Centre College - Monthly Online Newsletter

November 1, 2005

Internship Deadlines

Workshops and Events

Internship Interest Forms Due (CentreTerm & Spring Term)	November 1
Etiquette Dinner	November 2, 5:30pm
Graduate School Workshop	November 3, 11:30am
Summit Energy Application Deadline	November 8
Federal Jobs Workshop	November 9, 4:15pm
Interviewing Skills Workshop	November 10, 11:30am
Resume Writing Workshop	November 15, 4:15pm
Summit Energy On-Campus Recruiting	November 15
Centre Internship Plus Applications Due	November 21
Internship Contracts Due (CentreTerm & Spring Term)	December 8

Internship of the Month

The U.S. Department of Labor offers year-round internships, including CentreTerm, in Washington, DC through the Secretary Elaine L. Chao Internship Program. If you know of any interested students, please have them contact Mindy Wilson at 8792 for more information.

Upcoming Workshops

Career Services offers career and graduate school related workshops year-round. Workshops offered in November are:

Applying to Graduate School, November 3rd, 11:30am
Federal Jobs, November 9th, 4:15pm
Interviewing Skills, November 10th, 11:30am
Resume Writing, November 15th, 4:15pm

If you know of an interested student, have them call 5283 to register.

Contact Career Services for more information about Internships, Workshops or Events. If you'd like to see other offerings, would like Career Services to make a presentation for your class, group or major, or assist with planning a career panel for a major or club, please give us a call or drop us an e-mail. We'd be happy to help!

Externship Program

Shadowing is a great way for students to “test drive” a potential career. It gives an accurate look into the career field without having to commit to a semester-long internship. Career Services at Centre offers a formal shadowing opportunity known as the “Externship” program.

Centre's Externship program takes place between CentreTerm and Spring term, but planning starts months in advance. During the summer, Career Services begins contacting alumni in a variety of career fields in locations throughout the country. By mid-October, we have received all the offers to host students that we expect to receive and begin assembling the information.

So how does the program work? Booklets are sent to students during the first week in November. Students review the booklet and choose 3 externships of interest. Students apply for the externships by submitting an application form, a resume, and an essay stating what they have done to explore their career options and explaining how their choice of externship fits in with their goals. Career Services then matches students with externships, giving as many students as possible their first choices.

After being selected for an externship, the student will attend a meeting where they will receive contact information on their extern sponsor and instructions for the program. Students then work with the extern sponsor to arrange dates (which will occur sometime between January 26th and February 1st). Students are responsible for their own transportation and housing but limited funding to help with these expenses may be available. The Externship Booklet has already been sent to students, and the deadline for applications is November 10th.

For questions on the externship program, give us a call at 5283 or come by Career Services.

Graduate School

The 2005-2006 academic year is now well under way. Believe it or not, it's not too early for seniors to begin thinking about what they will be doing next fall. Now is the perfect time for students to begin preparing for graduate school. Here is a checklist and timeline for applying to graduate school:

--Meet with appropriate advisor (academic, pre-professional, career counselor) (early fall)
--Research appropriate schools and note the entrance exam(s) they require. Request application information. (early fall)
--Determine the appropriate graduate/professional school entrance exam and register to take it. (early fall)
--Prepare for the entrance exam and take it. (by winter break or January at the latest)
--Write a personal statement and get it critiqued. Continue this process at least 3 times with different critics. (all fall term)
--Ask professors to write letters of recommendation. Provide them with a resume to help them. (early fall)
--Apply to graduate or professional school. (January, February, March)

Career Services is happy to help students with this process. They can set up an appointment by calling 5283. Additional graduate school info can be found here.