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What Ramstad Commons Can Offer You
- 1. What Ramstad Commons Can OfferYou Danielle Shepperd COMA 235
- 3. Ramstad Commons Offices •Academic Advising • Center for Community Engagement and Service • Academic Internships • Career Connections • Student Employment
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- 5. Academic Advising Functions •Preparing for the year or next semester • 104R • Registration Appointments • Help Declare a Major • Schedule Changes
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- 7. CCES Services • OneTime Volunteer Opportunities • Pierce County Hunger Walk • Franklin Pierce Youth First Fun Run • Martin Luther King Jr Day • Make a Difference Day • Volunteer Projects • Spring Break Service Opportunities • Winter Fest • Club Keithley • Big Buddies
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- 9. Academic Internships • DefiningInternship Goals • Searching for Internships • Preparing to Apply • Get credit for an Internship • “99% of employers want an intern”- Allie Troxell, PLU’s Internship Contact
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- 12. Job Searching • 1)Go to Plu.edu/career • 2) Click on Career Connections Opportunities Board • 3) Search Jobs/Internships/Volunteer • On Campus Positions • Off Campus Positions • State Work Study Positions • Volunteer Positions • Internships • 4) Click Apply
- 13. Resume and CoverLetter • 1) Draft a resume or cover letter • 2) Come in to pop-in hours • M-F 10:30 am-12:00 pm and 3:30 pm-5:00 pm • 3) Revise resume or cover letter • 4)Put up on opportunities board
- 14. Interview Prep/Mock Interview •Have an interview? • 1) Schedule an appointment with career counselor • 2) Bring in resume, cover letter, and job description • 3) Dress as if going to interview • 4) Receive comments and practice on how to answer questions • “33% of bosses know who they’ll hire in first 90 seconds” -Career Connections
- 15. Monthly Events/Career Fairs •Past Year Career Fairs: • Division of Natural Sciences • Fall Career Fair: Jobs, Internship and Volunteer Opportunities • School of Business • Division of Humanities and Social Sciences • Education • School of Arts and Communications Panel and Networking • Workshops • LinkedIn • Resume/Cover Letter • Interview
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- 17. What do Ido now?
- 18. Student Employment • Yougot a job! • 1) Fill out I-9 and W-4 Forms • 2) Bring in forms of identification • 3) Able to work
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