Career Days 2007 is coming fast and over 50 organizations will be attendingwith job and internships, information and interviewing opportunities.

Mark your calendar so you don't miss out!

Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Place: Emerson Suites, Campus Center

To find out who's coming, logon to your eRecruiting account and click on the career fairs link.

Sigma Iota Epsilon, the American Marketing Association, and Career Services cordially invite you to attend the 11th Annual Etiquette Dinner.

Students from all schools across campus are encouraged to attend this event which focuses on teaching appropriate dining behavior in order to make a great first impression during interviews where meals are involved. The event will include keynote and etiquette speakers, a three-course meal, door prizes, and music by Ithacapella!

This year's etiquette speaker, assistant manager and waiter Andrew Satkowski of John Thomas Steakhouse, will discuss his first-hand perspective on professional etiquette and guide students through the basics of dinner etiquette. Mr. Satkowski will be followed by the keynote speaker, Mr. Randy MacDonald, Senior VP of Human Resources for IBB who will discuss the differences in etiquette across cultures.

In addition to these great speakers, networking opportunities will be available for students, as employers from the day's Career Day 2007 Job and Internship Fair will be in attendance.

The event will be held in the Emerson Suites on Tuesday, October 30th with the reception beginning at 5:15 p.m. and dinner commencing at 6:00 p.m. Dress is business professional, so dress to impress!

Due to the limited number of seats available, tickets will go quickly, so be sure to purchase your tickets as soon as possible!

WHEN: Senior Class Pre-Sale – October 15 (9am-3pm)
Open Ticket Sales – October 16, 17, 22, 23 (9am-3pm)

WHERE: Park Lobby, Campus Center Lobby, School of Business Student Services Desk, and the Rec Center

HOW MUCH: $12 per ticket $1 from every ticket will be donated to the Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

For more information contact ICAMA08@gmail.com

The Schwartz Center at Cornell University is seeking a soloist to perform as a wandering musician in their production of As You Like It by William Shakespeare. Music will be composed for the production by John Winn.

Auditions will be held on Wednesday October 17th beginning at 4:30, and you must register by calling 254-2703.  Please come prepared with a short languid/folksy piece. Producers are looking for a portable melodic instrument: violin, oboe, trumpet, clarinet, flute, recorder, etc. Rehearsals begin March 1, 2008; Performance dates: April 24-26, May 1-3 2008.

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact Pam at the Schwartz Center at 254-2703.

 

Career Services is pleased to announce co-sponsorship for two Sustainability Cafe events.

Career planning in the environmental field, and trends affecting environmental careers
Date: Monday, October 15, 2007
Speaker: Robert K. Goldman, director of Global Environmental Programs for Arcadis.

Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going?
Date: Monday, October 22, 2007
Speaker: Rick Otis '75, Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

The Sustainability Café series is designed to fertilize the exchange of information and ideas regarding sustainability theory and practice among students, faculty, and staff at IC, and invested members of the local community, including EcoVillage. Each event features “teachable edibles”, mostly organic and locally-grown season food products, served in a “zero waste” format.

Come join us for informative events and learn how to improve our world.

The Student Conservation Association is offering students an opportunity to protect the environment, challenge their intellect, and win top prizes.

We seek to engage the intelligence and passion of America's young leaders to help restore and protect our natural world. We are looking for practical solutions that involve young people in addressing an environmental challenge.

• Submissions may be a research project or thesis as well as video, PowerPoint, or even a website

• Prizes include a 2008 Mazda3i, $37,000, and eight expense-paid trips to SCA’s April 2008 EarthVision Summit in Washington DC

• The deadline is December 1, 2007

• To submit a work, please visit: http://www.thesca.org/contest/

The SCA/Mazda Conservation in Action Multimedia Contest is part of a year-long series of events to celebrate SCA’s 50th anniversary and honor founder Elizabeth Titus Putnam, whose senior thesis launched SCA in 1957. She proved that a young person with vision and determination can make a difference. SCA believes that’s still possible.

It may seem early, but for some careers, it's not. We're pleased to announce that the following organizations have scheduled campus visits to conduct interviews.

All opportunities and application instructions are posted in eRecruiting.

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Comptroller Of The Currency
Positions: Assistant National Bank Examiner
Interview Date: October 5, 2007

Application Deadline: September 30, 2007

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Blackrock
Positions: 1st year Analyst
Interview Date: October 24, 2007

Application Deadline: October 17, 2007

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EF Education
Positions: Management Development Program
Regional Accounts Coordinator
Regional Manager
Regional Placement Manager
Tour Consultant
Interview Date: November 6, 2007

Application Deadline: October 15, 2007

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M&T Bank
Position: Management Development Program
Interview Date: November 13, 2007

Application Deadline: October 23, 2007

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Are you thinking about attending graduate school after college? Join us for the Career Services' 9th Annual Graduate and Professional School Fair on Tuesday, October 2nd from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will be over 115 schools in attendance with representatives from various graduate and professional programs who want to talk with you!

The fair is a great way to find out about specific programs, as well as to get general information about the graduate and professional school application process. The Graduate and Professional School Fair will be held between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. in Emerson Suites.

For those of you who are applying to graduate school and have specific questions, check out one of the following panels: Law School Panel (7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in the Clark Lounge) Medical Professions Panel (7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in Klingenstein Lounge)

Liberal Arts Panel (7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in IC Square) **New this year!**

Panelists will be on hand to answer questions concerning the application process for law school, medical school and liberal arts programs. These events will begin immediately following the Graduate and Professional School Fair.

A complete listing of who is scheduled to be at the 2007 Graduate School Fair can be found here!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jennifer Kellington in the Office of Career Services at 4-3365 or jkellington@ithaca.edu.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Career Services is pleased to announce that Ms. Lisa Krauthamer, from Teach For Americawill visit campus on Tuesday, October 2. Ms. Krauthamer is a former corps member who taught for two years in Atlanta.

Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Time: 6:00 PM
Where: Taughannock Falls Room, Campus Center

Come learn first hand about the program and opportunities that exist for Ithaca College students.

Career Services is pleased to announce that we have added Career Search, a powerful new reseasrch tool, to our iCareers site.

Career Search enables you to charge up your job or internship search by providing:

• Fast web access to almost 10 million organizations from advertising to healthcare, manufacturing, technology and many others.

• Key information including; contacts, company descriptions, addresses, names, titles and many e-mail addresses.

• The ability to search for companies by industry, geographic region, city, company size, key words and many more criteria!

• A way to expand your opportunities by doing a "competitor search"

• A great tool for researching an organization that you are interviewing with, or for finding hidden job and internship opportunities.

Check it out today! We think it'll will quickly become a favorite tool in your job/internship search toolbox.