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Peer Power
March 20, 2013In the quest for internships, Carleton students reach out to a powerful untapped network: each other.
In today’s job market, internship experience can be the extra edge that lands a coveted job interview or position. But where can students look for internships, and how do they learn successful tactics to compete for them? With the help of peer Career Advisors, Carleton students are answering those questions for each other.
Winter Externship Adventures
March 20, 2013Some students get bored during Carleton’s six-week winter break. Others get to work. Meet three students who discovered that time flies when you’re immersing yourself in a prospective career (with the help of savvy alumni mentors).
Setting Course for the Future
November 27, 2012Carleton’s newly released Strategic Plan identifies six core ideas to secure Carleton’s continued distinction. Topping the list: “Preparing students more robustly for fulfilling post-graduation lives and careers.”
Faculty Engagement: Professor Tim Raylor
November 27, 2012Academic departments often team up with the Career Center and alumni to help students explore career possibilities. In the first of a new series on these partnerships, English professor Tim Raylor talks about his department’s efforts to connect students with alumni from diverse fields.
Kindred Spirits
March 30, 2012Quintessentially Carleton qualities connect two alums separated by 20 years
When he needed a new junior consultant for his firm’s first Latin American office, Mark Frein ’92 could easily have recruited at the Ivy Leagues. “But I’d probably be looking at people with attitude,” he says. Instead, he looked to to Carleton’s Engagement Wanted program and found the perfect candidate in Will Tynan ’11.
30 Minutes
March 30, 2012Carls are destined to mentor
The concept of mentorship is an old one: An experienced professional guides a young person into the ways of the field. You know, like Obi-Wan and Luke, Batman and Robin, or Giles and Buffy. In the movies, these pairings are made through serendipity or destiny. But Carleton’s Career Center helps destiny along by connecting young Carls with seasoned pros through its 30 Minutes program.
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