Career Services Overview

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Career Services Overview

• Career Services Center
• 414-288-7423
• Holthusen Hall, 1st floor
• www.marquette.edu/csccareer.services_at_mu.edu

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Services Offered

• Career direction
• Interview preparation
• Resume and cover letter writing assistance
• Job search strategies
• Internship search strategies
• Employer research
• Salary negotiation
• Graduate school decisions and application
• Fellowship and scholarship search
• Individual career counseling appointments and
  walk-in services

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Walk-in Services

• Hours vary each semester, check website
• While classes are in session
• Resume and cover letter critiques
• MU CareerTRAK orientations
• Introduction to the Career Services Center

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Kimberly-Clark Career Library

• Periodicals with job vacancies
• Industry information
• Occupational information
• Graduate school and entrance exam information
• Job search resources
• Computers with internet access and laser printer

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The CSC Website www.mu.edu/csc

• MU CareerTRAK
• DISCOVER
• MU Connect
• Golden Eagle Search
• Vault
• Reference USA

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MU CareerTRAK
MonsterTRAK (job/internship vacancies)
InterviewTRAK (sign up for campus interviews)
On-line Resumes
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Advantages of Registering with MU CareerTRAK

• View advertised jobs and internships
• Apply for MU CareerTRAK job listings by
  submitting resumes cover letters on-line
• Participate in campus interviews
• Receive e-mails about future career events

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How to Register for MU CareerTRAK

• All students must have their RESUME critiqued by
  one of the career counselors or career interns in
  order to receive a password
• A password is required for access to the MU
  CareerTRAK system

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How to Register for MU CareerTRAK

• Develop a resume
• Resume writing instructions and examples can be
  found at http//www.marquette.edu/csc/students/re
  sume.shtml
• Submit a resume to career.services_at_marquette.edu
  or
• Visit our office during the walk-in hours to
  have your resume reviewed and receive a password

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DISCOVER

• Online career guidance system
• Self-assessment of interests, abilities, and
  values
• Occupational research
• Call 288-7423 to obtain a user ID to access the
  program
• Log in at www.act.org/discover/login

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MU Connect

• Career Alumni Network
• Connect with MU alumni to research career fields
  or conduct an internship or job search
• Log in at https//www.mu.edu/gateway/
• with your emarq login

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Golden Eagle Search

• Job search portal with over 5 million national
  job postings from corporate websites, job boards,
  education, government, newspaper, and recruiting
  sites
• Jobs collected from all industries, career
  fields, and geographic locations
• Log in at https//www.mu.edu/gateway/
• with your emarq login

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Vault

• The worlds leading source of career information
• Research employers, industries, and career fields
• 80 career guides, 3,000 company profiles,
  1,100 career articles
• Log in at https//www.mu.edu/gateway/
• with your emarq login

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Reference USA

• Database of 12 million companies and
  organizations
• Search by geographic location, career field
  codes, company size, etc.
• Password-- goldeneagle

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InterviewStream

• Revolutionary software that fuses streaming
  video, Internet, and your resume
• Using a webcam and an Internet-connected
  computer, you can prepare for upcoming interviews
  from your computer
• Access via http//www.marquette.edu/csc/about/inte
  rviewstream.shtml using your e-mail and creating
  a login

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Internship Services through CSC

• Internship listings through
• MU CareerTRAK
• Golden Eagle Search
• Internship Web Sites http//www.marquette.edu/csc
  /students/internlistings.shtml
• Internship Directories
• On-campus interviewing for internships
• Individual assistance in locating and internship
  through counselors
• Resume referral through MU CareerTRAK
• Employers seeking interns at career fairs

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Career Fairs

• Fall Career Fair Two-day fair for MU students
  and alumni only
• WorkForce Spring fair for MU students and
  students from the other private colleges in WI
• National Jesuit Collegiate e-Fair Spring e-fair
  for the students of the 17 Jesuit colleges and
  universities
• Big East Fairs Spring on-cite fair and e-fair
  for the students from the Big East Conference
  schools. The on-site fair is held in the Madison
  Square Garden, New York, NY

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Career Services Center Seminars

• Student groups, faculty, staff are encouraged to
  request presentations on all types of job search
  topics
• Resume writing
• Interviewing techniques
• Internship search
• Dining etiquette
• Dress for success
• and many more.

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Contact Us

• By phone [phone]
• Via E-mail career.services_at_mu.edu
• In-person Holthusen Hall, 1st floor
• Monday through Friday 800 am to 500 pm
• Wednesdays 800 am to 700 pm while classes are
  in session
• On the web www.mu.edu/csc