seems to be looking for a job as well.
Emily Buckmaster, the career coordinator, says that it's very important for your resume and application to be mistake free. Start your search early (now, if not already).
Fortunately, we have the Career Center here on campus as well as our academic advisors to help guide us through the process.
The Career Center on Drury University's campus offers more services than most students realize. If you take just five minutes out of your day to visit their Web site, you may be surprised by what you find.
Their Web site provides links to more than 25 different career search Web Sites. The career center has also done us all a favor and categorized them according to specific career fields.
The College Central Network is also an excellent way to find a summer internship. Drury is linked with CCN and is accessible to Drury students and alumni. Once you register, you can post your resume online, which helps in applying for jobs online. It has more than 1700 registered employers and there is generally an average of around 150-200 posted positions at any time (from part-time to full-time and internships).
The majority of employers on the site are local or regional and are familiar with the quality of Drury students and graduates.
The following are helpful tips acquired from the career center's Web site.
Visit your school's career center
Find out what resources it offers students to find internships. It will probably have internship listings. A career counselor also can offer you advice about the type of internship that's right for you. Unfortunately, many students think they shouldn't visit the Career Center until their senior year. It is here to assist students beginning as early as their freshman year.
The spring semester is quickly wrapping up, with projects due and finals coming up within the next couple of weeks, but it is important to start planning for summer.
Interning is a great opportunity to gain experience and maybe even some extra cash. During these tough economics times, it can be hard to find employment when everyone else seems to be looking for a job as well.
Emily Buckmaster, the career coordinator, says that it's very important for your resume and application to be mistake free. Start your search early (now, if not already).
Fortunately, we have the Career Center here on campus as well as our academic advisors to help guide us through the process.
The Career Center on Drury University's campus offers more services than most students realize. If you take just five minutes out of your day to visit their Web site, you may be surprised by what you find.
Their Web site provides links to more than 25 different career search Web Sites. The career center has also done us all a favor and categorized them according to specific career fields.
The College Central Network is also an excellent way to find a summer internship. Drury is linked with CCN and is accessible to Drury students and alumni. Once you register, you can post your resume online, which helps in applying for jobs online. It has more than 1700 registered employers and there is generally an average of around 150-200 posted positions at any time (from part-time to full-time and internships).
The majority of employers on the site are local or regional and are familiar with the quality of Drury students and graduates.
The following are helpful tips acquired from the career center's Web site.
Visit your school's career center
Find out what resources it offers students to find internships. It will probably have internship listings. A career counselor also can offer you advice about the type of internship that's right for you. Unfortunately, many students think they shouldn't visit the Career Center until their senior year. It is here to assist students beginning as early as their freshman year.
Article last update: 5/5/09 at 7:37 PM CST
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