Everything You Need to Know to Get the Jobs and Internships You

Want

By Rob SanGeorge and John CharlesCareer Center SIS TeamAmerican UniversityAugust 21, 2009

Quiz:

1. Why should I intern?

2.When should you start looking for a full-time job?

A Full Range of Services

SIS team services:- Internships- Career Development- Self-Assessments- Networking Opportunities- Interview Coaching- Job Search Strategy-Website and Listserv Postings

John – 1st year grad students Robert – 2nd year grad

students Federal Careers Week SIS Networking Receptions SIS Career Week

Aspects to consider as you begin your program1. Level of competition in the field

for internships and jobs2. Key employable skills3. Networking and sources of

contacts4. How to enhance your

marketability during your studies

– Languages, technology skills

Nearly 80% of SIS students intern while at AU

Most students complete more than one internship

Internships strongly influence career plans

DC is a great place to intern

Let the Career Center help you locate your internship!

Unique Resources Resume Builder Virtual Mock Interview H1VisaJobs for International

Students Career Center Facebook Page AU Career Web inCircle Online Community My Career Advisor blog

Advisors bring it to you Scheduled 45 minute and 30 minute

appointments (online scheduling at www.american.edu/careercenter)

Davenport Drop-in hours– Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 pm

Stop-in session during busy times: Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1-2 pm and Wed. Sep 2 in Career Center, 5th Floor Butler Pavilion

Two Annual Job and Internship Fairs

Our Fairs typically draw over 150 organizations!

SIS Employers registered for Job Fair, Sept. 24th, 20091-4 pm in Bender Arena

ACDI/VOCA Central Intelligence Agency Corporate Risk International (CRI) Deloitte Consulting LLP Earth Day Network Federal Bureau of Investigation Peace Corps Sirius XM Radio

TRAK Companies USAID/Office of Foreign

Disaster Assistance and Office of Transition Initiatives

U.S. Dept. of Justice U.S. Government

Accountability Office U.S. Department of Defense Visions in Action

AU Career Center Home Page

AU CareerWebProfile Page

Networking with Alumni & Employers

Federal Careers Week–Oct 5-9

SIS Career Week—early February inCircle Online Community

It’s Not Just the White House That is a Metro Ride Away

Nonprofits, Public and Private Sector?

ABC World News Tonight AED American Red Cross Amnesty International Bearing Point Biometrics BioReliance Lab Booz Allen Hamilton Brookings Institution Center for Strategic and

International Studies Chemonics CIA Clear Channel Corporation CNN International Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Corcoran Gallery of Art C-Span DC Superior Court

Defense Intelligence Agency Department of State Discovery Communications Drug Enforcement Agency Embassy of France Emily’s List Environmental Protection Agency European Institute Fannie Mae Fleishman-Hillard Fund for Peace Goldman Sachs Heritage Foundation Human Rights Campaign Inter-American Foundation International Foundation for

Election Systems IFC

Places Students Have Interned

More Places Students Have Interned

Kennedy Center KPMG Legg Mason Maryland House of Delegates Merrill Lynch Middle East Institute Morgan Stanley MTV National Cancer Institute National Democratic Institute National Endowment of the Arts National Geographic National Public Radio PBS Public Citizen Global Trade

Watch Public Defender Service Public International Law & Policy

Group

Republican Youth Majority Smith Barney Smithsonian Institute The Washington Post The White House UBS Financial Services United Nations United States Congress United States Department

of Justice US Dept of Commerce USA Today Washington Capitals Washington Sports and

Entertainment World Bank WTOP Radio Network

Strategy

Create your own online profile – AU CareerWeb– LinkedIn– Clean up Facebook page

Meet with John at some point before the end of fall semester

Expand you network while in school Take advantage of professors’

connections Sign up for SIS-L

QUESTIONS???Schedule an appointment with John Charles by

going online at www.american.edu/careercenter

charles@american.edu (John prefers phone calls: 202-885-1810)

sangeorg@american.edu