If you read or listen to the news you undoubtedly know that these are challenging economic times across the country and, that fewer companies are recruiting on college campuses this year. In spite of the gloom and doom that is in the media Career Services wants the Ithaca College community to know that there ARE many excellent job, internship and summer opportunities available.

In fact, there are over 80 of them at the spring Job & Internship Fair on April 1, 2009 (Emerson Suites – 4:00 – 7:00 pm).

If you’re an IC student, this fair is your opportunity to meet these companies, to network with them and to share your skills, experience and qualifications. There will be interview opportunities as well.

But only if you show up.

Want to know more?

Show Me:

• Full Time Jobs
• Internships
• Summer Opportunities
• Companies That Are Attending

Don't let bad news or fear of the economy serve as your jailor. Brush off your resume, put on your good clothes and come make something happen.

Network with young professionals, CEO’s and successful entrepreneurs at Speed Networking on Tuesday, April 7. This is a great opportunity to learn the lifelong skill of networking while developing contacts with local professionals, whether you have chosen a career or are unsure of what you want to pursue. Learn about career options, life in Ithaca and build your network!

This event will be held at the Holiday Inn  and is sponsored by Ithaca College, Cornell University, TC3, Ithaca Forward and Ithaca Interns.  Register at: www.speednetworkithaca.com by April 3.  Check in starts at 5 & networking starts at 5:30.  For more information, contact Career Services.

Resumania is here!

Your fellow IC students are dusting off last summer’s resumes and adding their new accomplishments as they apply for summer opportunities.  You can help them by providing a copy of your resume and cover letters for the Career Services reference binders. We’re awarding three Ithaca College Bookstore Gift Certificates from a random drawing of all Resumania participants!

Just go to www.ithaca.edu/erecruiting and after you login, click on “Jobs and Internships.” Enter “Resumania” in the KEYWORDS box, and click the link “Resumania-Resumes”. Scroll down to the link “Upload a Resume” to add your resume. It’s a similar pathway to upload your cover letter. You can upload one of each and double your chance of winning. Good luck!

You can also get your resume in front of thousands of recruiters by publishing it to one of our resume books (once in eRecruiting, click on documents & then ‘publish resume’ to find the list of available books). We’ll e-mail the resume books (there is one book for job-seeking seniors and one for any student who is seeking an internship) to all of the employers in our database in late April. 

For assistance in using eRecruiting or to get your documents critiqued, contact Career Services.

During Take an Ithacan to Work Week, you can shadow a local professional to learn about your career field, to see what life is like off-campus in Ithaca and to network.  Professionals who work in fields as varied as marketing, recording studio management, nutrition, education and more will host student shadows for a day during the week's activities.  

Regardless of your major or class year, all Ithaca students are eligible to sign up for this opportunity and may do so in the Office of Career Services (1101 Gannett Center) starting on Monday, March 23.  The availability of matches is on a first-come, first-served basis so stop by Career Services as early in the week as possible.  Take an Ithacan to Work Week is scheduled for April 6 - 10, 2009.

Sponsored by the Ithaca College Office of Career Services in partnership with the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce and Ithaca Forward.

The Office of Career Services is looking for motivated and creative students to serve as Peer Career Advisors for the 2009-2010 academic year.  This volunteer opportunity is a chance to gain a competitive edge on your future career endeavors while helping your peers with resumes, cover letters as well as job and internship search. PCA also assist with special programs and events during the year including:  Career City Coffee Café, Career Days, Graduate School Fair, and the Job and Internship Fair.

If you do not know a lot about our office, that’s ok!  We provide comprehensive training and welcome students from all majors. 

The application can be found at http://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/careers/docs/PCA_Application. 

Note:  They are due on Friday, March 20th at 5:00 pm in the Office of Career Services.

Questions?  Please contact, Jennifer Kellington, Acting Assistant Director for Career Development at jkellington@ithaca.edu or 607-274-3365.