news 4.18.08

Are you preparing for an upcoming job interview?

Do you know how to dress for success?

Follow these tips to look fantastic and feel confident!

• It is important to project a professional image.
• Employers may assume that this is the best you will ever look.
• Unfortunately, making your way into the world-of-work means that you may be judged on the way you look and how you present yourself. This may not always be fair. There are a number of things you can do to feel confident about yourself in an interviewing situation. Because, as you know, you only get one chance to make a first impression.
• Dress for the job you want, not the job you have. You’re trying to sell yourself.

• ALWAYS wear a suit to an interview, even if the people who work at the organization are not wearing suits and the job for which you are interviewing doesn’t require it. Remember, the people there already have the job…you don’t!

• Always have fresh breath and clean body hygiene. This may seem obvious but take a shower, use deodorant, and brush your teeth.
• Wear perfume, cologne, or aftershave that is subtle, some people may be allergic. Your scent should leave the room when you do.
• Cover visible tattoos with makeup.
• Have clean, short nails without ragged edges. Women, have unpolished nails or use clear polish or a neutral tone.
• Take out any piercings (nose, eyebrows, tongue, etc). They can be put back in when you are not interviewing or at work.

• A conservative pants or skirt suit (navy, gray, black).
• Clothing that fits your body correctly—clothing is too tight when it is pulling horizontally across your body or has gaping buttons; clothing is too big when tops are falling off the shoulders or pins are used to hold waist bands.
• A slip, if your skirt is unlined. It should be light or dark according to the color of the skirt and length should extend to hemline.
• Minimal accessories (necklaces, earrings, and bracelets) in keeping with the fashion trends of the season. Wear only one ring per hand.
• Clothing that is appropriate for the current season.
• Neat, pressed, clean clothing without tears, rips, hanging threads or pills. All buttons, snaps, or hooks should be on the garment and hems sewn in place.
• Polished shoes with matching belt (if appropriate).
• Sleeve length for suit would fall between your wrists and the top knuckle of your thumb.

• A conservative suit (navy, black, gray).
• Sleeve length for suit should fall between your wrists and the top knuckle of your thumb.
• A matching tie that extends below the belt line.
• An ironed long-sleeve cotton shirt.
• A white undershirt beneath your dress shirt.
• Clothing that is appropriate for the current season.
• Neat, pressed, clean clothing without tears, rips, hanging threads, or pills. All buttons, snaps, or hooks should be on the garment and hems sewn in place.
• Polished shoes with matching belt.

Looking to gain career-related experience with an internship? Ready to start your job search? View internships and jobs posted recently for Marquette University students. To see even more internships and full-time jobs, register with MU Career Manager.

College-to-Work combines scholarship dollars with educational paid internship opportunities at Wisconsin’s leading companies and nonprofit organizations, such as Luther Manor Adult Day Center and Society Insurance. Students participate in a 10 week internship program in which they complete over 400 hours of work during their summer recess.

Over 40 students from Wisconsin’s private colleges collectively spent over 15,000 hours during the Summer 2007 as interns. It is anticipated that over 40 students will participate in College-to-Work internships during the Summer 2008.

To apply for a summer internship, begin by clicking here. This page lists all of the opportunities and is updated often! Click on each link to bring you to a description of the opportunity. The descriptions also have a direct link to the application page and application instructions.

***IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE YOU READ ALL OF THE APPLICATION***
*** INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!***

Remember, the Career Services Center would be happy to help you craft your resume, just drop-in for walk-in hours daily from 1-3 p.m. or call 414.288.7423 to make an appointment with a career counselor--Good Luck!!!

I have a phone interview next week and I don’t know how to prepare—can you tell me what I should expect and how to get ready for it?

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Over 60,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location, or mission.
Thousands of volunteer opportunities in your community and around the world, and a list of organizations that can help you volunteer abroad.
The best Nonprofit Career Center on the web, with hundreds of job and internship listings.
Resources to plan a successful community action

In addition to searching and browsing, individuals can use Idealist to:

Define what information you'd like to receive by email from among the job openings, volunteer opportunities, internships, events, and resources posted here by organizations all over the world.

For example, you can choose to receive updates about job openings and environmental events in New Zealand, volunteer opportunities next summer in Chile, and human rights resources in Spanish, and receive all of this in no more than one personalized email per day.

Design the perfect volunteer opportunity for yourself by setting up one or more Volunteer Profiles with your interests, skills, and schedule. These Profiles can then be searched by organizations in Idealist.
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Check it out TODAY!

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Many international students studying in the United States find the search for jobs and internships to be challenging. The Marquette University Career Services Center is pleased to announce that our international students now have the opportunity to connect with interested employers through a virtual career fair just for international students.

Sponsored by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), the NACE International Students Virtual Career Fair is FREE and open to international students at schools that hold NACE membership who:

The fair opened to students on February 18 and runs through May 16. Through the fair, you’ll have access to interested employers and their full-time, internship, and co-op opportunities.

Rockwell Automation is a leading industrial automation company striving to be the most valued global provider of power, control and information solutions. Backed by leading brands like Allen-Bradley, Reliance Electric, Dodge, and Rockwell Software, their mission is to help companies in virtually every industry cut costs, streamline productivity and speed time to market. Now, as an independent company, they're uniquely focused on dedicating people, technology, financial resources, and manufacturing expertise to add value for their customers.

Today’s factories are automated in all aspects of production – and that means that with Rockwell Automation, you have limitless career possibilities and the opportunity to impact customers in every industry, around the world. As the world continues to move from the industrial age into the information age, there is a great need for bridges between the two. We provide those bridges, offering "smart" automation devices that bring together industrial machines with information technology for more efficient, flexible, less expensive, and higher quality manufacturing and processing. Whether it’s bottling beer, or assembling a new BMW Roadster, automation helps increase production by making parts of the operation automatic.

Ask anyone who works at Rockwell Automation what they like most, and they’ll usually say 'the people' — they are passionate about striving for excellence and finding ways to positively affect the business.

Calendar of Events
This calendar includes upcoming on campus recruiting events
and career-related workshops.

Upcoming Career Fairs
This calendar includes upcoming Marquette career fairs,
off-site career fairs, and e-fairs.

College-to-Work combines scholarship dollars with educational paid internship opportunities at Wisconsin’s leading companies and nonprofit organizations, such as Luther Manor Adult Day Center and Society Insurance. Students participate in a 10 week internship program in which they complete over 400 hours of work during their summer recess.

Over 40 students from Wisconsin’s private colleges collectively spent over 15,000 hours during the Summer 2007 as interns. It is anticipated that over 40 students will participate in College-to-Work internships during the Summer 2008.

To apply for a summer internship, begin by clicking here. This page lists all of the opportunities and clicking on each link will bring you to a description of that opportunity. The descriptions also have a direct link to the application page and application instructions.

***IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE YOU READ ALL OF THE APPLICATION***
*** INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!***

The Big East Career Consortium, in partnership with MonsterTRAK, is offering the third annual Big East e-Fair to the students and alumni of participating colleges and universities among the "Big East" Conference schools. Previous Big East e-Fairs have set records in numbers of participating employers and candidates.

What is an e-fair?

An e-fair is an entirely Internet based job fair. Thousands of students and alumni from Big East colleges and universities will be invited to use the e-fair to search for permanent jobs, summer, co-op, or internship positions.


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