{"id":118799,"date":"2018-04-19T16:25:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T20:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/?p=118799"},"modified":"2018-04-19T16:27:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T20:27:17","slug":"summer-is-your-time-to-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/2018\/04\/19\/summer-is-your-time-to-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer is Your Time to Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Dive into New Experiences<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Seasonal jobs, internships and volunteer work allow you to learn new skills, gain valuable professional experience, network with potential employers, and boost your resume, while still affording you a flexible schedule. \u00a0Check out a few new opportunities just posted in <em>Hire a Red Hawk!<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Campus Recreation, Lifeguards<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Both part-time (minimum of 14 hours) and full-time (minimum of 32 hours) hours available at indoor and outdoor facilities. Full-time staff will receive free summer housing at the Village! \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/campus-recreation\/employment\/\">Learn more and apply<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Rock. Learn. \u2018N\u2019 Play., Camp Counselor (Music, Arts &amp; Crafts)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Really Famous Podcast, Podcast Intern<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Camerican International, Inc., Accounting Intern<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Diabetes Foundation, Inc., Summer Intern<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>TRC Companies, Inc., Environmental Summer Intern<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Continue to check <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/current-students\/my-hire-a-red-hawk-account\/\">Hire a Red Hawk<\/a><\/strong> throughout the break to search and apply for jobs and internships. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Do You<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Discover your strengths, explore your interests and decide what\u2019s important to you. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Career Services offers <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/current-students\/explore-majors-and-careers\/\">self-assessment tools<\/a><\/strong> to help you set your long- and short-term career goals. Summer break is a good time to take an assessment. \u00a0Make sure to set up an appointment with your Career Advisor to review your results.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Let Your Accomplishments Shine<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You\u2019ve worked hard this past year; make sure that is reflected on your resume and public professional profiles! Add any new activities and experiences as well as skills and competencies you have gained or strengthened. \u00a0Include relevant coursework and update your GPA!<\/p>\n<p>Need help developing your resume and\/or creating your Linkedin or Hire a Red Hawk profiles? \u00a0Visit these resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/current-students\/my-hire-a-red-hawk-account\/hire-a-red-hawk-how-tos\/#profile\">Complete your Hire a Red Hawk profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/current-students\/my-hire-a-red-hawk-account\/hire-a-red-hawk-how-tos\/#build\">Use Resume Builder in Hire a Red Hawk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/university.linkedin.com\/content\/dam\/university\/global\/en_US\/site\/pdf\/LinkedIn%20Profile%20Checklist%20-%20College%20Students.pdf\">LinkedIn Profile Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Take Lots of Photos &amp; Video<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>First impressions go a long way! \u00a0Often times, an employer will begin forming an opinion of you before you even exchange \u201cHello\u2019s\u201d. \u00a0Make sure that opinion is favorable by presenting a professional image on your LinkedIn and Hire a Red Hawk Profiles.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/20140616154630-368344-8-dos-and-don-ts-of-linkedin-profile-pictures\">LinkedIn Profile Pictures Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Also, keep an eye out throughout the year for Career Services\u2019 sponsored LinkedIn Headshots!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/current-students\/my-hire-a-red-hawk-account\/hire-a-red-hawk-how-tos\/#mock\">Video Your Mock Interview and Ask for Feedback!<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Mock Interviews in <em>Hire a Red Hawk<\/em> is a free, online tool designed to help improve your interview technique and build your confidence. This feature allows you to video-record your answers and submit the recordings for feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Connect with Career Services<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hawksync &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/101040\/chapter\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n The Center for Career Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Facebook &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RedHawkCareers\" target=\"_blank\"> Red Hawk Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msucareerserv\" target=\"_blank\"> MSUcareerserv<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Linkedin &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/msucareercenter\" target=\"_blank\"> MSU Career Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Career tips for summer break<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":118800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-98_career-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118799"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118803,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118799\/revisions\/118803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}