Posse 101
The Year Posse Was Founded?
1989
As telephone and email are the two main ways potential employers will contact you, you must be sure that these are professional
Voicemail and email address
You should arrive at the site of your interview this many minutes early (1, 15, 30, or 60)
15
What does the Posse Career Program not take place of?
Your campus career center
Out of MTV, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, Comedy Central and the Mayor's Office which company does not provide internships for Posse Scholars?
Morgan Stanley
In add-on to NYC name 2 other cities where Posse has offices
ATL, Boston, Chicago, DC, LA, Miami, ETC
This often accompanies a resume when applying for a job, and is written to explain why you'd be a good fit for a position
Cover Letter
You should always bring a few crisp updated copies of this with you to your interview?
Resume
What step is needed before you can apply to a job on the Posse portal?
Submit a resume and get it approved
What is the largest post grad scholars Posse is known for having
FullBright Scholars
These are colleges, other than yours, that partner with Posse Arts
Cal Arts and Bard College
Name two good places to begin a job/internship search
Indeed, Posse Portal, School Portal, ETC
This might be an appropriate question to ask your interviewer when interviewing for an internship
What things can your career program manager help you do?
talk about your resume, discuss career plans, help you in grad school application process, etc
This organization was the first to partner with Posse and hired 53 Posse Scholars as interns in Summer of 2007
Lehman Brothers
Not a program made for followers, Posse is this kind of scholarship
leadership merit based scholarship
The average American will have this many careers in his/her lifetime?
3-5
After an interview you should always write one to your interviewer
Thank you letter
How many internships can you apply through the career program?
limitless
What is the Jeff Ubben Scholarship?
Open to answers
Posses recruitment process, in which over 17,000 students are nominated each year is known by this 3 letter acronym
Dynamic Assessment Process (DAP)
This 10 letter word that begins with an N is an important skill to develop, as it will help you build connections in the professional world
Networking
The two most important things you need to know about when going to an interview
The company and yourself
Name a graduate school Posse Partner
Northwestern, Carnegie, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Johns Hopkins, George Washington, Cambridge
This is the way Posse tries to financially support Posse Scholars who find unpaid or minimally paid internships
PSLA (Posse Summer Leadership Award)