Where are YOU headed? Presented by: Ivette Duarte-Career Consultant

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• Where are YOU headed? Presented by Ivette
  Duarte-Career Consultant

University Park Campus Engineering
Applied Sciences Biscayne Bay Campus
Graduate Business GC 230 [phone]
EAS 2780 [phone] WUC 255
[phone] MARC 224 [phone]
http//career.fiu.edu
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How can Career Services help you?

• BASIC SERVICES (NO FEE)
• Individualized Career Counseling
• Career Assessments
• Career Fairs Forums
• Job Listings
• Orientation Program
• Networking Seminar
• Mock Interviews
• Resume Critiques
• Job Search Workshops
• Law Graduate School Info. Day
• Access to the Cyber Café
• Self-help resource books videos
• Email updates on our events
• On-line Resources

• GOLDEN PANTHER SERVICES (20 one time fee)
• Exclusive Job listings for FIU students
• Access to Internship listings
• Eligibility to participate in On-Campus
  Interviews
• Express Online Resume Critiques
• Ability to store resume(s) and other job search
  documents online
• Ability to submit your resume online to
  employers.
• Invitations to Special Events
• Access to Job Application History online.
• Resume Referrals for Paid Internships or Career
  Employment
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Career
  Assessment
• Credential File Services
• Ability to set-up job search agents that will
  automatically email you internship listings you
  qualify for as they are posted!

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What Can Career Services do for you?
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Career Counseling

• Assistance with choosing a major and deciding
  what to do with that major
• Identifying your skills and interests

• Steps toward graduation and career preparation
• Career related programs, workshops and forums

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Assist in Gathering Information
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Anthropologists

• conduct research
• perform academic duties
• write books, articles and other materials
• write environmental impact statements
• advise businesses or government agencies
• work at archeological sites
• work with artifacts
• keep up with developments in field (professional
  associations)

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Typical Job Titles in Anthropology

• medical anthropologistpaleoanthropologistfor
  ensic anthropologistcontract archeologistsocial
  impact analystanthropology professorresearch
  directorprogram manager evaluator
  consultantenvironmental anthropologist

cultural anthropologistlinguistic
anthropologistarcheologistphysical
anthropologistapplied anthropologistprehistoric
archeologistbiological anthropologisthistorical
archeologistprimate researcher
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Sociologists..

• formulate research goals
• gather data
• analyze data
• teach and train
• participate in administration
• write books, articles, reports and grant
  proposals
• advise businesses and government agencies
• keeping up with field

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Typical Job Titles in Sociology

• social researchersocial ecologistprofessor,
  sociologycriminologistmedical
  sociologistgender roles specialistpenologistdem
  ographerinstitutional researcherinstitutional
  analyst

• agency advisorurban/rural sociologistresearch
  analystsocial statisticianethnic relations
  specialistclinical sociologisteducational
  sociologisthistorical sociologist consultant,
  human relations

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Helpful Links
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7 Reasons to Intern!

• Studies show that compared to students who have
  not participated in an intern/cooperative
  education program, students
• do better in school
• are more likely to graduate
• are ahead in preparation for their field
• are viewed as better candidates in job interviews
  by employers
• receive more job offers
• earn higher starting salaries
• are more likely to get the job with the employer
  they want after graduation
• Source CareerPlanit http//www.careerplanit.com/
  resource/article.asp?subid3artid21

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Types of Internships

• Academic Credit
• For Experience
• Paid
• Unpaid
• International Students
• Must enroll for Academic Credit and the
  internship application must be approved by the
  faculty advisor and the Office of International
  Students

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Academic Credit?

• All the forms you need are online!
• Employer Appraisal
• Faculty Contact List
• Feedback Form
• Internship Application
• Internship Checklist
• Internship Program Credit Requirements
• Internship Program Student Evaluation
• Learning Objectives
• www.fiu.edu/career

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How do you find an internship?

• Check the Internship listings posted through
  Career Services and other viable internship
  sources
• Attend an Internships 101 Workshop at UP Campus
• Talk to your professors
• Talk to neighbors, classmates, family and friends
• Attend our Career Fairs, Forums and Networking
  events
• Join student chapters of professional
  organizations!

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If you have Golden Panther Services these are
the options available to you
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You will only have access to these links after
you have purchased Golden Panther Services
(GPS)AND completed your online profile. Please
allow 2 business days to be activated for GPS
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Uploading Resume
As a Golden Panther Services member you will have
the benefit of uploading your resume

• 1. Save your resume as a word document
• Have your resume critiqued in one of our office
  locations (optional)
• Log into PantherLink and upload your resume
• 4. Once you have uploaded your resume a Career
  Services staff member will critique your resume
  and provide feedback via email. This is a
  courtesy resume critique and you should allow 3-5
  business days.
• 5. The system allows you to upload up to 10
  resumes into the system!

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CONSIDER FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES

• Baby Boomers are retiring
• Hundreds of job functions and agencies to choose
  from
• Government Salaries vs. Non-Profit vs. Private
  Sector
• Desperate need for minority representation
• SCEP Student Career Experience Program
• Outstanding Scholars

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• STATEWIDE JOB FAIR
• University of Central Florida
• May 12th 10 a.m. 300 p.m.
• Over 100 employers expected!
• Visit career.fiu.edu for more information.

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Visit Career Services for more Information ...

• Career Services has 3 convenient locations
• University Park Campus - GC 230
• Biscayne Bay Campus - WUC 255
• Engineering Campus - EAS 2780
• Call us! [phone]
• Visit our website at career.fiu.edu

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!

• HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!