Internships (Jennifer Broyles - Campus Career Center - 3100 Hornbake library, South)
Thursday, October 13, 2005

5:45 PM - Start presentation.

Benefits of an Internship
  -Coaching
  -Gain work Experience
  -No experience required
  -Networking

The Career Center
  -Resumes (Part: Objective, Education, Skills, Experience, Others)
  -Cover letters 
  -Interviews (phone, person, fair)

Places to find internships
  -Career Fair (Next one is in Spring semester (Mar))
  -Terp Online
  -Academic departments
  -Career Center
  -5 F's: Friends, Family, Faculty, Fellow Students, Foundations

Preparing for an interview
  -Research the company (Mission, Goal, New, Financial Statements, people, etc.)
  -Anticipate the question (Personality, Education, Experience questions)
  -Know your strength and weakness
  -Know what you wrote on your resume
  -Bring extra copies of your resume

Dressing
  -One should wear a suit
  -Take a shower
  -Not too much perfume

The interview
  -Eye contact
  -Body language/Sitting position (don't slouch, don't cross your arms or legs, knees together)
  -Firm handshake
  -Be punctual (EARLY)
  -Ask questions: about future projects, financials, further training, next step in the hiring process, etc.

Other things to consider
  -Check the weather
  -Bring a pen and paper
  -Follow-up thank you notes should go out immediately
  -Once you accept, don’t rescind your offer!!
  
All of the above applies to full time jobs as well

End presentation.

Announcements:

Resume Book
  -As a benefit of participation in ACM events, members can submit their resumes for the official resume file.  
  -This file will be made available to all employers with whom we have contact.  
  -To submit your resume, please email a copy (txt or pdf) to acmpres at cs.umd.edu.
  
ICPC
  -We're sending at least one team, hopefully two, to the ACM Programming Contest.
  -Tryouts this Saturday at 1:30 and next weekend.
  
-PIZZA-

7:30 PM  Adjourn