Hope College | Career Services

Welcome to Career Services!

Week of May 12, 2008

Summer Hours:

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday;
closed during the lunch hour.

Are You Student Teaching in Spring 2009?
The deadline of May 30, 2008 for having your resume reviewed by Dale Austin is fast approaching. Please call the office to schedule this appointment as soon as possible. Sample resumes are also found on our Handouts page.

Looking for a full-time job when you graduate? Searching for a summer internship? Upload your resume to HOPE after Hope (see graphic to the right of this page). Seniors, don't forget to include a non-Hope email address as your email will expire this summer. Please call the office to schedule an appointment with Dale Austin if you are looking for a job when you graduate or Sara DeVries if you are looking for a summer internship.

Featured Local Internship
Marketing Intern
Disher Design and Development
Work as part of a new product development team to evaluate, develop and commercialize new products that will improve consumers' lives. Perform preliminary business assessments. Perform patent & trademark searches. Must be a senior to apply. For more information on this opportunity and around 150 other local internships visit the local internships listings on our web site.

I Got THE JOB!

Kendall Aliber is teaching in a special ed position at the elementary level in Clarkston Schools. Kyle Waterstone is working for the NCAA.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Looking Ahead

Current junior accounting students begin the interview process for interviews at the Office of Career Services in the fall. Accounting firms are already booking their recruiting date for the fall. If you will be a senior in the fall looking for a public accounting position, make an appointment to have your resume reviewed for admission to the Accounting Booklet that will be sent to public accounting firms this summer. Interviews may be set up prior to your return in the fall.

Careers in Focus

Thinking about a career in teaching? Learn how recent graduates entered this field and what types of work they are doing now. Read about career and internship opportunities, where to find them and how to gain experience.

Resources

Honor Roll Online for seniors: Sign up for this program of recruiting and interviewing partnership by emailing careers@hope.edu for the college school code, and then simply link to (http://www.honorrollonline.com/) Honor Roll Online.com to register. Once registered, stop by the Office of Career Services for your gift for registering!

Catch the Federal Hiring Wave
With the anticipated retirement of 50 percent of current federal employees within the next 4 years, there no only will be thousands of federal job openings, but new hires will enjoy unprecedented opportunities for quickly climbing the federal career ladder.