Internships & Jobs | Career Fair

Internships & Jobs

Are you interested in finding a summer internship opportunity?  It’s never too early (or too late) to look for an internship!  Even if you’re Undeclared, you can obtain an internship.  First, get familiar with Recruit-A-Duke. This is the online system that Career & Academic Planning uses to allow employers to post internship and job opportunities. There’s so much more it can do, too.  Watch the Recruit-A-Duke tutorial to learn more!

Career Fair

The Spring Career & Internship Fair is happening Tuesday, February 17 and Wednesday, February 18, 2015 in the Festival Grand Ballroom. Attend the Career Fair for a chance to win one of three $1000 scholarships! Over 130 employers are registered to attend and recruit for internship and summer employment opportunities. Check out the great resources we have to help you prepare for the career fair, including this quick video:

Resumes

Need help creating your resume or writing a cover letter? It’s not too early to begin thinking about your resume. No matter how much or how little experience you may think you have, thinking about and creating a professional resume at this stage may help you imagine opportunities and set goals for the future. Take a look at the resume resources we have available at Career & Academic Planning (CAP). Or, better yet, attend a Resume Writing Workshop. Find the dates, times, and locations of all the workshops on the Career & Academic Planning Calendar.

Once you’ve put something down on paper, you can schedule a one-on-one appointment with me or any of the other advisors in CAP to get feedback on how to improve. Remember, once you’ve declared and moved on to your major advisor, I will still be here to help you with resumes, cover letters, the internship/job search, and so on.

Make Your Next Move Award

Career & Academic Planning is proud to seek nomination for the second annual Make Your Next Move Award. This award allows students to nominate a faculty and/or staff member who has helped them make significant progress towards making a decision on career direction and/or their post-graduation plans (be that job search, graduate school, etc.).

To nominate someone, please complete this short Qualtrics survey: Make Your Next Move Award by February 27. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Hickerson at hickerly@jmu.edu.

Career Fair | Registration Prep

Career & Internship Fair

It’s never too early to attend a career fair and start networking! Mark your calendars to drop by during part of the two-day Fall Career & Internship Fair on Monday, September 29 and Tuesday, September 30 from 11 - 3 p.m. in the Festival Ballroom. Checkout more information on the Fall Career & Internship Fair website. Checkout this video to learn more about career fairs at JMU:

Prepare for Registration

Based on previous years, I anticipate that registration for most freshman will begin around November 5. That’s a ways off! Between now and then, though, you need to do some things to make that go as smooth as possible. In the next two weeks, make sure you do the following if you haven’t already:

Clear MyMadison Holds

Login to MyMadison and enter the Student Center. If you see "No Enrollment Activity” or “Withhold all services,” you will not be able to register for spring semester courses until you take care of the hold. Click "details" and then "No Enrollment Activity" to learn who has placed the hold on you and how you contact them to learn what you need to do to get the hold lifted. Some of you may have more than one hold. For example, if you did not complete your Health Record Form and return it to the University Health Center, you will have a hold on your account, restricting you from registering for spring semester courses.

Submit Previously Earned Credit

In order to determine what courses to take for next semester, it’s important to have the most up-to-date information regarding what credit you’ve already received. Review previous blog posts, to learn if JMU has your AP, CIE, IB, and  dual enrollment credit and if not, how to submit it to JMU.

Identify Your Foreign Language Placement

If you’re interested in continuing with the language(s) you took in high school, you must take the corresponding Foreign Language Placement exam online; then, check out what your score means. If you’ve already taken the test, you can find your Foreign Language Placement Score on e-campus. In the drop-down menu, select View Test Scores.If you want to continue in a language that there is not an online placement test for, then you need to talk to the head professor in that language as listed on the Modern Foreign Language Department’s webpage. If you have studied another language you believe should count as a foreign language, you will need to speak to the Department head, Dr. Fazzion. Learn more at  the Modern Foreign Language Department’s Placement Exam website.

Schedule Meeting with Your Advisor!

As outlined in your advising syllabus, beginning the week of October 6 meetings will begin to plan for  what courses you should/can enroll in for spring semester. Please email me your availability for the week you are scheduled to meet based on your last name!

Honor Code Test

To complete the Honor Code Test by October 1, visit the Honor Code Test and Information website, take Part 1 and 2 of the Tutorial, and complete the Honor Code Test.