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ISSUE 4 YEAR 2014 VOLUME 3 JOBS IN & AROUND THE VALLEY THAT ARE PREFECT FOR YOU!............2

VITAL INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW! ................ 4, 6, & 7

Gain the experience employers look for! ……3

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Did you that 80% of jobs are never advertised? WHAT??? That’s nuts… that means that only 20% of openings are listed and only a whopping 5% of those applicants get HIRED! Then how do you find all those unadvertised jobs

out there? The Office of Career Services can help..

Office of Career Services 540-828-5357 careerservices@bridgewater.edu Flory Hall Room 11

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Chesterfield County Police

Department The department will be

holding tests for the basic police

academy. Be prepared to take a

physical fitness test as well as a

written examination. The test will be

held Friday, November 14 at 7am.

Meteorologist/ Weather Anchor

WSLS-TV news station seeks an

on-camera personality to write, report,

and edit stories for broadcast.

Development Scientist—Working

with Material / Polymer / New

Product

INVISTA R&D Center in Waynesboro

seeks a strong technical

orientation combined with

an entrepreneurial spirit.

Supervisor of Opera-

tions—INVISTA

Responsible for the direct

supervision of

approximately 25-30

employees and will be

expected to lead improvements in

safety, productivity, reliability and

quality. Full-time, Waynesboro.

NATURAL RESOURCE OFFICER—

Department of Agriculture

Serve as the principal advisor on

biodiversity conservation and natural

resources management team.

Position based in Washington DC.

Director of Pinelands Adventures

Responsible for day-to-day

management of Pinelands

Adventures, Full time position.

Required to relocate to New Jersey.

Account Executive WHSV-TV in

Harrisonburg. work directly with local

and regional businesses to achieve

marketing goals through our multi-

media outlets

Director of Brethren Disaster

Ministries

Major responsibilities include

informing and engaging Church of the

Brethren constituents in BDM

activities, maintaining ecumenical and

interagency relationships to facilitate

response to human need in the

United States. Interested applicants

need to stop by the Office of Career

Services for ore information.

Part-time after-school care

program.

Blue Ridge Christian School in

Bridgewater is looking for substitutes

to fill in for their after-school care

program. Workers do need to align

with the faith statement of BRCS.

Patent Classifier I & Project

Leader—Serco, Inc.

10 positions available for

December graduates in

Harrisonburg starting in

January 2015. Positions

include: Telecommunications/

Semiconductors/Medical &

Surgical Arts/ Mechanical En-

gineering/ Civil Engineering/

Chemical Engineering.

Family Outreach Case Manager

The Valle Community Services Board

has a great opportunity for students

graduating in December or alumni.

Psychology, Sociology, and FCS

majors/minors would do well in this

position.

Vocational Rehabilitation

Counselor—Virginia Department for

the Blind and Vision Impaired.

TO APPLY CONTACT CAREER SERVICES!

OCS@BRIDGEWATER.EDU

WHO WE ARE & HOW WE CAN HELP

Explore Majors and Careers

Career Assessments

One-on-One

Career Guidance

Cover Letters and Resumes

Job Search Strategy

Grad School Assistantce

Career Development

Workshops

Great Programs

Networking Opportunities

Online Resources

For a complete list of current job openings please visit College Central Network at

www.careerservicescentral.com

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Want to develop your own internship? Need guidance or advice? Stop by Career Services to build your dream internship!

Coordinator of Donor Communica-tions—The Church of the Brethren is seeking an individual to fill a full-time salaried position. Based in Elgin, IL . Elementary School teacher - An outstanding independent school in Northern Virginia is searching for a full time teacher to start immediately. Mine Safety and Health Assistant—Department of Labor is hiring in Morgantown, WV. You will provide program and administrative support, as well as liaison duties in direct support of the supervisor and a cadre of Mine Safety and Health Inspectors. .

Science Internship—The Office of Science / Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) Is offering opportunities for direct engagement in scientific research and technology featuring specialized instrumentation; large-scale, multi-disciplinary efforts; and/or scientific user facilities. Selected students will receive stipends, and may qualify for travel and housing assistance.

Banking Internship—Brown Edwards, CPAs in Harrisonburg seeks Bridgewater College candi-dates for spring 2015 internships. Marketing Intern—organization is seeking a dynamic individual who can work to increase the visibility and promotion of our member wineries and vineyards. Must be 21 years old and Marketing/Business Major. Science, Technology, Engineer-ing, and Math Internships The Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program is currently seeking interns with over 100 companies throughout Virginia. Positions are paid. Event Planning/ Sports Marketing Internship—Virginia Amateur Sports is accepting applications for summer 2015. Interns have oppor-tunity to earn college credit as well as gain the experience necessary to compete for positions in these competitive industries. Vocational Ministry Internship—Central Christian Church of Mesa Arizona is looking to fill an 11 month paid internship. This internship will provide practical and biblically based training along with real life ministry experience for leaders who have earned their undergraduate. Insurance intern—State Farm in Harrisonburg is looking for an intern to join the team to help develop leads, schedule appointments, market appropriate products.

STEM Internship—The Department of Homeland Security is looking for interns for a 10-week summer 2015 program. A stipend of $6000 and travel expenses will be paid. Management Internship— Bridgewater College seeks a mascot manager. Tasks include: Creating a marketing plan and managing the mascot’s schedule. 10+ hours a week. Marketing Internship— Royall & Company of Richmond are looking for rising college seniors for an 8– week summer program. Organizer/ Marketer Internship— Mama’s Caboose is looking for a flexible BC student who will assist in creating marketing plans, develop social media, & schedule events. Finance Internship— Geico of Fredericksburg seeks a summer intern to gain first hand knowledge of the industry. 8-10 weeks, paid. Dental Internship—Harrisonburg practice seeks intern to help with social media and marketing. Needs help expanding the business.

ANY OF THESE INTERNSHIPS INTEREST

YOU? COME BY CAREER SERVICES TO

LEARN MORE!

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4 THINGS YOU MUST DO TO GET YOUR FIRST JOB AFTER COLLEGE

NOVEMBER MAY SEEM AWFULLY EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU’RE GOING TO GET A JOB WHEN YOU GRADUATE. BUT DAN SCHAWBEL, FORBES CONTRIBUTOR AND FOUNDER OF MILLENNIAL BRANDING, A ONE-MAN RESEARCH AND CONSULTING FIRM THAT FOCUSES ON SO-CALLED MILLENNIALS OR GENERATION Y, AGED 18-29, THE NEW GENERATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS NEEDS TO GET MOBILIZED MUCH EARLIER THAN SPRING OF SENIOR YEAR.

CREATE A LINKEDIN PROFILE

Among college students, only a third have a presence on LinkedIn. You will stand out

from the competition if you create a LinkedIn account.

GET AN INTERNSHIP AS EARLY

AS POSSIBLE Students know that internships are valuable but they are failing to land them. Some 85% believed having an internship is either important or very

important for their career and 52% hoped to have had three or more internships before graduating. But only 40% had done at least one internship.

GET CREATIVE ABOUT FINDING

A MENTOR If you want to work in marketing and

MTV is your dream employer, enter those two search terms and see who comes up.

Or if you’re interested in human resources and you fantasize about working at Mi-crosoft, search on those words. Send off

emails to the people you find & ask if they will meet with you. To me this seems like a long shot, however many adults perceive such an approach as impressive, and you

only need one person to say yes.

VISIT CAREER SERVICES

Career Services can help with your résumé and cover letters

and also job interview prepara-tions. We are located in Flory

Hall—Room 11

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Get Hired : Interview Preparations

Conduct Basic Interview Research To prepare for an interview, find out as much as you can beforehand. Call the person who scheduled your interview

and ask:

Who will you be talking to? Will you meet the manager you'd work for, or will you just talk to HR? What are the inter-

viewer's expectations?

What's the dress code? Dress better than suggested. Most times, it's best to wear a professional suit. You'd be

amazed how many candidates show up looking like they're going to class, not presenting a professional demeanor.

Get directions to the office. Plan to leave early. Keep a phone number to call if you get stuck on the bus or in traffic.

If you arrive late and stressed, the interview will not go well.

If you don't have a detailed job description, ask for one.

That's a five-minute phone call.

Learn About the Company Online Do some fast Web research, which will give you something to talk about in addition to the job description. Go to the

employer's Web site, or search the Web for information such as:

How big is the company in terms of annual sales or employees?

What does the company say about its products or services?

What recent news (such as a new product, a press release, an interview with the CEO) can you discuss?

If the company is public, the boilerplate at the bottom of its press releases will tell you a lot.

Basic research should take you about an hour.

Think of Some Stories Be ready to answer typical interview questions with a story about yourself. To prepare, write down and

memorize three achievement stories. Tell about times you've really felt proud of an achievement at work or school.

These stories demonstrate all those hard-to-measure qualities like judgment, initiative, teamwork or leadership.

Wherever possible, quantify what you've done, e.g., "increased sales by 20 percent," "cut customer call waiting time

in half," "streamlined delivery so that most customers had their job done in two days."

By the way, nonwork achievement stories are good too; if you volunteer for the local food pantry, write down a time

you overcame a big challenge or a crisis there.

Achievement stories make you memorable, which is what you want. There's an exercise in Monster Careers: Interviewing called "Mastering the Freestyle Interview," which helps you develop these stories into compelling sales

points.

Take the time you need -- at least three hours on this task.

Pick Your Outfit, and Go to Bed Early Lay out your interview outfit the night before, get a good night's rest, and always get an early start. The last thing

you want is to waste all of your interview preparation by arriving flustered and panicked because you couldn't find a

parking space.

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1) Check for spelling errors.

2) Put in relevance order

3) Simplify your language

4) Eliminate clutter 5) Read it aloud

Improve

your resume:

In 5 easy

steps

1. Spell check... the old-fashioned way. Spelling and grammar errors can be the kiss of death for résumés: They show employers that you don't pay attention to de-tail. Computer spell-check programs don't always pick up these errors, so make sure you proofread it yourself before handing it in.

For insurance and a fresh perspective, have a friend look it over, too.

2. Put the most relevant experiences first. Organize your résumé to reflect your experiences and showcase the skills you have to offer employers.

3. Simplify your language. Keep your sentences short and don't worry about fragments.

Leave out personal pronouns like "I," "my" and "me." Saying, "I performed" this or "I demonstrated" that is redundant. Who

else would you be talking about if not yourself?

Omit the articles "a," "an" and "the." Instead of "Coordinated the special events for the alumni association," simplify it to say,

"Coordinated alumni association special events."

Take out terms like "assisted in," "participated in," and "helped with." If you assisted in managing client accounts, simply say,

"Managed client accounts." You can explain later what this role entailed.

Change passive statements to active verbs. Saying "Coordinated client meetings" instead of "Ensured client meetings were

coordinated" adds punch and clarity to a job description.

Exclude words like "responsibilities" and "duties" under job listings. Your résumé should focus on accomplishments, not tasks.

4. Eliminate clutter. Format your résumé for consistency and easy reading.

Bold, italicize or underline important headlines (just don't do all three at once -- that's overkill).

Use a standard font like 11 point Times New Roman or Arial. Fancier fonts are not only harder to read, but they may become

garbled in an e-mail format.

Combine series' of short, odd jobs into one listing. (For example: "1999-2002 Barista -- Village Café, Starbucks, Seattle's

Best...")

5. Read it aloud. Reading your résumé aloud will help you identify areas that need improvement or clarification. If something doesn't sound right to you, it won't sound right to a hiring manager.

Look at your résumé: Would you still be compelled to read it if it wasn't your own, or would the vast array of typos, unusual fonts, long sentences and obscure language turn you away? While your résumé may not be a full-on Monet (meaning, up close, it's a big old mess), it may simply need some minor tweaking in order to get noticed. Take these five small steps to see big results. -Mary Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com Writer

-Mary Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com Writer

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