2016 Career Guide - Official (2)

INTERNSHIP AND JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES
Let’s discuss strategies for how to find an internship and ultimately your full-time job after graduation.
BRAINSTORM
What career fields or position types are you pursuing?
What is your preferred location?
PREPARE TO SEARCH
Have you completed your College Central Network account registration? This is where you will find
information about job postings that are sent directly to the ACU Career Center. This is the “hub” of our
Career Center postings, events, résumé builder program and much more.
Complete your profile on LinkedIn and send connection requests to the contacts you already have.
Join various ACU groups. Lastly seek out companies that you are interested in and follow them,
often they post jobs on their pages.
Connect with alumni on LinkedIn
Begin telling everyone you know that you’re conducting a job search and specifically what you
need from them in order to be successful in your search. This will include your 30-second elevator
speech (who you are, what you’re looking for and when/where).
Join professional associations connected with the career you are pursuing.
Participate in local networking groups.
Start volunteering with an organization that can expose you to additional networking contacts in
your career area.
Create a job search strategy following these tips.
CCN
Registration
Instructions
CCN
On-Campus
Interview
Instructions
CCN
Job and Internship
Search
Instructions
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