STUDENTS Find Full-Time Employment
Establishing a career plan so that you can make informed career choices begins early in your college career. The first step is to visit the Pomerantz Career Center, either to meet with a Peer Advisor or a Career Advisor.
A Peer Advisor is a student trained to be able to assist you with your career search. Career Advisors are professional staff members that can help you establish a career path, choose a major, and develop job search strategies.
A student Peer Advisor and/or Career Advisor can help you:
- Take an interest assessment to understand your personality better and how you may fit into the workplace, or how you can interview more effectively
- Prepare your cover letter and resume
- Prepare for an interview
- Sign up for UI Employment Expo (online recruiting system where you can upload your resume, search for jobs and internships, and apply for on-campus interviews).
- Develop individual job search strategies
- Understand job offers
- Prepare for a Career Fair
Search for full-time employment
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Search Tips and Skills |
Considering Graduate School
Here are some links to help in your search for graduate schools:
- Kaplan
Take practice grad school tests online, find information on financing graduate school, and more. - Peterson's Guides
Search more than 35,000 graduate programs. - US News & World Report Guide to Graduate Schools
Help with application preparation, essays, and financial aid.
Internet Resources
Comprehensive Job Information Sites
Career assistance from those prominent in the field. Below are sites that provide a wide variety of career-related information as well as links to other valuable sites.
- Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries
This site includes two directories - one for searching for American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries and another for Foreign Firms Operating in the United States
Job Hunter's Bible
What Color is Your Parachute? author Dick Bolles' career information site.
Includes using the internet in your job search; creating and posting your resume; taking interactive tests online; searching for contacts; finding out about places, fields, companies, and salaries; and finding job openings. - The Riley Guide
Margaret Riley's guide to employment opportunities and job resources on the Internet.
Includes: how to prepare for a job search, write resumes and cover letters, and target and research employers; job listing sites; networking, interviewing, and negotiating tips; salary guides and more. - Career Builder
Search hundreds of thousands of jobs—across the nation or in your own neighborhood. - Career Journal
This site hosted by The Wall Street Journal provides salary and hiring information and job-hunting advice. This is a great site for students majoring in a business-related field! - JobWeb
Articles from Job Choice Magazine, published by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Job Search Articles and Related Sites
There are many online articles on resume and cover letter writing, interviewing techniques, negotiating offers, and other aspects of your job search. The sites listed below include information on many subjects.
Of course, meeting one-on-one with a Career Advisor is encouraged. Please call our office at 335-1023 to set up an appointment with a program manager for individual assistance.
Pick up a free Career Guide in the Pomerantz Career Center. The guide includes articles on all areas of your job search, as well as sample resumes and letters (letters of application and inquiry, thank you's, acceptance, and withdrawal from consideration).
- Campus Career Center
Search for internships and full-time jobs all over the world, research companies, as well as resources to help in your search. - College Grad Job Hunter
Easy to follow links to information on preparation, job postings, resumes and cover letters, interviews and negotiations, and the new job. - Job Star
Steps to Career/Life Planning Success
Career manual from the University of Waterloo
Other Useful Sites
- USA Citylink
Provides information on cities throughout the US. - Mapquest.com, Maps.com
Get directions to your job interviews. - ICE-Net in partnership with the UI Alumni Association
UI alumni who have volunteered to help UI students with career networking.
Other Career Services Offices on Campus:
| Education Placement | (319) 335-5353 |
| Engineering Professional Development | (319) 335-6280 |
| Law Placement | (319) 335-9011 |
| MBA Career Services (full-time & internships) | (319) 335-1021 |
| Nursing Career Development Center | (319) 335-7018 |