Networking
Most people find jobs through professional and personal connections by getting a referral or recommendation. Name 3+ people that could be included in your network?
Alumni, UVM Faculty & Staff, Friends, Family Members, Professional Connections within the Field
Job listings typically these two things in order to apply.
Well Written, Tailored Resume & Cover Letter
Save this in a word document during the job search.
Position Description
The #1 way college students find jobs" is whose slogan?
Who is Handshake?
The format you should be emailing your resume to employers in.
These are 3+ ways to network.
Career Fairs, Employer Networking Nights, UVM and Professional Panels & Workshops, Social Media, Mentorship (Faculty/Staff/Professional), Informational Interviews & Meetings
Typical job applications stay open for this long on search engines and company websites.
What is 30 Days or Less? (p.s. CNBC reported that 70% of jobs are never published publically).
According to Indeed, it takes this long to find a job.
What is 19.3 weeks aka 5 months?
The two main ways to connect with UVM Alumni
What is LinkedIn Alumni Tool & UVM Connect?
What is an informational interview?
An informational interview is an informal conversation you can have with someone working in an area of interest to you. It is an effective research tool and is best done after preliminary online research. It is not a job interview, and the objective is not to find job openings.
According to HubStop, this percentage of jobs are filled through Networking.
What is 85%?
These website(s) can help you discover more about your field of interest.
What is O*Net, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Youtube, & UVM's Candid Career?
What does ATS Stand for, and why should you care?
Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) are resume keyword scanner software used by companies. This is why you need to tailor your resume to the industry, field & the job!
The number of colleges and universities that use Handshake?
What is 1400+
According to research conducted by iCIMS (a recruitment software specialist company)what percentage of students in 2019 received their first job without having an internship?
A third of students (33%).
A thank you note to someone you networked with should include...
Thank them for their time, include something you discussed, and follow up with an ask OR how you hope to connect in the future.
Two website(s) you can use to review salary and relocation information are
What is Salary.com, Pay Scale, GlassDoor & NACE Salary Calculator? Tech specific: Hired.com.
On average, an online job posting gets ___# views, ___# of those people start applying, ___# finish applying, ____# get an interview, & ___# gets the job.
1,000 views, 200 start applying, 100 finish applying, 4 get interview & 1 gets the job
The number of employers that use Handshake.
What is 600k?
Professional Organizations CS Students can join to network, attend conferences, and search for jobs.
What is VTTA, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), IEEE Computer Society, Association for Women in Computing (AWC), Computing Research Association (CRA), Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) etc.
A Vermont Tech Networking event every CS student should attend annually that happens in October.
What is VT's Annual Tech Jam?
4+ names of job search engines.
What is Indeed.com, LinkedIn, Engineerjobs.com, USAJobs, BuzzFile, Internships.com, Idealist.org, & ZipRecruiter, Dice.com ?
Staying organized is key in any job search. In an excel document, what are 5 example labels should you include for headings?
Company Name, Job Title, Date You applied, Date Interviewed, Date of thank you email follow up
Beyond this course, what are other online career tools you can utilize for career knowledge at UVM?
The Career Center & BlackBoard (and also me!)
The 5 ways to accelerate your job search & find a job faster
What is proofreading application materials, updating online profiles, searching and applying regularly, contacting and showing interests to companies directly, networking, broadening search (location & job title), & asking for feedback?