| Job listings
in print |
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Career Services |
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Regardless of how many jobs are posted
online, job notices also appear in print form. Throughout the year,
Career Services receives hundreds of letters, e-mails, faxes, brochures,
etc., announcing job openings. These are placed in binders in Career
Services, and you can view them any time during our office
hours. |
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Some tips to using them: |
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Organization:
The binders are organized into broad career field categories.
Depending on your career interests, you may benefit from looking
at more than one category. Within each binder, the most recent items
are first. |
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Relationship to majors:
The listings are not necessarily grouped by major, but by career
field.
This is because the real world is not organized by major,
and seeking employment involves thinking beyond major toward career
fields you wish to pursue. |
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Multiple listings:
Check the "all majors" or "multiple listings"
binder, because this includes listings in which the employer has
a variety of positions available, representing a variety of career
fields. |
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Geographic location:
Listings are not sorted geographically. If you are targeting your
job search to a specific geographic location, you will also need
to use other job search methods.
See job listings online > state
sites and view general sites
because most have geographic search features.
CareerSearch
is a tool — for which Career Services pays a significant fee
— you can use to research potential employers by location and
industry. |
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How often should you check:
Look at the listings every two weeks or so to see what's new. Most
recent items are in front. Listings come in throughout the year,
but we always see an increase in summer internship listings between
January to March. But don't wait until then; some summer internships
have fall application deadlines. |
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| Other
sources of in-print job notices |
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Watch the bulletin boards
in your academic major department and in your college. |
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Newspapers.
Obvious, of course! Make it easy on yourself and look online, because
most newspapers are online and/or have their classified sections online.
University
libraries at Virgina Tech have links to many newspapers online. |
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Professional journals and publications.
Particularly useful for graduate students since you are becoming
more specialized and focused in your career pursuits. If you don't
already know what the professional publications are in your field,
ask your faculty. |
