Posse 101
CAREER RESOURCES
INTERNSHIPS
RESUME
100

What year was Posse established? 

What is 1989
100

Where do you find jobs, and upload resumes for Posse specific support? 

Posse Portal

100

What is an appropriate question to ask an interviewer when interviewing for an internship? 

Many Answers. 

100
Fact or Fiction: You need a profile section at the top of your resume. 

Fiction. 

200

Posse recruitment process, in which over 1,000  students were nominated for 120 scholarships, is known by this 3-letter acronym and word

Dynamic Assessment Process (DAP)

200

What resource offers one or two full-tuition fellowships to Posse alumni?

Posse Graduate School Affiliate

200

After an interview you should always write on of these to your interviewer 

Thank you note

200

What is the minimum GPA you need to post on your resume? 

3.0

300

Name 5 colleges other than your school Posse Virtual partners with. 

Davidson, Rhodes, Macalester, University of Pittsburgh, Purdue, Case Western Reserve, Cornell, Texas A&M, W&M, and UVA 

300

Designed to provide summer funding to Scholars who have found meaningful volunteer or professional opportunities that are unpaid or minimally paid for non-profit or government agency internships. 

Posse Summer Leadership Award 

300

Name three resources you can use to find an internship 

CPS, Posse Portal, LinkedIn, Indeed, Etc. 

300

Name 3 crucial sections in a resume 

Experience, Education, Skills 

400

What type of Scholarship is Posse? Hint: Looking for two specific words

Posse is a MERIT LEADERSHIP based Scholarship

400

An award that goes out to five exceptional Posse Scholars $10,000 each and the chance to spend 4-6 weeks during the summer shadowing and learning from a major industry leader.

Jeff Ubben Fellowship 

400

What's the difference between a fellowship and an internship? 

1. An internship is a short-term work experience that allows students to apply their classroom learning to a real-world setting

2.A fellowship is a short-term, funded opportunity that supports a person's professional, academic, or personal development.

400

Name 2 things wrong with this resume bullet point:

I assist my program director in discovering new education systems to engaging a classroom. 

1. Start with an action verb. 2. Weak Action Verb. 3. Tenses. 4. No periods. 

Ex: Researched new education systems to engage a classroom  

500

What are the three specialty programs at Posse? 

Virtual, Arts/PR, and Veterans 

500

Scholars and alumni can come with any questions they have related to fellowships and graduate school

Posse Graduate + Fellowship Office Hours

500

Name two Posse Virtual Career Partners 

National Trust for Historic Preservation, Bain & Co, IES Abroad, and EPIC Systems

500

Name four things that can count towards experience. 

Work Experience, School Projects, Research, Internships