Featured Staff of the Week
Monica Duke
Hello! My name is Monica Duke and I am thrilled to be
part of the Career Services team. Throughout my professional career I have been
involved in building relationships between employers and students. My involvement
in student leadership and student government while pursuing my undergraduate
degree at Santa Clara University heavily influenced my career path – eventually
leading to a Human Resources and Recruiting career where I created
regional and national college recruiting campaigns for high-tech
companies. My passion for being on college campuses led me to pursue my
Master’s degree in Student Development Administration from Seattle U’s College
of Education. Since then, my professional roles in academic advising and
career advising have blended my love of the high tech world and the joy I
find in working with students, by allowing me the chance to connect students
with meaningful professional opportunities in Seattle’s vibrant technology
community.
At Seattle U, my role is to help facilitate the
engagement of our amazing alumni in the professional and career development of
our students by fostering opportunities for mentoring, internships, and
full-time careers. Part of my role is to meet with employers (often SU
alums), particularly those that hire students from the College of Science and
Engineering, to learn about their hiring needs. From there we develop
plans for them to connect with the students they need to make their
organizations more successful – through Information Sessions, On-Campus
Interviews, or Career Fairs or involvement with students clubs and
organizations. The other big part of my role is to build and grow Seattle
U’s mentoring programs – with the dual aim of 1) providing meaningful ways for
alumni to give back and connect with SU and 2) offering students and alums
access to the amazing knowledge and experience our alumni have to offer.
Seattle U is such a wonderful place, and our alumni are passionate about
their interest in supporting current students. It is very rewarding to
connect employers and alumni who know the value (and values!) of an SU
education with current students and to know that these connections can form the
foundation of exciting professional opportunities.
Featured Employer of the Week
The Fund for
the Public Interest
The Fund for the Public Interest is a national
non-profit organization that works to build support for progressive
organizations across the country. They run campaigns for the Sierra Club, the
Human Rights Campaign, USPIRG and Environment America. This summer they will be
in more than 50 cities, working and lobbying to help win environmental and
social justice campaigns. Last summer our staff helped ban off-shore drilling
to protect our coasts, repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and increase
food safety standards to make school lunches safer--all while building valuable
leadership skills.
Currently, we have paid positions open on our campaign
staff in each of our locations. On Wednesday, February 27th, The
Fund for the Public Interest will be coming to Seattle University to conduct
four information sessions. Feel free to stop by and learn more about the
company and how you can get involved in their campaigns! For more information
for these sessions, please click on the link provided under Upcoming Events.
Click here
“How important is it to have a part-time job and how can I find one?”
Working part-time can help you establish professional
references and provide a support network of individuals who can speak to your
strengths. These are opportunities to gain relevant experience, demonstrate
your skills, and develop your professional network. If your colleagues are impressed,
there may be potential for another job offer later on.
Some ways to look for part-time jobs:
Set up a job alert on a career search engine like
Indeed.com and get customized lists of jobs emailed to you. It's pretty
simple.
1) Create an account and login
2) From the main page indeed.com, click on your email
address on the right-hand side and click on "account"
3) Go to the "alerts" tab
4) In the search boxes set up your criteria using key
words like "part-time" or "internship" or something related
to your field of interest, like "fashion" or "biology" as
well as your location
5) Click on "create alert"
You can do the same and set up alerts on SU’s Redhawk Network as well:
1) Log in to the Redhawk Network using your SU username and password
2) Go to Job/Internship search and fill in all parts of the search (advance
search) in which you would like to fit the criteria
3) When the results show up, scroll to the bottom of the list and click “Email me New Jobs for this Search”
4) Now every time a new job that
fits your criteria becomes active in the system, you will be sent an alert
e-mail!
There are other ways to search for part-time jobs including the regional
links and industry links. It also never hurts to keep your eyes open for “Job
Hiring” signs around the area and go in person to apply or ask about the
position. For more resources, please feel free to come into our office as we
have handouts that will help you with your job search!
