Finding the right job or internship to suit your desires is never an easy task. Fortunately, the advent of the Internet has made it easier to find one tailored especially to your needs.
While the job hunt used to consist of desperate searches through the want ads in the newspapers, carousing around the many stands at school job fairs, or browsing your college’s job postings, new websites such as jobsearch.com and monster.com have simplified the search. Many colleges, including Elizabethtown, have also established online job search resources to aid their students in the hunt.
At Etown, the Career Services department will be happy to meet with you to discuss your resume and cover letter and provide instructions on using their Jobs for Jays resource. Jobs for Jays is an excellent online job search site accessible from the Career Services section of the Etown web site (on the Quick Clicks drop-down menu).
To sign up, you must go to the web site and select the “Student Login” option. Then, you will be required to provide your name and contact information, as well as select a unique password for access to the database. You can update your profile, which includes educational and experiential credentials as well as the type of employment you are seeking, for easy access for job candidate seekers. These seekers may then contact you regarding relevant job opportunities through postal or e-mail.
Jobs for Jays also allows you to search for available positions through the “Jobs” tab. Here, you may specify the category of work you are seeking and the type of position (e.g. full-time, part-time, internship, etc.) in which you are interested, in addition to the desired locations and specific companies. Then, a list of the suitable job openings will appear on your screen with links to job descriptions, qualifications, and contact information.
While it does not complete the entire application process for you, this is a convenient resource available exclusively to Etown students.
The Career Services department has also arranged for students to attend job fairs both on campus and off. The Elizabethtown College Job and Internship Fair will be held in the Thompson Gymnasium March 19 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Other major upcoming job fairs include the York College Career Expo April 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Capitol Region Job Fair April 3 at the Harrisburg Hilton, and numerous teacher recruitment fairs at area colleges such as Penn State University Park, Bloomsburg University and Kutztown University. Further details about these events can be found on the Jobs for Jays Web site.
While the job search can seem initially daunting, these resources are available to you to ease the pain. Remember that the college Career Services department located on the second floor of the BSC, is always eager to address your questions and concerns.
Written by Elizabethtown College Students In Free Enterprise, a nonprofit organization that teaches others the principles of free market economics. Students, faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to visit the SIFE blog at http://etownsife.blogspot.com/. Contact sife@etown.edu with any questions.
This article was originally published in the Etownian on Wednesday, March 19th.
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