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The Career Development Center's biweekly
student newsletter.
In this Issue:
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Can you smell it? It’s in the air, that sweet smell
of fall in Louisiana: sweet olive trees, Saints football,
gumbo, and the Loyola~Tulane Career Fair.
On September 25, nearly 60 employers from accounting
firms to government agencies will be looking to meet
you and talk about employment opportunities. Take advantage
of this opportunity to shop around at our career mall
and find out what jobs and internships are available
for you. It’s a short stroll to Tulane’s LBC. Don’t
let the distance keep you from finding some great leads!
Loyola~Tulane Fall Career Fair
Thursday, September 25, 2008
12:30 until 4:30 P.M.
Tulane Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life (LBC)
Professional Attire Required
Walk on over. Your career may be
waiting for you.
Visit our webpages at www.loyno.edu/careerservices
to see a full list of companies who are coming and learn
more about them. Here is a very short list of employers
who are coming:
Central Intelligence
Agency
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Peace
Corps |
| Corporate Executive Board |
The Shaw Group |
| E&J Gallo Wine |
Pan-American Life |
| Energy Future Holdings |
Bloomberg |
| Ochsner Health
System |
LA Dept. of Environmental Quality |
While you are at it, read our handout Career Shopping:
How to Successfully Use a Career Fair; you can
download the PDF from our website or stop in our offices
for a hard copy. Set up your profile in EMPLOYOLA (see
article below) and upload your resume for employers
to find you.
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What? Your resume is not ready for the
Loyola~Tulane Fall Career Fair???? Bring it to the Career
Development Center for Rapid Resume Reviews.
Tuesday, September 23 and Wednesday,
September 24
10 A.M. until 4 P.M.
Career Development Center
Second floor Danna Student Center
No appointment necessary!
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ENHANCING
YOUR CAREER PATH THROUGH EMPLOYOLA
The Career Development Center is especially excited
to announce the launch of a new product, EMPLOYOLA.
This interactive, proactive, online recruiting tool
will do more than just list positions. Through EMPLOYOLA
you can:
- Update your personal profile (you are already registered
in the system) to control the information you want
employers to know about you
- Upload your resume and other related documents,
while deciding how these documents get passed on to
potential employers
- Search the employer directory to see who is looking
for talent at Loyola
- Search for part-time jobs, internships, and full-time
jobs
- Sign-up for interviews and career information special
events
- Get e-notices of hot internships and jobs related
to your major
- Receive the latest information about upcoming career
fairs, workshops, graduate fairs, etiquette events,
and other career development events
Click on EMPLOYOLA
to get started.
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The Fall Loyola~Tulane Career Fair is one week away…September
25. Employers are already scouting for talent, so make
sure your information is available in EMPLOYOLA for
them to access.
Log in to EMPLOYOLA
- Go to the Career Development Center homepage at
http://loyno.edu/careerservices
- Use the Student Log-In
box to enter your username (your Loyola email
username) and password (your student
ID number)
- Having problems logging in? Send an email letting
us know to career@loyno.edu
Update Your Profile
- First-time users are brought to their profile directly
after logging-in
- All other users must click on My Profile
located under My Account on the navigation
bar of your homepage
- Update the information within the tabs located in
the center of the page
- Fill out all required fields marked with a red asterisk
- Click save at the top or bottom
of the page to save the changes
Upload Your Resume, Cover Letter, and Other Documents
- Click on My Documents located under
My Account on the navigation bar
of your homepage
- Click on Upload File next to the
document you want to upload
- Type in a name for the document; this will be the
name that employers see when you apply for a position,
so name the document carefully
- Use the Browse button to select
the file you want to upload
- Click on Upload
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Not only are the decorations in the Danna Center fresh
and exciting, but the Career Development Center is also
with new staff members and staff members with new positions.
Tamara Baker is the new associate
director of career planning. Tamara serves as the center’s
liaison to the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences.
She brings a wealth of experience from her six years
at the Michelin Career Center at Clemson University.
She holds certification as a Career Development Facilitator,
a master of science in counselor education from the
University of South Alabama, as well as a bachelor of
science in biological science from Grambling University.
Her hometown is Opelousas, LA, so she is excited to
return to Louisiana to eat some good food and be close
to her family.
Brian Creel is our new manager of
recruiting services. He works closely with launching
the new online recruiting tool, EMPLOYOLA, as well as
assisting employers with recruiting at Loyola. Brian
received a promotion from administrative assistant of
the center this summer; he served in that role for two
years and started with the center as an intern. He is
a Loyola alumnus with a bachelor of arts in sociology.
Also receiving a promotion this year is Lauren
Navarro, current Loyola student working toward
her bachelor of arts in advertising. Already Lauren
has been instrumental in the redesign of the Center’s
informational handouts and marketing pieces. For the
last two years, Lauren has been our work-study student.
Jonette Brown is our new office manager.
She will welcome you to the center, help you schedule
an appointment with a career coach, and assist you with
access to our services. Prior to joining the team at
Loyola, Jonette was a legal secretary to senior partner,
Raymond Areaux, in the law firm of Carver, Darden, Koretzky,
Tessier, Finn, Blossman, and Areaux, LLC., specializing
in intellectual property. Additionally, she worked at
Tulane Medical School for 15 years until Hurricane Katrina.
Jonette earned a bachelor of arts in organizational
information technology from Tulane University and is
currently pursuing a master of arts in sociology from
the University of New Orleans.
Please stop in, meet the new members of our team, and
say hello to the staff.
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Here is a short description of just two of the exciting
employers who will attend the Loyola~Tulane Career Fair
on September 25, 2008:
Department of Energy: Office of Environmental
Management
Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management
(EM) was created to assess and cleanup inactive waste
sites and facilities around the country. Their assessment
and cleanup efforts include ensuring the development
and implementation of safe and effective waste management
operations, developing and implementing aggressive applied
waste management operations and applied waste research
and development programs that utilize innovative and
cost effective environmental technologies to address
permanent disposal of high and low level nuclear waste.
Multiple job opportunities are available, including
internships and full-time positions. Looking for scientists,
security specialists, business professionals, and much
more. Visit http://empdc.apps.em.doe.gov/
to learn more.
Ely Lilly and Company
Eli Lilly and Company is a leading, innovation-driven
corporation committed to developing a growing portfolio
of best-in-class and first-in-class pharmaceutical products.
Lilly products treat depression, schizophrenia, attention-deficit
hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, osteoporosis and many
other conditions. Lilly is committed to providing answers
that matter - through medicines and information - for
some of the world's most urgent medical needs.
Full-time positions in pharmaceutical sales are available
regardless of your major. Visit http://www.lilly.com/careers/index.html
to learn more.
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Please plan to come to a regularly scheduled workshop
during the fall 2008 semester. All workshops except
for October 16 will be held from 12:30 until 1:30 on
Tuesdays in the multimedia rooms of the Monroe Library.
Here is the schedule of workshops, workshop titles,
and locations:
September 30: Interviewing, Monroe
Library, MM 2
October 16: Resume Writing, Monroe
Library, MM 2
October 21: Graduate School Fair,
Monroe Library, MM 2
October 28: Internships, Monroe Library,
MM 2
November 4: Resume Writing, Monroe
Library, MM 1
November 11: Job Searching/Networking,
Monroe Library, MM 1
November 18: Interviewing, Monroe
Library, MM 2
A complete workshop schedule can be found at:
www.loyno.edu/careerservices.
Click on "Career Workshop Schedule."
Create Your Own Workshop
If your student organization would like to schedule
a career development workshop for one of your meetings,
contact us. Request one of the topics listed above or
ask us to develop a targeted presentation of your choice.
Past presentations have included such topics as:
- The Interview from Hell
- Business Etiquette
- Preparing for MBA School
- Writing Personal Statements
- Networking
- Careers in a Major
- Professional Image
Let us help you design a presentation to fill your
organization’s needs.
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As
always:
Come by the Career Development Center with
career-related questions and concerns.
We can help you:
- Take career assessments in order to investigate
how your personality and interests might lead to various
careers
- Explore different types of careers and what appeals
to you — there are more options than doctors, lawyers,
accountants, and teachers
- Decide on a major in line with your interests
- Find internships and gain practical experience prior
to graduation
- Create resumes and cover letters
- Develop job search strategies
- Connect with employers through career fairs, workshops,
and on-campus recruiting
- Put together graduate school applications and establish
necessary timelines for admittance
- Create personal statements and other written materials
for graduate schools
- Practice your interviewing skills
- Examine your options if you change your mind about
a career path
- Discover alternative opportunities for a "gap
year" between college graduation and finding
a first career job or enrolling in graduate school
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