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Graduate Services

Graduate Services provides assistance in finding the opportunities for work study experience program internships, OPT's and any other employment and needs for new and current students as well as alumni. We also offer workshops where you will be able to learn skills necessary to successfully enter a job market. We will provide mentoring where you will gain additional skills so your career can flourish. Each student will have an opportunity to meet with us, on a one-on-one basis where we will be able to work together in creating a successful career path for each individual student.

GRADUATE SERVICES OFFICE HOURS:

Monday - Friday 9:30am-Noon and 1pm-6:00pm EST

Useful Job/Internship Search Engines

Salary Information Resources/Links

Workshop Schedules

Workshop: Resume/Cover Letter

Resume and cover letter preparation, samples of good and bad resumes and cover letters, what to include and not include on the resume, resume design and structure; cover letter key points; action verbs

  • Tuesday, September 15th, 4:00pm - 5:30pm; Room 236

Workshop: Interviewing Skills I

Importance of the interview, common interview mistakes, sample of common interview questions; Movie "Common mistakes people make in interviews"

  • Tuesday, September 22nd, 4:00pm - 5:30pm; Room 236

Workshop: Interviewing Skills II

This is the continuation of Interviewing Skills I; practice interviews, fictitious interview presentation, question-answers session

  • Wednesday, October 15th, 4:00pm - 5:30pm; Room 236

Workshop: Job/Internship Search and Networking

Scannable resumes, key words, action verbs, important search engines and websites; networking: what is it and how to apply it and true benefit from networking

  • Tuesday, November 12th, 4:00pm - 5:30pm; Room 236

Workshop: Career Planning

Introducing a career planning: what is it and how to go about it? What skills are needed on the current job market; assessment of current skills, relevant education and future goals, development of marketable skills

  • Wednesday, December 9th, 4:00pm - 5:30pm; Room 236

Career Fair Etiquette

What is a Career Fair?

For employers, a Career Fair is an opportunity to attract and screen hundreds of candidates to select promising ones for the future follow-up process. For students, the Career Fair is an opportunity to make "in person" contact with several organizations/companies of interest all at once.

To be a successful candidate at a career fair, a student should do the following:

  • Find out what companies will be present at the fair
  • Prepare at least two appropriate questions for each employer
  • Bring a sufficient supply of resumes placed in an attractive folder
  • Also bring a list of your references, but give those only per request
  • Arrive early and plan to stay late
  • Turn your cell phone off (& no texting!)
  • Do not travel in a group
  • Make sure that either your name tag or your student ID is visible
  • Offer a firm handshake, make eye contact, and show enthusiasm
  • Market your skills and abilities with a fast pace - "prepare your elevator speech"
  • Do not ask employers about salary
  • Do not simply take the gifts from the tables
  • Conduct yourself professionally at all times
  • Collect business cards
  • Say "thank you" every time
  • Consider visiting employers which are not on your list if you have time
  • Talk to as many employers and other attendees as you can - networking

Any questions, please contact:
Ann Jette
Student Services and Career Planning Manager
8560 Ulmerton Road
Largo, Florida 33771
Tel:  727-736-5082 (ext. 221/ext. 238)
Fax: 727-738-8405
E-mail: ajette@schiller.edu

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