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Welcome to Career Services

 

 

What is Career Services at GSOM?

GSOM Career Services is a bridge from your degree program to your new career. We are business professionals who offer practical advice to help you successfully enter or transition into your chosen career. We do this with a combination of career training, individual counseling and advising, and a variety of events. We have many resources to help you succeed, and we offer a safe place to practice and try out different ideas. We'll help you identify your unique set of strengths, skills and motivations so you can understand and promote your own personal brand. You can then focus on specific goals for your internship and job and increase your chance of attaining them.

 

 

 

 

Career Services Builds Alumni and Employer Relationships

We actively reach out to employers and alumni for internship and job postings and to keep them informed about our talented pool of students. Career Services events provide many chances for GSOM students to interact with alumni and employers for networking, functional and industry knowledge, and job and internship opportunities. We are active partners with Clark University and the Boston MBA Career Consortium to leverage opportunities for our students. To supplement our own events, we constantly seek out and advertise off-campus events, conferences and activities we think would benefit our students. Partial list of last year's GSOM events:

  • Alumni in Residence: Alumni talk with students in classrooms, panel discussions (Finance, Management), and individual conversations
  • Alumni Networking Events: Boston, New York, Washington DC, and Worcester
  • Career Fairs: Clark Career Fair, GSOM Employer Expo, Colleges of the Worcester Consortium, Asian MBA, Pace Collaborative (NY)
  • Company visits: Fidelity Investments—Boston, Avenue Capital— New York, Polar Beverages—Worcester
  • International Day: Guest speakers have included Dan Beaudry, author of job search book for international students and Judy Shen Filerman, cultural assimilation/Asian-American expert
  • Mock Interview Day, Resume Critique, Speed Networking; events with employers and alumni
  • Recruiting Events: Citi, Bloomberg, Silver Bridge Advisors, Bizminga, Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Empowerment
  • RISE Conference; selected students accompany Finance professor to prestigious investment conference

 

 

 

 

Career Services is a Partnership

It's hard to do this by yourself, and we can't do it for you, but together we can accomplish great things. You'll devote the same drive and initiative you bring to your degree program, to developing your career. We'll be with you every step of the way with resources, advice and encouragement.

International students: you'll decide whether to try to stay and work in the United States after graduation. We'll provide real-time information and guidance on the U.S job marketplace to help with this decision. We'll explain the personal attributes you'll need if you stay: individuality, initiative, and innovation. Many students will need to practice these concepts until they become natural and convincing. We provide many chances for you to practice for success and look forward to helping you.

 

 

 

 

Career Services Knows Business

Our staff at GSOM Career Services has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with you because we have worked in major corporations and understand exactly what they are looking for in today's new graduates. We provide practical, real life advice and guidance to help you succeed. During your time here at Clark's GSOM, please make sure that you take full advantage of our services. Here are some tips to help you get the most from your career services experience:

  • Come see us! We can help you best if we know you and your goals.
  • Make room in your schedule for career activities
  • Get your resume approved using our professional templates
  • Register for Career Training Cohort to get the information you'll need to succeed
  • Attend as many Career Services and co-sponsored events as you can
  • Watch for important Career Services emails GSOMCareers@clarku.edu
  • Use the The Clark Recruiter as your main resource. We post all of the opportunities we receive in this system. If you have not received a Username or Password, then e-mail GSOMCareers@clarku.edu to obtain this information
  • Take advantage of every chance to meet and network with alumni and employers
  • Get your social media accounts set up and use them professionally—LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter; see us for details
  • Visit the Fishman Career Library—lots of great books and a quiet reading area
  • START EARLY: internship and job searches often take longer than you think
  • Make an appointment to speak to Career Services whenever you need help with career related concerns
  • And finally, remember to Focus on Your Future

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Meet the Career Services Team

Lisa Radomsky

Director of Career Services:
lradomsky@clarku.edu

508-793-7770

Cindy Richard

MBA Counselor - Senior Associate Director of Career Services
crichard@clarku.edu

508-793-7138

Patti Kane

MSF Counselor
pkane@clarku.edu

508-793-7793

Office Hours
Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

508-793-7112
Please e-mail the appropriate advisor to set up an appointment.

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Alumni Networking

Clark alumni can be very helpful in your career searches and GSOM Career Services offers various ways to network with them.

  1. Students can access alumni via the following:
    • Clark LinkedIn groups
    • Clark University Alumni Networking Group and
    • Clark University Graduate School of Management
    • Clark Online Alumni Community - over 11,000 in database
    • CareerShift - continuously-updated web-based database
  2. We co-sponsor Alumni Networking events in Boston, Worcester, New York and other East Coast locations. Students with approved resumes are invited to participate in these networking events to make invaluable connections with alumni for advice on their careers.
  3. Alumni are frequently invited as speakers and participate in events hosted by Career Services.
  4. "Guidelines for Contacting Alumni" provides etiquette and communications tips to make your contact successful

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Career Assessment

If you are unsure of your career direction, GSOM Career Services can help you explore your career interests, skills, values and preferences through inventories and assessments as they relate to choosing your career. While no assessment can perfectly describe who you are or what your career should be, they are valuable in helping you narrow your search and consider options you may not have previously considered. We offer career assessment tools such as the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Strong Skills Inventory, the combined Strong/MBTI, and CareerLeader.

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Career Training Cohort

The Career Training Cohorts are highly interactive career courses with the following features:

  • Exposure to working professionals in important content areas
  • Hands on practice of the most critical job search techniques (including networking, interviewing, informational interviewing, and much more)
  • A planned and organized approach to conducting your job search so you can stay on track
  • Support from the other students in your cohort and a Career Advisor to help you successfully search for a job
  • Important facts about the Career Training Cohorts:
    • There will be two separate sections of classes, but you should only sign up for one section because the same content will be covered in both classes.
    • Classes are for 7 weeks
    • Both MBA and MSF students can sign up for these classes
    • This fall session is for students in the final year of their academic program who are about to start searching for full-time jobs. Classes for new students will start in the spring.
    • These classes are not required for returning students, but we strongly encourage students who are serious about their career to take one of the classes. This is a non-credit course and there is no fee for this course.
    • If you are unable to take one of these two sessions in Module A, we will be offering two more classes in Module B (the schedule will be announced as we get closer to Module B).

To apply for these courses, please complete the Drop/Add form and see Deanna Scaramangos to register.

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Career Workshops

Career Services will hold various workshops throughout the year related to career development. In the past, we have held such events as International Day, Employer Resume/Mock Interview Days, Internship Panels, and many others. Career Services also works jointly with various student groups within GSOM to hold workshops. All of these events will be advertised in The Clark Recruiter and in the GSOM Digest.

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Communications From Career Services

GSOM Career Services communicates with you in the following ways:

  1. MBA/MSF Career Source (The Clark Recruiter) –log into this system to see scheduled events, announcements, job and internship postings, documents, workshops, classes, and events (a detailed explanation of this system is in The Clark Recruiter section). The system is updated frequently.
  2. Emails - we will send important reminders, instructions, and time sensitive opportunities via e-mail; from GSOMCareers@clarku.edu . We only send e-mails to your Clark e-mail account, so you need to check it on a regular basis.
  3. Clark GSOM Digest
  4. Website - provides information about our services and career related news
  5. Flyers/Posters - look for flyers and posters for events in two main places 1) the glass case near the 1st floor student computer labs 2) the board in the Fishman Career Library, CH 204

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Databases & Informational Resources

The following databases and informational resources are there to help you with your job and internship search.

CareerShift
Offers the most comprehensive online resource, designed to support the # 1 request of job seekers: an easy to use web site to conduct and organize their job search. CareerShift's set of tools and applications provide a very unique opportunity to job hunters. While other web services provides bits and pieces of the job hunt process, only CareerShift provides an easy-to-use approach for bringing all these parts together to crack the "hidden job market" and for managing the job hunt all in one place. This tool pulls current job postings from the web, provides current contact information for business professionals, and organizes all of your job search tools. Login to The Clark Recruiter and click on the link to get started, click on the link, create your profile and use the password GSOMcareers.

eFinancialCareers
This site offers finance jobs & recruitment: Investment banking jobs, careers, employment & recruitment in the financial job sector: Finance jobs include banking, IT, securities & hedge fund jobs. The site also offers career management news and advice.

O*Net Online
It is an occupational information network. You can find occupations using keywords or O*NET-SOC codes, or by browsing Job Families, High Growth industries, STEM disciplines, or O*NET Descriptors. O*NET Descriptors refer to categories of occupational information collected and available for O-NET occupations.

USEFUL WEBSITES

Listed by subject area. Make sure this corresponds with the most updated list in the Document Library:

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

AICPA: www.aicpa.org
Financial Executives Networking Group: www.thefeng.org
New York Institute of Finance: www.nyif.com
Riley Guide: http://www.rileyguide.com/finance.html
Smart Pros: www.accountingnet.com
Quant Finance: www.quantfinancejobs.com
Quantster: www.quantster.com
Business and Job Research
Bizjournals.com: www.bizjournals.com
Business Week: www.businessweek.com
Fortune: www.fortune.com
Free Management Help: http://www.managementhelp.org/research/research.htm
Hoovers Online: www.hoovers.com
Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com
Compensation and Benefits
Job Smart Salary Index Information: www.jobsmart.org/tools/salary/index.htm
Salary.com: www.salary.com
Salary Expert: www.salaryexpert.com
U.S. Department of Labor- National Compensation Survey: http://www.bls.gov/ebs/
Consulting and Contract Assignments
Cambridge Consulting: www.cambridgeconsultant.com
Consulting Base: www.consultingbase.com
Consulting Magazine: http://www.consultingmagazine.com/
CPRi: www.cpri.com
Crimson Consulting: www.crimson-consulting.com
Dunhill Staffing: www.dunhillstaff.com
Elance: www.elance.com
FreeAgent.com: www.freeagent.com
Guru.com: www.guru.com
M2: www.msquared.com
Professional and Technical Consultants Association: www.patca.com

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Forum for Women Entrepreneurs: www.fwe.ca
Inc. magazine: www.inc.com
Making It: www.makingittv.com
Small Business Development Center: www.sba.gov
Small Business Service Bureau: www.sbsb.com
ZeroMillion: http://www.zeromillion.com/
Engineering and Technology
CIO Magazine: www.cio.com
Computer Jobs: www.computerjobs.com
DICE: www.dice.com
Just Tech Jobs: www.justtechjobs.com
Society of Women Engineers: www.swe.org
Women in Technology: www.witi.org

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Business for Social Responsibility: http://www.bsr.org
Business & Sustainable Development: A Global Guide: http://www.bsdglobal.com/
Co-op America: http://www.coopamerica.org
Environmental Business Association of NY State: http://www.eba-nys.org/
Global e-Sustainability Initiative: http://www.gesi.org/
Global Network for Environmental Technology (GNET): www.gnest.org/
Sustainable Business: www.sustainablebusiness.com
World Directory of Environmental Organizations: http://www.interenvironment.org/wd/index.htm

GENERAL

Art of Networking: www.quintcareers.com/netowrking.html
Career Builder: www.careerbuilder.com
Indeed: www.indeed.com
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com
MBA GlobalNet: www.mbaglobalnet.com
Monster: www.monster.com
Networking Associations and Societies: www.job-hunt.org/associations.shtml
True Careers: www.truecareers.com
Worktree: www.worktree.com
Human Resources
American Society for Training and Development: www.astd.org
National Human Resources Association: www.humanresources.org
Society of Human Resources Management: www.shrm.org
Workforce Online: www.workforceonline.com
Immigration Resources
Association for International Practical Training: www.aipt.org
Fragomen: www.fragomen.com
Immigration Lawyer Association: www.aila.org
U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services: www.uscis.org

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Asia Net: //www.asianetglobal.com/
Bilingual Jobs.com: www.bilingual-jobs.com
Centre People: www.centrepeople.com
Chinese Information and Networking Association: www.cina.org
Euro Circle: www.eurocircle.com
Foreign MBA: www.foreignmba.com
Global Workplace: www.global-workplace.com
Hire Diversity: www.hirediversity.com
Hobsons: www.hobsons.com
Idealist: www.idealist.org
Interaction: www.interaction.org
International Career Weekly: www.internationaljobs.org
International Development Jobs: www.devnetjobs.org
International Student: www.internationalstudent.com
Keizai Society: www.keizai.org
Latin MBA: www.latinmba.com
Latpro: www.latpro.com
MBA Enterprise Corps: www.mbaec-cdc.org
MBA Exchange: www.mba-exchange.com
One World.net: www.oneworld.net
Step Stone: www.stepstone.com
Wall Street Journal Asia: www.careerjournalasia.com
Wall Street Journal Europe: www.careerjournaleurope.com

MEDIA

Corporation for Public Broadcasting: www.cpb.org
Entertainment Careers: www.entertainmentcareers.net
TV Jobs: www.tvjobs.com
Variety Careers: http://www.variety.com
Nonprofits
Executive Searches.com: www.execsearches.com
Idealist: http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/FAQ/Nonprofit/Home/default
Nonprofit Oyster: www.nonprofitoyster.com
OpportunityNOCS: www.opportunitynocs.org
Philanthropy
Chronicle of Philanthropy: www.philanthropy.com
Council on Foundations: www.cof.org
Forbes Philanthropy: http://www.forbes.com/finance/philanthropy/
Foundation Center: www.fdncenter.org
Philanthropy Roundtable: http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org

SALES, MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

Adweek: www.adweek.com
American Marketing Association: www.ama.org
Communications Roundtable: www.roundtable.org/Round/index.html
Direct Marketing Association: www.the-dma.org
International Association of Business Communicators: www.iabc.com
Marketing Executives Networking Group: www.mengonline.com
Marketing Research Association: www.mra-net.org
Product Development and Management Association: www.pdma.org
Socially Responsible Companies
Business for Social Responsibility: www.bsr.org
Socially Responsible Stocks: http://michaelbluejay.com/sri/
Social Venture Network Jobs Page: www.svn.org
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Dow Jones Venture Capital: www.venturecapital.dowjones.com
National Venture Capital Association: www.nvca.org
Private Equity Capital: www.privateequitycentral.net
Private Equity Search Digest: www.jobsearchdigest.com/pesd
Venture Capital Task Force: www.vctaskforce.com
Venture Reporter: www.venturereporter.net

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Employer Outreach

Frequent outreach is necessary to maintain existing relationships and building new ones. Career Services is constantly seeking out and contacting new and previous employers to obtain career opportunities for our students. In addition to generating our own activities, we partner extensively with Clark University undergraduate Career Services, the Colleges of the Worcester Consortium and the Boston MBA Career Services Consortium to gain access to more employers and extend the reputation of the Clark GSOM degree. GSOM Career Services continually responds to the changing needs of our students and the economy and putting in the extra effort; whether we're creating new strategies for finding jobs in the recession or developing relationships with new groups of employers as our programs expand into new areas such as Social Change and the Dual Degrees. New internship and job postings are posted in The Clark Recruiter within 24 hours, where students can easily review and apply to them. We are committed to providing students maximum exposure to employers by arranging company visits and by inviting employers in all Career Services and Alumni events.

 

 

 

 

Executive Discussion Series

Leading executives come to GSOM to share their experiences and ideas. This guest speaker series, hosted by the Dean, gives students information on different industries, companies, and career opportunities. After the event, informal "meet and greet" sessions take place where you have the chance to talk individually with visiting speakers. While Career Services does not host this event, we strongly encourage students to participate in these discussions for their personal career development.
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Fishman Career Resource Library

(Carlson Hall, Room 204): 250+ books are available for research purposes and can be used in the reading room or checked out for your convenience. Topics include:

  • Interviewing and Negotiating
  • General Business
  • Industry and Field Specific Career guides
  • Career Transitions
  • Resumes and Cover Letters
  • Job Searching
  • Career Exploration
  • MBA Reference Guides
  • Grammar and Style
  • General Business Reference Guides

Computers available in the Fishman library for the purposes of career research with useful links such as The Clark Recruiter and CareerShift.

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Individual Career Advising Appointments

Participating in individualized career advising sessions can help you make informed career decisions when it comes to choosing your concentration, setting your career goals or developing successful job search strategies. Students commonly schedule appointments for the following reasons:

  • identifying interest, characteristics, skills and values
  • exploring career fields
  • receiving resume and cover letter assistance
  • creating individual marketing and job search plans
  • researching employers and jobs
  • information about internship and employment opportunities
  • developing successful interview techniques

However, you can come see us for any career related reason, and we will be happy to assist you.

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Internship Assistance

The internship you choose should provide degree-related work experience within corporations, businesses, government or non-profit agencies. The internship will help you become more certain about your career choices, give you greater professional confidence, enhance your skills and abilities, and provide you with a better understanding of what it takes to find employment and to succeed on the job.

All full-time MBA and MSF students are required to complete an internship while enrolled at the Clark University Graduate School of Management. These internships may be conducted anywhere in the world, but must focus on each student's individual concentration and future career goals. Internships can be completed on a part-time basis during the spring or fall semester or full-time during summer and/or winter break. Internships should be a minimum of 140 hours up to a maximum of 1,000 hours.

We cultivate relationships with hundreds of organizations in a diverse range of industries. Nearly every GSOM student completes an internship. The possibilities are endless.

Recent students have:

  • Interned at the World Bank Treasury in Washington, D.C., as a financial analyst
  • Appraised real estate investments for Asia Power in Mumbai, India
  • Developed business plans and conducted market research for Bizminga in Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Collaborated with executives at the National Credit Union Association in Alexandria, Virginia, to refine existing risk management models

Other recent internships sites include Shipyard Brewery in Portland, Maine, Sustainable Bolivia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, IBM Research in Kanagawa, Japan, and All State Insurance in San Diego, California.

The top methods for finding an internship are listed below:
Target Your Search - know what you want and only apply to internships related to that area (complete "The Career Exploration Guide").

Network - start talking to family, friends, professors and other students about what you are looking for. If you are an international student ask friends and family back home for any connections they may have in the U.S. Many of your classmates have already completed internships, so you should network heavily with other students.

Informational Interviews - identify careers that you are interested in, and go meet with professionals to ask them questions about their job (there is a handout called "Informational Interviews" in the Career Services handout rack to help you with this).

Websites - start applying to jobs on various websites (apply in large volumes for every 30 internships you apply to, you may hear from 1; always follow up within two weeks and see if you can find a contact at the places you apply)

Mba Highway
Monstertrak
Internship Programs
Coolworks
Creative Jobs Central
College Grad
Internzoo
Vault
Career Builder
Nonprofit Career
Career Journal

LinkedIn - sign up for an account, and join the Clark University Alumni Group and the Clark University Graduate School of Management alumni group to start networking with alumni directly.

Job Search
To successfully conduct your job search, you need to plan your job search process and you need to dedicate time to it. The hours per day you spend on your job search is directly related to the speed with which you will land substantial, interesting opportunities. In order for you to succeed in your job search process, you need to research how companies advertise positions in you chosen field and plan accordingly. For instance, if your field posts half of the jobs online and the other half in newspapers, then you need to spend half of your time researching those online job offers. Your career counselor can help you plan your job search.

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The Clark Recruiter - Job/Internship Postings

Clark University's recruiting website allows universities and employers to manage campus recruiting activity. Students can personally upload their resumes, cover letters, and update their personal profile, as well as apply to internship and full-time job opportunities. At the same time, employers are able to post openings and search through resumes that have been uploaded by our students.


This is the most important tool that you will use to help you during your job search activities, so make sure that you familiarize yourself with the system as soon as possible. You should have already received a username and password to access the system. If you still need a username and password for the system, please contact gsomcareers@clarku.edu.

Benefits of The Clark Recruiter System:

  • JOB POSTINGS - you will have access to 1 MILLION + postings from various sources
  • ONE LOCATION FOR EVERYTHING - you can load all of your documents, apply for postings, ask to be placed in resume books, sign up for career classes/events, access all websites, databases, and career documents currently utilized by Career Services
  • 24/7 ACCESS from any location
  • Document Library - You will find the following documents within the system:
    • GSOM Student Internship Application
    • Internship Waiver
    • Instructions for Completing Resume Templates
    • Resume Templates and Examples
    • Instructions for Completing Assessments
    • Cover Letter Instructions and Examples
    • Employer and Student Internship Evaluations
    • Resume Action Verbs
    • Helpful Presentations, Flyers, Brochures for Students
    • Topic Specific Career Handouts
    • And Much More...

Current students, please log in to MBAMSF Career Source and start benefiting from this powerful tool.
Description: MBAMSF Career Source

NACELink Privacy Policy - please review this policy before utilizing the system.
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Networking Events

We will be offering networking events in during the Spring semester. Past locations include New York, Boston, Washington D.C. and Worcester. These events are organized by the Clark University's Alumni Affairs office, and they have been a huge success in the past. Students are able to network with alumni who are working professionals in designated cities. We usually provide transportation for these events. These events will be advertised on this website, in MBA/MSF Career Source, and via e-mails, so sign up as soon as you receive the notice because there is usually limited space and slots are filled on a first come, first serve basis. Students must have an approved resume to attend these events.
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Partnerships with Student groups

Career Services strongly encourages students to participate in GSOM's Student groups for your own professional development. Employers greatly value the leadership and teamwork skills you gain by being an active officer or member, so involvement in these organizations can be great resume-boosters. We also partner with the student groups to host career-related events attended by many students. Please contact the officer of your respective student organization if you are interested in hosting an event with Career Services.

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Resume and Cover Letter Assistance

The resume is your primary marketing tool. It is how you present the unique traits, skills and experiences you bring to the marketplace. We have created resume templates for you to make the process of revising your resume easier. Before you contact Career Services, you need to work on your resume as if you are submitting it to an employer. Preparing an employer-ready resume requires you to put in a lot of work! Expect to go over your resume multiple times even after GSOM Career Services has corrected it for you.

You will find templates for completing resumes in the "Document Library" of The Clark Recruiter. After following those instructions, please upload your resume into the system for review. A. An approved resume makes you eligible to attend special events and opportunities provided by Career Services.

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Salary and Offer Negotiation

Getting the salary and benefits you want can be a tricky part of the job-hunting process. Career Services will take you through the major steps and decisions you will be faced with during your salary negotiation process. We can help you with basic salary negotiation methods to help you negotiate your best offer.

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Stipends for Career Fairs, Conferences, and Special Events

We offer financial assistance for certain career fairs, conferences, and special events if we think the specified event will be beneficial to students. If you find special career related events that you would like to attend, please bring us detailed information about the event (i.e. name, purpose of event, location, logistics, costs, etc.). We will review your information and let you know if we will be able to provide funding for it.

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Video-Taped Mock Interviews - Interview preparation

During a mock interview session, students are asked questions while being recorded by a PC-mounted digital camera. You see exactly how you would look and sound in a real interview and you can practice your responses. The second step is to analyze your videotaped mock interview with a career advisor. You will be able to see how you are perceived by potential employers and receive immediate feedback and tips. These services help you work out any interview problems you might have so that you can ace the interview when it counts.