The Job

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The Job Internship Search Spring 2008
Professional Writing Workshop Series

• Presenter
• Courtney Chapin
• College of Arts Letters Field Career Consultant
• chapinco_at_msu.edu

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Todays Overview

• What are you searching for?
• Field-specific research
• Employer research
• More Resources
• PW internship entry-level job info

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What Are You Searching For?
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What Are Your Search Criteria?

• Location?
• Application of skill sets?
• Connection to interest/passion?
• Fit with work values?
• Compatibility with personality?

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Up to 80 of Jobs Arent Posted

• What does that mean for your search?
• Sites like HotJobs, CareerBuilder, Monster,
  YahooJobs arent the only answer!
• How do organizations recruit?
• Career fairs, info sessions, field-specific
  resources, word of mouth, waiting for direct
  contact

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What If You Dont Know What Youre Looking For?

• Assess and examine your interests, work values,
  and beliefs about your work skills in an advising
  appointment or through the What Can I Do with an
  Arts Letters Degree Workshop

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Field-Specific Research

• Narrowing Your Focus Identifying Opportunities

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Research Makes the Difference

• Interesting potential colleague or desperate job
  seeker?
• Where are the people you want to work with? How
  do you find them?

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Professional OrganizationsFull of great stuff
current trends, job listings, salary surveys and
more!

• American Society of Theatre Consultants
  (http//www.theatreconsultants.org/)
• The Entertainment Services and Technology
  Association (http//www.esta.org/index.php)
• Theatre Communications Group (http//www.tcg.org/)
  
• Association of American Publishers
  (www.publishers.org)
• American Association of Magazine Editors
  (www.magazine.org/Editorial/)
• American Advertising Federation
  (www.aaf.org/index.html)
• Public Relations Society of America
  (www.prsa.org)
• Magazine Publishers of America (www.magazine.org)
  
• (These are just examples of some of the kinds of
  organizations out there. Use your research
  skills to find the organizations related to your
  own area of interest!)

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• Search for Professional Organizations of
  Interestkeep track of addresses to visit them
  again later

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Trade Publications

• Publishers Weekly (www.publishersweekly.com/index.
  asp)
• Ad Age (www.adage.com)
• Chronicle of Higher Education (http//chronicle.co
  m)
• Chronicle of Philanthropy (http//philanthropy.com
  )
• (Again, just examples. Do research to find the
  publications related to your area of interest!)

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• Search for Trade Publications of Interestkeep
  track of addresses to visit them again later

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Job Listing Professional Resources

• For non-profits Action Without Borders,
  www.idealist.org
• In publishing
• Bookjobs.com, part of Association of American
  Publishers, www.bookjobs.com
• Publishers Marketplace, http//publishersmarketpl
  ace.com/
• For writing and other media-related areas
  www.mediabistro.com
• For federal government careers
  www.usajobs.opm.gov
• For those interested in state government
  www.michigan.gov
• (for example)
• Job listings can be a great source for research
  since they are often much more specific and
  detailed than other resources. Browsing through
  several job listings can give you a better sense
  of what the job entails and whether or not it
  would be a good fit for you.

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• Search Job Listing Professional Resources
  Sites of Interestkeep track of addresses to
  visit them again later

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Employer Research

• Find the Right PLACE to Find the Right JOB

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CareerSearch

• Search for employers by industry, location and
  keyword. A great way to quickly target key
  employers of interest for further research.
• Available through MySpartanCareer and
  http//careernetwork.msu.edu/students.

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WetFeet

• Get industry, company, career, country, city and
  real people profiles as well as salary
  information and invaluable insider guides.
• A wealth of information available to you through
  MySpartanCareer and http//careernetwork.msu.edu/s
  tudents.

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Specific Employer Information

• Websites
• Annual Reports
• Recruiting materials/packets
• Marketing materials
• Check out databases and other resources available
  through the Business Library for a wealth of
  information on specific employers

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The Bottom Line

• Finding a job or internship often starts with
  online researchbut to be successful, youve got
  to get out from behind the computer and
• TALK TO PEOPLE! ?

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More Resources

• Info and how-tos on resumes, taking your
  job/internship search to the next level,
  exploring options, talking to people working in
  your fields of interest, interviewing and more!
• http//careernetwork.msu.edu/students
• To schedule an advising appointment
  http//careernetwork.msu.edu

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Some entry-level job internship info for PW
majors

• Intern _at_ Message Makers
• Technical Writer and Illustrator _at_ Air Lift
  Company
• Science-writing Intern _at_ American Physical
  Society
• Intern _at_ Chicago Agent LLC
• User Support Assistant_at_ ARTstor
• Account Manager _at_ Google
• Production Copyeditor/Writer _at_ Hewitt Associates
• Manager Trainee _at_ Enterprise Rent-A-Car
• Interface Specialist Code Design _at_ JSTOR
• Intern _at_ Book Marketing Solutions, LLC

• Environmental Policy Research Intern _at_
  University College
• Pre-Professional Intern _at_ Michigan Dept of
  Information Technology
• Journalism Intern _at_ Scout.com
• Editorial Intern _at_ The Knot Inc.
• Marketing Editorial Intern _at_ ProNational
  Insurance Company
• Coleman Intern _at_ Michigan Supreme Court
  Historical Society
• Professional Writing Intern _at_ MSU Physical Plant
• PR Intern _at_ Llorente Cuenca
• Marketing Outreach Intern _at_ Urban Options
• Web Development Intern _at_ WIDE Research Center MSU