When you know something about what you want from a job, and what you have to offer an employer, you're ready to learn more about the career fields, industries and work environments that most interest you. The possibilities are endless--the world is yours! Here are some ways to explore it:
Internships and Externships - An internship, or a shorter-term externship, is a great way to learn more about a career field or industry while also gaining the kind of real-world experience that employers will appreciate.
The Careers in the Common Good Program - Don't want to be an investment banker? Advertising not your bag? Check out the Careers in the Common Good Program—a collection of resources and events designed to help you find a career that pays the bills and makes a difference.
Workshop: How to Find an Internship – Need we say more? Check the CSO Calendar for upcoming presentations.
Workshop: Networking 101 – Networking is a very effective way to learn about careers and organizations that interest you—and an informational interview is a great way to make yourself known to potential employers. Check the CSO Calendar for upcoming presentations.
Drop-in Appointments - A fifteen-minute conversation with one of our counselors can help you clarify your goals and discover new options; if you'd like to continue the conversation, you can drop in again, or schedule a longer session at your convenience.
The CSO Library - The CSO Library features hundreds of books, from internship guides to industry exposés. Come spend some quality time with us and learn what to expect from graduate school, what Wall Street is really like, or how to make a living as a writer. If you've got questions, we've got the books to help you answer them.
MOJO - MOJO is Middlebury's online job and internship bank. Search thousands of jobs and internships all over the world, and check the calendar for upcoming resume collections and special events. Apply for jobs without leaving the comfort of your room! (You will, however, have to get off your buttinski for the interview.)
What Can I Do with My Major? - If this is the question that keeps you up at night, check out the answers we've collected on our Web site, or stop by the CSO Library to browse through one of our "Great Jobs" books, including Great Jobs for Anthropology Majors , Great Jobs for Foreign Language Majors , Great Jobs for Biology Majors , and many more.
Spotlight on Careers - Spotlight on Careers is a collection of career profiles created by the member colleges of the Liberal Arts Career Network (LACN). The profiles offer in-depth analyses of thirty-four career fields, from biotechnology to social activism, and provide links to facilitate further research.
The Lattice Group
- "The Lattice Group is a grassroots campaign that engages young people in a public dialogue about the issues that arise when trying to balance personal, family, and work obligations in a globalized economy. Founded in 2007 by two Middlebury College students concerned with the inflexibility of the American work culture they were about to enter, The Lattice Group conducts non-partisan, comparative research on work-life issues through the lens of young people. The goal of The Lattice Group website is to create a community for the re-imagining of our working world. Think more flexible career progression. Think 'corporate lattice' rather than 'corporate ladder.' For more information, visit www.thelatticegroup.org."
MiddNet Online – Over 8,000 alumni have signed up to help you with career questions, and they're all waiting for you on MiddNet. Search the database by industry, undergraduate major, geographic location, class year, highest degree, employer name, position title, or keyword. Write a brief e-mail, ask a few questions, and you're networking before you know it!
Vault.com - Vault provides some of the most powerful career, industry and company research tools on the Web. The comprehensive profiles and guides produced by Vault are available for download as Adobe Acrobat files, and would cost big bucks if we hadn't worked the angles on your behalf. Call us for the password, click through from our front page (or the link above), and you'll find yourself in a wonderland of free and very useful information. Please go to the Password Information Page in order to access this site.
The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet - A centralized, commercial-free and text-based online resrouces guide that links to employment listings, industry and occupational information, and job-search resources.
Ferguson's Career Research Center – A comprehensive career-information resource, produced by Facts on File. Explore different careers and career-paths in depth; learn what careers interest you, and what skills, values and qualities they require.
Career Descriptions at CollegeGrad.com – CollegeGrad.com has collected hundreds of career descriptions to help you figure out who does what. Organized by occupational area, the descriptions include information about the nature of the work, work environment, training requirements, earnings potential, and more.
WetFeet.com – The Wetfeet Career Research Center offers a wide variety of company and industry profiles for purchase, and provides some good free content, as well. The free stuff includes "Real People Profiles" in which real people share their experiences in the world of work.
Virtual Career Library - Our Virtual Career Library complements our hard-copy collection with up-to-the-minute, industry-specific Web sites, job and internship listings, on-line career guides, and much more. The hundreds of links are grouped according to industry, so you can find what you need in a jiffy.
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