RU Prepared?
These 6-month long opportunities provide students with in-depth and extensive work experience and are typically full-time opportunities in which the student becomes a significant contributor to the organization.
What is a co-op?
Showing up to this late will guarantee a loss opportunity for an internship or job.
What is an interview?
This homemaking icon started out as a model for the brand Chanel, then went to work on Wall Street as a broker before becoming famous for her self-branded products.
Who is Martha Stewart?
This is the most traditional attire used on interviews, especially in business.
What is a suit?
This is the formal agreement between an employer and a candidate that the candidate will be working with that company.
What is an offer letter?
This is an event where you can meet employers to talk them about job and internship opportunities. It is a great place to use your elevator pitch.
What is a Career Fair?
This document should always be sent with every application, unless it explicitly states not to send it.
What is a cover letter?
This American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer started out as a newspaper editor and was fired because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.”
Who is Walt Disney?
Often practiced with a career counselor, this is something that can help candidates perfect their individual presentation of their qualifications to an employer.
What is a mock interview?
A base salary is expected for all opportunities, some companies sweeten the deal with?
What is a signing bonus?
This is the online tool provided by your University to apply for jobs and internship opportunities.
What is a job board/portal?
Doing this can help to open opportunities to you by building connections with key individuals who can help you to achieve your career goals.
What is networking?
Before becoming a famous comedian and TV host, this person started as a paralegal and “oyster shucker.”
Who is Ellen Degeneres?
These opportunities are official programs created by employers in which the student gains practical work experience. They are temporary positions spanning 1-4 months that can often lead to full-time opportunities.
What are internships?
This is a great way to get involved and network with a group of your peers who share a common interest. In the Business School, these groups help to bring employers on campus for job and networking opportunities.
What are student organizations/clubs?
Never bring this topic up during an interview. This should only be in the discussion once an offer is given.
What is the job salary?
She started out as an assistant at the Pentagon before making her way to Hollywood and is now starring in TV shows and movies, most recently one directed by Tyler Perry.
Who is Taraji P. Henson?
It is important to know this when searching for jobs or internships. Without knowing this it will be difficult to be strategic when navigating your career.
What are career goals?
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What is a major?
This process is used to evaluate your success in the job. In full time jobs it is required once a year while in internships it occurs twice.
What is a performance evaluation/appraisal?
The program in which employers come to your campus to interview and hire students.
What is On-Campus Recruiting?
Accepting an offer, receiving a second offer, and then going back to withdraw the first offer is called _________ and is considered taboo in the recruiting world.
What is reneging?
This actor and comedian went to school for accounting before moving into the world of television and movies where he starred in a hit TV show with his namesake and did voice overs for children’s movies.
Who is Ray Romano?