Ongoing Workshop Series Coming this Spring

Professional & Graduate School Planning Workshop Series

Click here to login and find out more about these positions.

Barista/Servier- Emerald City Cafe
ID# 689789
MUST BE AVAILABLE WEEKDAY MORNINGS OR AFTERNOONS, especially Tues/Thurs! Emerald City Cafe and Catering Company has 1 position available an upbeat, positive, outgoing Barista/Server. We will train. We follow UNR's schedule and we guarantee your hours once you are trained. We start at $6.25 per hour and tips run around $3 additional per hour. You get paid for all of your breaks and we offer one free meal per shift plus all of the coffee and tea drinks you can consume while working. 1/2 off all of your drinks when you are not working. Great location - great co-workers, super customers! (No night shifts, we close at 4pm.) Call Cassady @ 322-1525 or drop by and fill out an application @ 3594 West Plumb Lane (W. McCarran and Plumb Lane, next to Bank of America). Reno Please include school hours on your resume or letter. to be creative in their job.

Click here to login and find out more about this position.

---

Practice Interviews from the Comfort of your Own Room

Career Development now provides access to InterviewStream, an online tool that simulates a job or graduate school interview. You can create a completely free account as a UNR student. 

Meet Miles and Randy on MySpace

The 100th registrant will win a surprise gift!

Click here to set up your online account

---

5 Easy Steps to Create a Career Navigator Account Access all on and off campus jobs!

1. Go to the JOBS webpage & add it to your favorites.

2. Select "Login for Students"

3. If you are a new student and aren't sure about your NetID, then view the online video available on the login page. To create a New account, select "New Users Register Here" and enter your NetID.  Your password to access Career Navigator will be EMAILED to you shortly.

4. Login (your email address is your password and  and select the red link entitled "Search Jobs On & Off Campus".

5. Sort jobs by POSITION TYPE!

 

---

Help Us Help You!
Tell us what kind of information you would like to see in this newsletter. Type in suggestions and hit "Submit".

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starting the job search early - What's in it for you?
This survey suggests that beginning the job search early can have very positive results in obtaining employment and receiving a favorable salary offer.  Entry level salary offers averaged from $40,000 to $45,000 per year.

According to NACE, "Students who got full-time jobs were more likely to have used their college career center and its resources than those who skipped over the career center and went directly to the employer.  Slightly more than half of those who reported securing full-time jobs submitted an application to their eventual employer at a career-center sponsored job fair; 41 percent said they had posted their resumes on their colleges' career center web site."

Successful applicants were far more likely to apply either at an on-campus career fair or by posting a resume on the college career center web site. In fact, statistical correlations showed that posting the resume on the college career center web site had the strongest link with actually getting a job.

1. Go to our website at http://www.unr.edu/career and browse through our online resources for beginning your job search.
2. Register for your free Career Navigator (online job board) account and upload your resume.  Go to http://www.unr.edu/career/jobs to get started.
3. Schedule an appointment with someone in our office to help guide you through the job search process. Call 775-784-4678.

Fall 2007 Career & Internship Fairs

If you were unable to attend the fairs, you can still search all of the employers by going to  https://reno-csm.symplicity.com/events/students.php?cf=fall07.  Even though the fall career fairs are over, many of these companies are still recruiting for a variety of internships and career positions.   At the webpage above, you can search by your major and find out which companies attended the fairs to recruit students with your skills and knowledge.

Also -  don't forget to prepare for the Spring 2008 Career & Internship Fairs, which will be held in the new Joe Crowley Student Union on April 15th and April 16th.   Please feel free to contact the Career Development office (775-784-4678) if you would like further information about the spring fairs or if you would like to learn how to connect to various employers recruiting students like you.

Emergency Resume (ER)
Over 50 students took advantage of the Emergency Resume (ER) held just before the Career & Internship Fairs.  The "ER doctors" included local employers and University professionals -- all of whom provided remedies and prescriptions for enhancing resumes and making them as effective as possible.  The students that brought their resumes to the ER were very excited with the ideas and suggestions they received from the professionals.  The resume is, after all, the essential first step in the job application process. 

If you missed the ER, no worries -- you can schedule an appointment with a Career Development professional to have a thorough resume critique by calling our office at 784-4678. 

Disney College Internship Program
Earlier this fall, students piled into a presentation given by Disney recruiter Elaine Bolivar and UNR students that have already participated in the internship program. Elaine provided a thorough overview of this "internship of a lifetime" and how students can apply to participate in the program. 

"While working in front line roles at Disney's Theme Parks and Resorts, participants will network with leaders, learn transferable skills, gain real-world experience, and be a part of a team of Cast Members from hundreds of job disciplines.

Participants on the Disney College Program also custom design a learning curriculum that best suits their needs and interests, complete education courses and specialized learning activities, and can possibly earn college credit while doing so. Each program offers its own unique opportunities, so get started today by exploring which is best suited for you!"  - Disney

If you missed this presentation and are interested in learning more, you can start by visiting the Disney College Program website at www.disneycollegeprogram.com.  For further questions, you can also contact the Career Development office at 784-4678.

To Top

Check out Getting from College to Career from the Career Resource Library located in Thompson Building, Room 200. Bring a student ID, and be ready to explore 90 steps to success in the real world. ---------

Lindsey Pollak has experienced the world of work as a writer, editor and speaker, but getting to her current state of success was not easy. In Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World Pollack discusses not only her own experience of navigating between college and career but the experiences of many other successful professionals. This book provides step-by-step instructions to beginning your own path to a career that you can be truly passionate about. Pollack admits that the road is not easy and there is a lot of work involved, but the wide variety of advice found in this book can ease the way.

Below you will find just a small sample of Pollak’s advice for beginning the search for a truly satisfying career:

#11 Upgrade to grown-up contact methods.
“Potential employers should feel as if they are calling another desk in their office, because that is exactly where you want your phone to be some day.” In addition, e-mail addresses like KegMan or LittleRoo do not exactly inspire confidence. Reassess your voicemail, e-mail address, and e-mail signature to make them something more professional.

# 27 Relax. A job is not a soul mate.
The perfect first job may not be available, and searching for it is “a great way to stress yourself out.” Instead focus on a looking for a job where:

1. You will have a great boss.
2. The company has a strong brand name
3. You will totally love what you are doing

#36 Work some new rooms.
Attend professional conferences and networking events. Look for opportunities at your school’s career services office, with your professors, in local newspapers, on Craigslist.org, through professional or religious organizations, and in bookstores.

#52 Fail.
The work world is not easy. Learn now to get the help you need to move on and keep going. Once you have some experience you will know how to recover the next time. “Real failure comes from never trying something in the fist place.”

#62 Watch the top ten greatest American movies of all time.
Increase your cultural IQ. In job interviews you are expected to have a certain amount of awareness about the world around you – this is a fun place to start.

To Top

The Problem
As a nation, we are failing to provide students in low-income communities with the education they deserve. In 2005, the National Assessment of Education progress found that nine year-olds growing up in low-income communities were already three grade levels behind their peers in high-income communities. By the time they are in high school, the disparity is even worse and as a result we have a large population of students without the fundamental skills and knowledge needed to succeed in most careers. Of the 13 million student growing up in low-income communities, only half will graduate from high school, and those that do will, on average, read and do math at the level of eighth graders in high-income communities. This has nothing to do with students’ abilities, and everything to do with the educational opportunities we provide for them. Despite this harsh reality, there is evidence that students in low-income communities can and do excel when given the opportunities they deserve

Become Part of the Solution
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. This year, more than 5,000 corps members are teaching in over 1,000 schools in 26 regions across the country, and more than 12,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes necessary to ensure educational excellence and equity.

"I had heard the statistics about the inequalities in education, but stepping into my own classroom made me more aware of the situation. In my 6th grade classroom, I had 11 and 12 year old students who were still struggling to get through 2nd grade material. The issue was very real, but so was the solution. I was able to work with my Teach For America program director to push my students to our ambitious classroom academic goals. One student in particular, Albert, started the year reading on a 2nd grade level and tested on a 5th grade level at the end of the school year.”

– Rosemary Rogers, 2004 Phoenix corps member and current Teach For America recruitment director at UNR.

Beyond their impact, our corps members also report that they build a host of skills, including leadership, organization, problem-solving, and communication skills that are applicable in any profession. Furthermore, our alumni state that when they have moved into their long-term career, they have been armed with a deep understanding of our nation's disparities and are better positioned to impact issues of educational inequity in their own community.

As you consider your career choices for next year, think about the impact you could make as a leader in the classroom.

To learn more and apply go to www.teachforamerica.org or contact Rosemary Rogers at rosemary.rogers@teachforamerica.org. The next deadline for applications is January 4th.

To Top

In naming companies to this second annual ranking, BusinessWeek used three sources of data – a survey of college career-services directors, a survey of employers, and a student survey conducted by Universum Communications, a market-research firm based in Philadelphia. Enterprise – ranked No. 26 on the list overall – received especially high marks from the career-services directors, who placed the company in their top 5.

“Enterprise is extremely honored to be recognized by BusinessWeek once again this year,” said Marie Artim, the company’s assistant vice president, recruiting. “This ranking is a testament to Enterprise’s strong culture of opportunity, as well as to the tireless efforts of our recruiters and the relationships they’ve built with career services professionals at colleges and universities throughout North America.”

Enterprise, which hired about 7,500 recent grads last year and will hire about 8,000 this year, has been widely recognized for its well-developed management training program and its promote-from-within business model. Nearly 100 percent of Enterprise’s current senior management team – including chairman and CEO Andy Taylor – started at the rental counter, learning the business from the ground up.

At the University of Nevada, Reno, Enterprise hires about 8 students each year, and there are 34 alumni currently working throughout the Enterprise network of businesses.

Ryan Dolan is a local recruiter for Enterprise, and recruits potential employees from the University of Nevada, Reno. He said, “Enterprise finds that Nevada graduates have what it takes to run a business from the ground up. They have the foundation of a solid education, and through our management training program, learn the basics of business and how to put their careers on the fast track to success.”

In addition to learning the Enterprise brand of personalized customer service, the company’s management trainees work in the rental car offices and are involved in the day-to-day imperatives of running a business. The program teaches them to manage profit and loss and to control expenses, business to business marketing and sales, and to implement a comprehensive business plan. Within nine to 12 months, individuals are typically eligible for promotion and the opportunity to help run the rental branch as if it were their own business, including sharing in the profits they help create.

“From the time our Management Trainees come through the door, we train them in the nuts and bolts of our business and prepare them for long-term success,” Artim said. “Recent college graduates like the fact that Enterprise gives them a chance to advance their careers at a faster pace than many other entry-level employers.”

But, according to Artim, Enterprise’s attractiveness as an employer goes beyond the opportunities it provides to include the values the company practices. “We are seeing more and more entry-level employees who are excited about coming to work for us because they feel good about our industry-leading environmental stewardship efforts and our active commitment to the communities where we do business,” she said. “Our philosophy of ‘doing well by doing good’ clearly resonates with many in the current generation.”

Enterprise also offers more than 1,500 internships a year. In 2006, Fortune.com named Enterprise one of the “Five Best Internships for Real Work.” Interns at Enterprise are involved in all aspects of the business and are given responsibilities similar to those of full-time employees.

In addition to its ranking on the BusinessWeek list this year, Enterprise has also been featured in the past three editions of Princeton Review’s Best Entry-Level Jobs. Collegegrad.com and Black Collegian have consecutively recognized Enterprise as the No. 1 employer and recruiter of college graduates, and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education ranked the company No.1 on the list of the “Top 30 National Firms Most Effective at Diversity Recruiting.” For more information about Enterprise or its management training program, visit www.enterprise.com/careers.  Students can also contact their career centers to learn about more opportunities at Enterprise.

About Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Founded in 1957, Enterprise Rent-A-Car is headquartered in St. Louis and serves customers in the United States, Canada, the U.K., Ireland, and Germany. Enterprise is North America’s largest car rental company in fleet size, number of locations, and annual revenue, ranking No. 21 on the Forbes Top 500 Private Companies in America. Enterprise has ranked highest in customer satisfaction among airport rentals in seven out of the past eight years, according to J.D. Power and Associates Rental Car Satisfaction Study. Enterprise is owned by the Taylor family, who also own and operate the National Car Rental (nationalcar.com) and Alamo Rent A Car (alamo.com) businesses. For more information about Enterprise, visit  www.enterprise.com.

To Top