ISSUE 2

November 2012

VOLUME 2

UPCOMING EVENTS AND

QUICK JOB TIPS...1

FEATURED DEPARTMENT:

GEOGRAPHY CAREER ADVICE FROM KIM...2

Liberal Arts monthly C AR EER, R ESU M E AND J O B -R EL AT ED AD VI C E

FOR T H E SAVVY ST UD ENT OF L I BER AL ART S

Each semester, Career Services offers many services, programs,

workshops, job fairs and employer networking opportunities to help you

stay on your career “A” game. Check out what’s happening this month!

Coming up in November SACU CC A CA REE R

CON FER ENC E & F A IR

Nov. 2 | 9 am – 4 pm | YMCA

TriPoint San Antonio

Hear from a variety of career fields about

jobs, attend a networking lunch and

more! Bring copies of your resume and

dress professionally to hear about oppor-

tunities throughout Texas.

CAN DID CAR EER “W HAT IN

THE W ORLD CAN YOU DO ?”

EN TR EPR ENE URS HIP PANEL

Nov. 7 | 4:30 –6 pm | LBJSC 5-3.1

A panel presentation featuring four

Texas State alumni whose entrepreneuri-

al spirit has impacted the local and global

economies.

FALL TEA CHE R JOB F AI R

Nov. 14 | 9 - 11:30am |

Strahan Coliseum

Many representatives from school dis-

tricts will be here filling their staffing

needs. Interviews will be held from 12:30

pm - 4 pm, and are scheduled by the

school district during browsing.

NUR SIN G JOB FAIR

Nov. 29 | 1—3pm | Round Rock Campus

Join St. David's School of Nursing and

Career Services for the nursing job fair.

View all upcoming events at

www.careerservices.txstate.edu.

Quick Job Tip: Develop your “elevator speech”

Think of the “elevator speech” as a 30-second commercial about you. ● Use the elevator speech when talking to potential employers at job fairs or in other networking situations. ● Include your name, major, year and a snippet about your professional or educational background. ● Finish by asking about a specific job opportunity you’ve researched or for more information about the company. ● With a polished elevator speech, you can’t lose!

Department of the Month:

Geography

Each month, we sit down with a representative from one

of the liberal arts academic departments to learn about

what makes liberal arts majors great job candidates.

A Note from Your Career Advisor: Further your career exploration with

informational interviewing!

Informational interviewing is a

conversation with someone working in

your desired field. Use the informational

interview often to get an on-the-ground

look at your future professional life.

Follow these steps to get the most out of

your informational interview:

Evaluate. Explore your skills, inter-

est, values, etc. Find out what ca-

reers you might enjoy.

Research. Look into the career or

company you are interviewing with.

What’s the company’s mission?

What do they value?

Find your interviewee. From your

research, draft a list of

employers of interest.

Make contact. Reach out to the

employer you want to interview by

email. Be concise and polite when

asking to interview them.

Draft your questions. They might

pertain to job duties, educational

requirements, personal experienc-

es, etc.

Interview! Show up on-time and

dressed professionally, listen care-

fully and ask tons of questions.

Follow up. Always send a thank

you email or note.

Email me at knelson@txstate.edu!

This month, we caught up

with Geography

Internship Coordinator

and Senior Lecturer Mark

Carter to ask a few ques-

tions about the career

perks of an geography

degree. What is the most valuable

piece of advice you’d give a

student or recent graduate

just beginning their job

search?

Networking. You should figure out what you want to do, then find someone in that field or with that compa-ny. After you’ve found someone, do informational interview with them. With the connection from the informational interview you could have a foot in the door with that company or in that field.

How can a job seeker “sell” his/her liberal arts degree to em-ployers?

Create a professional

portfolio: collect all your best work and be able to show an employer what you can do. For example, Geographic Information System students should show a map that they have done, a report writing sam-ple and an example of their quantitative analysis.

What are some popular career choices for Geography majors? Geographic Information System (GIS), which includes remote sensing, visualization, cartography, spatial modeling and quanti-

tative methods; environ-

mental management careers; resource management careers; and urban and regional planning. What advice would you give to new geography majors on building their resumes while still in school? Start by joining student organizations. Get involved with Career Service by attending job fairs, which is a good way to network with

employers. Then do some job shadowing in the field of your interest during the summer or the winter break. And be sure to get an internship. What are some skills geography majors

utilize as successful profes-sionals? Research and report writing skills, quantitative static skills and mapping skills, just to name a few.

Visit www.geo.txstate.edu for more information.

And be sure to view the geography internships and jobs page under the

Student Resources tab.

JOB BOARD Job & Internship

Opportunities

**All job & internship

opportunities can be

found in Jobs4Cats. You

must upload a resume in

order to apply for jobs

using Jobs4Cats.**

Register here.

On-Campus Part-Time Jobs

Event Staff @ Contemporary

Service Corp. (San Marcos,

Austin, San Antonio)

Student Worker– Textbook

Adoptions @ University

Bookstore (San Marcos)

Part-Time Jobs

Restaurant Staff

@ Pluckers Wing Bar (Austin)

Campaign Canvasser @ Tina

Torres for State Representative

Campaign (San Antonio)

Full-Time Jobs

Junior Researcher-

Psychophysiology @ Media

Research Labs, LLC (Austin)

Speech Language Pathologist @

Any Baby Can of Austin (Austin)

Internships

Paid Bilingual Intern

@ John Adams Campaign

(San Marcos/Hays County)

Administrative Intern

@ Loop1 Systems (Austin)

Forgot your Jobs4Cats

login information? Call

(512) 245-2645 for help.

Use the informational

interview often to get an

on-the-ground look at your

future professional life.

Figure out what you want to do,

then find someone in that field or with that

company.