Center for Careers & Internships

You’ve landed the internship or plan to have one secured soon. How do you prepare for it and make sure you get the most from your summer experience?

Hear from a panel of students giving their best tips and advice on making the most of your internship. The conversation will include working with supervisors, taking initiative, what to do when you make a mistake or don’t know how to do an assigned task, organizing your work, preparing for and ending your internship strong, and more! There will be time for your questions as well. 

Join us for RAPID RESUME REVIEW

Does your resume clearly showcase your skills and experiences? Join in to have your resume reviewed by a member of the CCI team and learn important strategies you can apply to make your resume more effective.

Presented by the Center for Careers and Internships and cosponsored by academic departments, Field Guides bring alumni back to campus to share knowledge and experience related to their post-Middlebury careers and professional lives with current students.

On April 15/16 Middlebury graduates working in Geography will come to campus virtually for the Geography Field Guide. Thursday evening, alumni will participate in a panel. Friday morning, our alumni guests will hold one-on-one chats with students.

Please join the Center for Careers and Internships, the Student Investment Committee, and Middlebury Women on Wall St. (MiddWow) for a career conversation with Tom Michaud ’86.
Tom Michaud serves as President and CEO of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, an investment bank specializing in the financial services sector. Since joining the firm in 1986 as a credit analyst in the firm’s training program, he has spent 35 years building the KBW franchise and leading many of its businesses. Tom co-led the firm’s rebuilding efforts following 9/11 and in 2006 co-led KBW’s IPO.

Do you want to serve in the fields of healthcare, education, or social service? To you want a year of personal growth and intentionality and to live justly? Consider learning about Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry from current volunteer and 2020 Middlebury graduate Mikayla Haefele.

Working with our friends at Oratory Now, we have developed and refined an interactive training series that will help you prepare for those all-important virtual interviews.

Step 1: Attend a 45-minute Live Zoom Workshop with Oratory Coaches, record answers to a choice of common interview questions, and receive detailed feedback on your delivery and production values.

Step 2: You can then request additional private coaching – either in a real-time Zoom session or by submitting a new recording. And you can do this as many times as you like, right up until …

Minted is a marketplace for independent design, where you come to find things for your home and special occasions that are trend-setting, well-curated, high quality, and made unique to you. Minted is a late stage startup based in San Francisco, and was founded in 2007 by CEO Mariam Naficy (Williams Alumna). Join Becca O’Leary (Sr. Manager, Merchandising) and Caitlin Bernstein (Recruiter) to learn about their disruptive e-commerce marketplace and exciting opportunities for recent grads in their Merchandising function.

Previous Middlebury interns will give firsthand advice & insight on:
• decision-making related to internships or other summer experiences
• picking an internship if you have multiple interests
• finding paid internships or applying for CCI’s funding for unpaid internships
• preparing for and being successful in your internship
• the impact of internships, and more

Please join the Center for Careers and Internships, Middlebury Women on Wall St., and the Student Investment Committee for a career conversation with Susie Scher ’86 P’24.

Susie is chair of the Global Financing Group within the Investment Banking Division (IBD). She serves on the Partnership Committee, IBD Executive Committee, IBD Risk Council and Americas Inclusion and Diversity Committee. Susie is a senior advisor to the IBD Council for Advancement of Racial Equity and a managing director advisor to the LGBTQ+ Network.

Please join us for a Career Conversation and a Media Industry Discussion with George Chan ‘05, Senior Director of Business Strategy within Nickelodeon’s Growth Marketing team. George will discuss his career journey and current trends in the industry. Based on George’s recommendation, we will also discuss three articles titled “Box Office: Warner Bros. Has Replaced Universal As A Savior For Movie Theaters,” “Can Subscription Video Providers Hold On to Their New Customers?” and “Industry Voices— KS&R: Appetite for social grows as video becomes main course.”