Internships: surviving & thriving
Internships are now organizations’ primary source of talent recruitment. Patrick Sullivan, assistant director of Personal and Career Development, offers 10 tips to help students maximize their summer internships and distinguish themselves among a sea of new faces.Categories: Personal & Career Development, University Announcements
Students at Wake Forest University learn ways the professional business network LinkedIn can help them prepare for their careers after college.
How is senior Ally Landuyt distinguishing herself from other job candidates in advertising? By strategically marketing her liberal arts education to potential employers, she believes the intersection of her double major in economics and anthropology is truly an advantage.
About 40 students are enrolled in “Options in the World of Work,” a half-semester course that began just after spring break. It’s the second in a series of four “College to Career" courses designed to better prepare students for life and work after college.
All types of organizations will be on campus Wednesday for the Office of Personal and Career Development’s Fall Internship and Job Fair. As students attend the event or meet with recruiters this fall, they should think green to distinguish themselves.
Mercy Eyadiel, executive director of employment development, offers tips to help students turn their summer internships into full-time employment.
The University’s new Associate Vice President for Leadership Development, Evelyn Williams, envisions a program to teach students how to build and flex their leadership muscles — preparing them for careers in any field.
Research shows that college internships can be one of the quickest routes to full-time employment after graduation. That’s one of the reasons why Wake Forest involves students in the internship process very early in their college years.
Seniors shouldn’t wait to develop a strategy for finding a job at graduation. Ladd Flock, the director of career services, offers 10 steps that students should take this fall.
Because companies are making more “just-in-time” hiring decisions, the summer hiring season looks brighter for new college graduates who are still looking for a job, says Career Services director Ladd Flock.