Looking for internship access and job security? Have no
fear, Career Services is here!
I have found that one of the main priorities and reasons for
getting a college degree is to ensure employment upon graduation. From my time thus far at Fordham, I have come to understand, by talking to both recent graduates and professors, that Fordham students have great success in securing jobs post-graduation. In addition
to fostering a friendly, yet competitive environment, molding driven and
passionate students, Fordham has fantastic networking opportunities. This is made possible due to the hard
work of Career Services.
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| Pamphlet from the Career Fair |
This past week, Career Services hosted its annual Spring
Career Fair where representatives from top corporate firms, commercial offices,
and legal practices came to connect with undergraduate students. At the Career Fair, students had the
opportunity to exchange resumes, cover letters, and business cards with a
wide-range of liaisons, representatives, and recruiters in order to network to
gain prospective job and internships.
While I was not able to attend the fair due to other on-campus
commitments, all of my roommates were able to mingle and network with
representatives from top finance and accounting firms. They were able to discuss previous
internship experiences, receive feedback on their resumes, and seek advice for
future career opportunities. Many
of the recruiters were Fordham alumni, which made the conversations all the
more natural and comfortable – Go Rams!
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| List of Rep's at the Career Fair |
Throughout the year, Career Services hosts various events, aside
from their Career Fairs. For
example, the office will meet with students who receive academic credit for
semester-long internships. I was
able to receive this service my sophomore year when I interned at a fashion PR
company. I met with counselors
throughout the semester to discuss the progress of my internship, which
culminated with a reflection paper that incorporated the required book for credit-internships, “You Majored in What.” The sessions provided the time and
space to express my positive feedback from my internship as well the
frustration of just starting out in the “real-world.” I was reassured that an
entire network of Fordham alumni was there to help if I ever needed career
advice or potential job opportunities.
After meeting with a Career Services counselor, students
have access to internship and job search, which I have found to be the most
useful tool provided by the office.
I am currently applying to summer internships, and already have
interviews with the company’s to which I submitted my resumes and cover letters
via Fordham’s internship search access.
This tool, CareerLink, allows students to type in different categories
to find internships in fields varying from finance and fashion to marketing and
litigation. The vast majority of
my friends and roommates have used this tool, in addition to Career Service’s
weekly job postings via email blast, to find their respective paid and unpaid
internships.
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| "Gifts" distributed at the Career Fair |
As a second semester junior, I feel the “real world” rapidly
approaching. While, yes, this is
an extremely daunting feeling, I feel all the more secure knowing the great
resources we have here on campus to help make the “real world” a little less
intimidating, and a whole lot more accessible. It’s time to go out there and set the world on fire, in the
words of St. Ignatius.
