Week of 3/11/2013

Featured Staff

Office Assistant Alyssa Chin

Aloha! Welcome to Career Services! My name is Alyssa Chin and I have the honor of being one of the office assistants here at Career Services. I am from beautiful Honolulu, Hawai’i, and am currently a Pre-Science major with plans of being a Biology major with an Entrepreneurship minor. This is my first year at Seattle University, as well as my first quarter being in this position at Career Services. So far my experience has been…AWESOME! I am so blessed to be here at Seattle University, where the opportunities to grow, thrive and learn are endless. Career Services is a place on campus that has a great amount of resources to help us students and alumni, prepare for the future that lies ahead. The staff in the Career Services office is friendly and helpful, being so willing to provide anyone with tips and how-to ways to craft resumes, cover letters, be a great interviewee, and more! I love my job at Career Services because I am gaining an abundant amount of knowledge and skills that will enable me to become a leader in my community, who will make a difference in the world one step at a time. Looking forward to seeing you sometime in the office!

Featured Employer

City of Seattle

The City of Seattle offers an amazing array of career opportunities, with more than 1100 job titles and 26 operating departments to choose from. The nearly 10,000 employees of the City of Seattle enjoy competitive pay and benefits packages, generous leave programs, and the satisfaction of doing work that helps to make Seattle a great place to live, work, and play.

Explore the exciting and fulfilling public sector careers available with the City of Seattle! City of Seattle will also be holding an info session on campus the first week of Spring Quarter to inform students of upcoming internship opportunities for the summer.

The internship program is designed to provide qualified candidates with meaningful work experience to supplement and enhance their academic programs. In return, the City derives the full benefit of the students' capabilities to assist in normal work activities and/or with special projects and events.  Additionally, internships enable students to establish effective working relationships with professional staff, which may be beneficial to their future career development. Most internships are scheduled for part-time work during the school year and full-time in the summer. The number, level and content of internships vary each year, so check out their internships page for links to specific jobs.

Check out their website here to seek more job and internship opportunities!

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Q&A

“When is a good time to start looking for summer internship opportunities?”

Surprisingly, now is the perfect time to start looking and applying for summer opportunities. Many companies have already posted their summer internship opportunities and the deadlines can be as soon as this month. When seeking a summer internship, keep in mind what educational benefits and personal growth you hope to seek out of the experience. The Redhawk Network is a great place to seek out internships in the greater Seattle area, but if you are planning to go home for the summer, be sure to check out ways you can connect with employers through LinkedIn with SU alumni and reciprocity we have with other Jesuit Institutes around the nation. The reciprocity system allows SU students to connect with career services offices with other Jesuit (and some non-Jesuit) institutes in order to gain access to their job boards similar to our Redhawk Network. If you like to learn more about how to create an account, be sure to email careerservices@seattleu.edu or come into our office so we can help send a request to any of the universities.

Here is a list of all the institutes in which we have reciprocity with:

Jesuit Universities

Boston College

Canisius College

Le Moyne College

Spring Hill College

College of the Holy Cross

Creighton University

Fairfield University

Fordham University

Georgetown University

Gonzaga University

John Carroll University

Loyola Marymount University

Marquette University

Regis University

Rockhurst University

Saint Joseph’s University

Saint Peter’s University

Saint Louis University

Santa Clara University

Wheeling Jesuit University

Xavier University

University of Detroit Mercy

University of San Francisco

University of Scranton

Non-Jesuit Universities

University of Portland

University of Hawaii