It is almost graduation time for senior, Ginger Osinuga. Fortunately, she knows exactly what she will be doing after throwing her cap into the air on May 23, 2010. Ginger, a Business Economics major with a minor in Business Information Systems, was just hired as a Financial Services Representative with First Investors Corporation! While there, she will be responsible for reviewing the financial statuses of clients and make investment and insurance recommendations tailored to their individual goals and needs. She will also provide advice to individuals on how to save to buy a home, pay for their children’s college education, and retire worry-free.

Ginger was first informed about the position through one of the many informative e-mails sent daily to students from the Office of Career Services. After working with a career counselor to help make her résumé professional and respectable, she then sent it to be evaluated and was later contacted for an on-campus interview. “Ever since I met my career counselor,” she states, “she has made me feel that her door was always open to me throughout my time here at Eastern.”

Former Career Services intern Lauren Finkbeiner recently hit the jackpot when receiving an internship at SCG Legal PR Network. This award winning network was created to connect law firms with national and international legal and non-legal media. Lauren’s tasks in the organization include handling the social media, such as their Twitter and blog, creating a bi-monthly newsletter, tracking legal requests and helping with data sales entry.

Having the opportunity to also intern with the Office of Career Services was a plus for Lauren. While interning, she was able to clearly recognize all of the support services that the career counselors had to offer, and also witnessed the success that came from working with them. Sure enough, Lauren also received guidance from a career counselor, just as she had seen so many other students do. She received help revising and constantly updating her résumé, as well as formatting and writing her reference list.

Lauren plans to graduate in spring 2011 with a Bachelors Degree in Communication and a double minor in political science and business administration. After graduation, she hopes to get a job in New York City, where it is closer to her home in Long Island. In the meantime, however, she is sure to stay busy interning at SCG Legal PR Network and being Vice President of Eastern’s PRSSA.

Abby Hosley entered Eastern this past fall in the same predicament as many freshman. She was undeclared. Fortunately, with guidance from the Office of Career Services, she is now confident in her decision to pursue sociology throughout her college career.

Deciding on a major was a difficult task for Abby. “I’d never taken a career aptitude test in high school,” she states, “so I wasn’t aware of these assessment tools or how they could help.” Luckily, with the help from a career counselor and such resources as FOCUS and Holland’s Self-Directed Search, Abby was able to narrow her major down to five possible choices in the first visit alone! Then, after looking at the required courses and potential career opportunities for each major, the list narrowed down even further.

In the past, Abby had never considered sociology as a possible major?not even while taking Introduction to Sociology last semester. However, she now feels that it is the best choice for her. “I think I’m on the right track,” she proudly states.

Having an on-campus job close to the Office of Career Services really benefitted senior Dave Tignonsini. Since working at the Office of AccessAbility Services, he has had the liberty of always knowing when a career counselor was available to answer his questions?and all it took was walking a few steps over to the next office! Dave made sure not to take any opportunity for granted.

With frequent help from a career counselor, Dave went through the steps in developing a résumé and was introduced to all of our online resources, such as EXPERIENCE. Luckily, after creating an account with EXPERIENCE to receive job and internship postings, it did not take long before an opportunity presented itself.

Dave is currently gaining knowledgeable experience interning with the Marketing Bureau of the Department of Agriculture. Some of his tasks include updating local farm maps and marketing a coloring book, which a close friend actually designed. He enjoys all of his time spent interning, and says that he is “really learning important things about the marketing field.”

Dave will graduate from Eastern this May with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and a double concentration in Marketing and Management. As for future aspirations, he hopes that interning with the Department of Agriculture will help open doors to new future career opportunities.

With guidance from the Office of Career Services, senior Brittany Tripp is currently employed full time at RMI as a Marketing Specialist. In this position, she is responsible for generating leads through trade shows and web resources, as well as preparing marketing materials and a yearly marketing plan. Having received a degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing, and a minor in Digital Art and Design, Brittany was very fortunate to get a job doing exactly what she went to school for.

When Brittany was first accepted to Eastern, she remembers looking through information booklets and seeing a list of companies that former Eastern students were working for. In that moment, she knew that Career Services could offer the resources to help find paid internship and a rewarding job at a successful company.

Once an appointment was scheduled, a career counselor showed her how to use online resources to find a job and also provided many résumé reviews. The service guides available through Career Services were also a big help, like the “Guide to Cover Letters,” “Guide to Résumés” and “Guide to Interviews”.

Brittany completed her degree in December and plans to attend the commencement this May. In the meantime, she will be learning and making the most of her experience at RMI.

Senior Kate Ciarlo is counting down the days until graduation this May. Luckily, time is sure to pass quickly for her while interning in busy New York City. With help from the Office of Career Services, Kate recently scored an amazing internship with Animal Planet. Having only been there for a few days so far, she has already attended producer meetings and worked with the project development team in making decisions regarding casting and the airing of shows. “It is the coolest job,” she states “very humbling.”

While taking a summer course, Kate received résumé tips and was informed on all of the ways that Career Services could help her reach her goals. Before that point, however, she did not have a résumé put together and had no knowledge of what to expect during a formal interview.  Fortunately, a career counselor was able to work with her to help her form a cover letter, improve her résumé, and provide her with mock interviews. Just one week after the meeting, she received a call back for an interview with the Discovery Channel. Two weeks after that, she was called back for a second interview. The rest is history.

Kate plans to graduate from Eastern this spring with a Bachelors Degree in Creative Writing and Production Studies. Later, she hopes that her internship with Animal Planet will help open doors for her to land a rewarding job for the future.

Having joined the Eastern community from China and with Chinese as her primary language, senior Fang Cui had to work harder than most students to achieve her goals. Luckily, with help from Career Services, Fang was offered a co-op at United Technologies Corporation (UTC), based in Hartford, Connecticut. Some products manufactured by UTC include Carrier heating and air conditioning, Otis elevators and escalators, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines and Sikorsky helicopters. Being an accounting major, she will be learning and gaining experience in their financial department.

Fang is part of Eastern’s Accounting Club, which is where a professor recommended that she utilize the help that Career Services has to offer. While spending time with a career counselor, Fang refined and perfected her résumé. She also partook in mock interviews to familiarize herself more with the English language. “Because I am not native to the United States, the mock interviews really helped,” she states. “The career counselors had me answer questions that they knew would be asked.”

Fang plans on graduating from Eastern in spring 2010 with the hopes of receiving a job offer from UTC. Later, she plans on acquiring her Masters Degree in Accounting.

Hard work and determination certainly paid off for recent graduate Joshua Lockheed! Josh graduated from Eastern with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Business Information Systems. From the start of his undergraduate career, Josh connected with Career Services and maintained a close relationship with all of the career counselors. Josh initially met with the career counselors to help draft his resume; and over the years, he would meet with a counselor periodically to improve his resume and add new qualifications and accomplishments. Joshua says "they helped me with more than just finding a job; they showed me how to develop important skills. They supported everything that I did from campus involvement to personal interests."

Recently, Joshua pursued a job lead sent to him by one of Eastern's career counselors. He secured at position at CDW, as their Higher Education Account Manager. CDW is a company which provides IT services and products for the government. Joshua sees himself as a Technology Solutions Consultant, hopefully working in a larger corporation.

Josh is very active in Kiwanis, which is an organization that works to develop future leaders through guidance and support from mentors and volunteers. Additionally, Josh plays the saxophone and keys in a band entitled "Get in get out." In his spare time, Josh enjoys hiking, producing music and spending time with friends and family.

Joshua would like to thank the Career Services department and professors Citurs, Brown, Lowy, Desroches, Liu and Free for all of their help throughout the years.

Charles Edenburn is a recent graduate with a degree in Communication and a minor in history. He is currently working on his second bachelors for a degree in accounting. Chuck, as some friends call him, made the decision to obtain a second degree because he excelled in math and wanted to work with numbers.

After Charles' graduation from Eastern, he worked for numerous companies which included the Chronicle, Stonebridge press, ESPN and the Norwich Bulletin. During his time working at the newspapers Charles utilized his degree in Communication as a journalist and during his time at ESPN, Charles worked as a production assistant. Recently, Charles was offered a position with the State Auditors as their cooperative education intern which he gladly accepted. Throughout the years, Charles visited Career Services for help with his resume writing and cover letters. Before applying for a job, Charles would bring his resume and cover letter for critiquing by a career counselor. Charles says "I would encourage more students to capitalize on the many opportunities that are offered by Career Services."

In addition to his internship, Charles is the president of IMA, is an active member of the accounting society and has made the Dean's List several times. Upon graduation, Charles would like to see himself working for the government and auditing in Windham.

Piper Neddenien hit the jackpot when she received a job offer days after visiting the 2009 Career Fair hosted by Career Services. She says her friends and family were "were really impressed that it was so easy for me to get a job offer. It’s not even November, and I really didn’t even try that hard to get it, it’s really encouraging."

Piper grew up in Maryland but graduated from East Lyme high school. Her family resides in Richmond, Virginia. Currently, Piper spends her time as a Resident Assistant in the Best Western and was also offered the position of Residential Counselor at the Horizon House in Lebanon. In addition to her job as an RA, Piper volunteers at numerous blood drives on campus. Piper was elected Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges in 2008 and has also made the Dean’s List several times. Piper sees herself with a Master’s degree that will enable her to counsel and help others. She says that she has seen herself going into Higher Education and into leadership development but she is trying to "just take it one day at a time."

Ashley Del Buono, a recent graduate, has just started her first post-graduation job! Ashley currently lives in Southington and works in Durham at Bruster Elementary school as an Applied Behavior Analysis, or ABA therapist. She graduated in May of 2009 with her Bachelors is Psychology. During her time at Eastern Ashley was very involved in intramural sports, playing both soccer and softball."Del Buono" as friends call her, was not only active in sports, but she also made the Dean’s List several times. She was active in volunteer work, and devoted her time to a phone-a-thon, working at the food shelter and writing letters to soldiers in Iraq.

Ashley, a transfer student from the University of Connecticut utilized Career Services from her start at Eastern. She met with a career counselor who helped her with her resume and taught her how to write a cover letter. She kept in touch with Career Services when applying for jobs. They offered their assistance to help personalize each cover letter and resume depending on the position.

Ashley is currently applying to Graduate School where she hopes to receive her Masters in Art Therapy so that she can work with children in hospitals. To jump start the process, Ashley spent this past summer studying abroad in Italy to receive credit for art classes that would count towards her masters. She says "It was awesome to be in a different culture, to step out of my comfort zone and test myself."

Recently Jacqueline Platt has received the opportunity of her dreams! After recently moving to Everett, Washington, Jacqueline received a position as a crew member for the Washington Conservation Corps with the Stilly-Snohomish Fishery Enhancement Task Force. Although the current title sounds like a mouth-full, it is what Jacqueline has always dreamed of.

Jacqueline graduated from Eastern with a History and Social Science degree with a minor in Sustainable Energies. Additionally, she has an associate's degree in Early Childhood Education. Although she is very proud of her degree, her passion lies in environmental science. Jacqueline used Career Services to help her write her cover letter and resume and says "I have been numerous times to get my resume and cover letters checked over but it is always nice to know that there is an encouraging crew backing you up in the grueling process that applying for jobs can be; especially when you think you have the wrong degree. Career Services provides much more than resume building and cover letter writing but generous support especially when you're really not even sure what you want to do or can do with the degree, you once felt so confident in."

While at Eastern, Jacqueline was very active on campus. She served as an executive board member as secretary for Eastern Outdoors Club which is a club that encouraged "No Student Left Inside" while observing an environmental ethic. Additionally, she aided in the creation of the Environmental Club. She was also very active in volunteer work and spent a week in 2007 in New Orleans with Habitat for Humanity. She plans to continue and engage in numerous volunteer opportunities.

"Platt" as friends like to call her also received numerous awards. She was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, made the Dean's List and received a Sustainable Energies Award in 2008 as well as the Environmental Stewardship award in 2009.

Recent graduate Abnel Navarro of Willimantic , CT , has just recently started his first job post graduation! During his time at Eastern, he majored in social work and made the Dean's List. Throughout his college career, he visited Career Services where he met with a career counselor numerous times to help him build his resume. Additionally, Abnel used the resources provided by Career Services to help him with his cover letter and to create a draft of his resume, using Optimal Resume. Career Services kept Abnel updated with any new job postings that would be interesting to Abnel in the field of social services.

Currently, Abnel works for the North American Family Institute (NAFI) as a functional family therapist. He says "I kept in touch with Career Services after graduating. They continued to send job postings, offered their services and answered any questions that I had about the job search process." Future plans include, graduate school at the University of Connecticut where he hopes to receive his Masters of Social Work.

Recently, sophomore Omar Rodriguez was offered an internship position with Northwestern Mutual as a life insurance agent. Before receiving the opportunity with the company, Omar had been very proactive and had visited career services to help him with his resume. Not only did he utilize Career Services but he also used Optimal Resume to help him create his resume. Omar met several times with a career counselor to help him prepare his resume and to conduct a mock interview. Omar says the mock interview "was helpful and made me feel confident." All of his preparation paid off because in the spring, Omar will be starting his new job.

Omar is also very active around campus. Currently he is involved with MALES, OLAS and CAB and serves as MALES Public Relations officer. Omar says that "being involved in organizations such as MALES, OLAS and CAB helped me mature as a leader."

Senior Kenton Webley of Norwalk , CT has been welcomed by Target as their executive team leader after graduation. During his freshman year, Kenton was incredibly proactive and visited career services to find out about internship opportunities that he could apply for. The following year Kenton was offered an internship position with General Electric but respectfully declined their offer.

During the summer of 2008, Kenton was offered an internship position as executive team leader with Target where he managed and led a team of three hundred people. He impressed his supervisors so much that they extended his internship and invited him back for the summer of 2009. Kenton says that the hardest part was "delegating tasks to elders which made me uncomfortable."

Mary-Francis Plaza , class of 2011, is gaining great experience which will prepare her for a career in communications. Recently, the office of Institutional Research offered Mary-Francis a position as their communication intern. As a communication major the opportunity was one that she could not pass down. Mary Francis utilized career services and scheduled an appointment with a career counselor to learn about the internship opportunity and to get assistance with writing an effective resume and cover letter.

Mary-Francis is also active on campus as a CAB assistant for weekend events where she promotes and oversees events. She also is a technology crew member and helps to set up audio visual equipment for numerous events held on campus. Additionally, Mary-Francis has volunteered for organizations such as Fit Kids Fun Camp, Isaiah 58 and Jesus People USA.

Neftali Cruz has hit the big league! The senior Sports Management major is spending his summer interning with the Pawtucket Red Sox. Neftali worked with the Office of Career Services through all phases of career planning and internship search. He received advice on resume and cover letter writing, interviewing skills, and dressing for success. Mr. Cruz's career goal is to work in major league sports. His summer 2009 marketing and management internship is providing him with the related experience, necessary skills, and strong professional networking he needs.

Senior Jennifer Paradis of Vernon, CT participated in the opportunity of a life time by taking her local internship to the nation's capitol. Jennifer is currently interning for Planned Parenthood as a Campus Action Intern, promoting and educating students on subject matters pertaining to gender equity and reproductive health. Jennifer visited Washington D.C. this summer to meet with state representatives , which included attending a Press Conference for Senator Chris Dodd to discuss the Healthier America Campaign. She also met with Congressman Joe Courtney to discuss the importance of Women's Health in the current Health Care Legislation and lobbied for Health Care reform, visiting Representative John Larson and Representative Chris Murphy. She also participated in phone-banking, assisting in recruiting over 200 volunteers for future events to support Health Care Reform.

My first day at Soundings magazine - a national boating publication in Essex, Conn. - began the day after Memorial Day. Right from the get-go, I knew this company would present me with the perfect internship.I was right.

This experience has been the deciding factor in the career path that is now laid out before me. As an English Major, I faced the difficult choice between teaching and journalism. The experiences I embraced at Soundings were so fantastic I now crave the life of a journalist/editor/proofreader/reporter.

At Soundings I was offered the chance to be considered a regular worker. "Intern" is an almost non-existent word in the office. Though it is an unpaid internship, I realized quickly that I would gain from this experience only what I put into it. With that in mind, I happily took on any assignment my editor threw at me.

Martin Sagendorf will be starting classes at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the fall as well as a new assistantship as the Assistant Resident Director (ARD) of Maple Suites at the college! He will be entering a program for his masters in Student Affairs and Higher Education (SAHE) that will help to further his career in higher education student affairs. Community service and service-learning are just a few of the areas Mr. Sagendorf is interested in and he is excited about learning in a program he describes as having "a strong balance of classroom and practical experience opportunities."

Mr. Sagendorf initially noticed a poster for the school in the Housing Office at Eastern. After showing interest in the program, he discovered the Associate Director of Housing and Residential Life had attended the program and a counselor at Career Services had received similar education. Both were great resources for information about the university and how to get in.

Sociology major, Aubrey de los Reyes, has been welcomed to the team at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. This brand new non-profit establishment, opening in June, has offered her a position as the membership and development coordinator starting as soon as she graduates. The position involves finding out what reasons people became members, thinking up new ways to get people to become members, and creating new events! Right out of college Aubrey will be starting a job that could not fit her major better.

While working for Career Services as the event coordinator she has been preparing for just this opportunity."I couldn't believe I got the job that I found through career services, because I was applying for a lot on my own." Staff worked with her on every cover letter she wrote for every new opportunity. In addition, Aubrey was constantly being exposed to all the positions that flow through Career Services. Career Services is constantly posting internships, jobs, and more online at eastern.http://eastern.experience.com/.com and this position was one of those. The benefits Career Services provides for students were already known to Aubrey, but they still had more to offer her.

Koli Doolittle is a perfect example of the type of person that a job seeker needs to be. As a junior and communication major at Eastern, Koli is completely involved in both her career development as well as the community. Koli jumps at every opportunity she gets to make a difference. She describes herself as proactive and has gotten exactly the type of internship she was looking for because of it. This summer she will be working for the Connecticut Association of Non-Profits as an event coordinator promoting non-profit organizations.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on campus is one of those organizations that the Connecticut Association of Non-Profits helps promote and Koli just happens to be a member of. What Koli will be doing for the organization is help promote such organizations by making sure important aspects of events are present. Working with non-profit organizations is exactly what Koli wants to be doing.

Sulthana Sayed is constantly succeeding. In the summer of 2008 she was featured in a success story for getting an internship and now she has done it again. This time she has landed a job at RMI Corporation in Avon, CT.

For 25 years RMI has been providing helpful software to companies who rent, sell, and service equipment. Starting in June, Ms. Sayed will be joining their team as a Staff Consultant. She found out about RMI through the help of Career Services. Ms. Sayed was called in for an internship interview and left a good impression. Even though she did not end up doing the internship, they remembered her. When Career Services had the company on campus for a recruiting event, she was immediately alerted through eRecruiting.

Helga Maggi is now a registration specialist for Smart Start/CT Economic Resource Center after months of working at various other jobs. Overall, it took around a year for Ms. Maggi to finally start her career. She explains, " It was a daily, full-time effort. Pounding the pavement and knocking on doors shows initiative and may result in being at the right place at the right time."

While attending Eastern as well as after graduating, Career Services proved to be an extremely helpful resource that Ms. Maggi depended on. She visited Career Services for various things throughout her job search.

We all keep hearing about how important it is to get an internship; it has never been truer than it is in the job market today. As a senior enrolled in the Social Work Program, Ashley Shattuck has found herself grateful to be an intern at North Windham Elementary School.

When Ms. Shattuck came to Career Services she says she was "lost and confused." Without knowing what to expect she made an appointment with a career counselor. Her plan was to learn how to write a professional resume as well as discuss her options for graduate school. In order to help Ms. Shattuck, the staff at Career Services directed her to a reference book full of graduate schools. She was able to look through the section for social work graduate schools and decide for herself which ones were best for her. Her plan is to attend Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and eventually become a school social worker.

Any Eastern student that lives on campus would rave about the programs their Resident Assistant's have put on. Ranging from trips to a Lazer Tag arena to simply ordering pizza for a floor wide meet and greet. This begs the question though, where does the money for these events come from? As the new Accounting Intern at the Housing Office, Joseph Grigerek would be a great person to ask; one of his main tasks is preparing the budgets for each residence hall at Eastern.

Mr. Grigerek's path wasn't always pointed in this direction. Like many people he has switched majors. He began his career at Eastern as a Business major. It was not until his Junior year, after his first Accounting class, that he was prepared to make the switch. Knowing that he would be at a disadvantage entering the field fairly late, Mr. Grigerek immediately contemplated how to gain some experience.

February 3 rd , 2009 Mike Fleming began his career as a Residential Worker in an emergency homeless shelter for The Access Agency. Like many, he was searching for a job for months before coming to Career Services in late November, 2008. There is only a certain amount of hope and optimism one can have before worrying about the future. Mr. Fleming was at this point when he entered the office of his career counselor. He explained, "Almost immediately after I met with my counselor I felt relieved. She provided me with the encouragement I needed in order continue my job search in a time of despair."

While students are on their journey through college, they often do not realize how many opportunities they are opening themselves up to. This was the case with Mr. Fleming. His career counselor helped him see that there were more options for a math major than being a teacher. According to Mr. Fleming, Career Services is "very helpful in broadening your awareness of the diverse jobs that are within your interests."

Only in his second year here at Eastern, Gregory Steffes has secured an internship and will be starting work this summer at Marien and Company, a professional accounting firm in Norwich, CT. Mr. Steffes praises his career counselor for educating him on how to prepare for and conduct an effective internship search.

"I think I first heard about Career Services when I was a sophomore, because that is the year you generally decided your major, and what you plan to do with the rest of your life," said Jessica McNabola. Jessica graduated in May 2008 as a communications major with a focus in Public Relations.

Jessica really connected with Career Services when she organized an internship expo for the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). Career Services assisted and helped her organize this event so that it would be just right. After the event Jessica kept in close contact with Career Services, at this point they knew her abilities of multitasking and that she was an excellent event planner. Jessica made sure to attend any workshops that Career Services sponsored whenever she had the time. She also had a lot of questions and made sure she asked them all when she was given the chance.

Chris Doyle's senior year was right around the corner and he figured it was about time to start looking into graduate schools. Chris worked for Eastern in the Study Abroad department located in Wood Support Service building, the same building Career Services is located in, just a floor below.

Chris was unsure of what to do and how to get started in searching for the perfect graduate school, so he went to Career Services and set up an appointment. Career Services assessed Chris's work experiences, personality, and aptitude by using multiple career assessment tools. These tools were able to identify Chris's strengths and weaknesses. Chris also used the FOCUS program, recommended by his career counselor to determine a career path.

From freshman year to graduation Adam Seigle has had Career Services involved in his college life. Adam majored in Business Administration, and since every business major needs an internship, Career Services was always making different presentations in his classes to discuss the many services that they provided.

Once Adam decided that it was time to start a résumé, he went to Career Services, picked up a guide on how to write resumes, and created a draft. "Career Services offers so many resources, I thought I would take a stab at writing my own résumé before I set up an appointment," said Adam. Adam then had his resume critiqued by Career Services and once completed, took advantage of the many programs they offered. He checked out the top ten business internships, went to the etiquette dinner, and attended both the Career Fair and Accounting Fair. At the Career Fair Adam was able to meet representatives from RMI Corporation.

"A lot of people know about Career Services," said Matt DelMazio as we began our interview. "I think I first heard about Career Services just by word of mouth from all of my friends." Matt is in his senior year, majoring in Business Economics and since there was so much talk about Career Services Matt decided to go check out Career Services and see what all the talk was about.

Matt went to the Career Services office and set up an appointment with a Career Counselor. During his counseling session he told them that he was strongest at numbers and finance, and wanted to know what job would best suit him. Career Services recommended Matt to look into a career as a banker and recommended a few local banks to check out. "The Savings Institute really fit my needs and I fulfilled all of their requirements. It was part time and a perfect resume builder. Career Services really hooked me up; they have a ton of connections within the town, which really helps." Matt continued to talk up Career Services and how lucky he felt having used them to get this job at the Savings Institute. He thinks that every student should utilize Career Services programs and services.

Steve met with a Career Counselor to help him begin the process of an internship search. After Steve's resume was to his liking, he went to many different career fairs and applied for several positions until he finally got an internship offer.

Sara had signed up for e-Recruiting earlier in her college career and made sure that she took time out of each day to read the emails that were sent to her. Each email offered new jobs and a ton of opportunities for Sara and her business major. "Career Services gave me great insight," said Sara as she passionately discussed Career Services. "Career Services really helped me improve my resume," she said. Through this process Sara become more marketable for internships.

As a freshman at Eastern, Christian Gaucher knew that Career Services existed; she just didn’t know exactly what they did. After speaking with a few of her professors regarding her plans for after graduation, they advised her to visit the Career Services department. However, she put her visit to Career Services on the backburner until she was a Junior and happened to see a presentation in one of her English classes about résumé writing.

Why, you might ask? Because when Muhammad used the assistance offered by Career Services, he was able to attain an exciting internship with the IBM Company in Southbury.

Muhammad first learned about the services that were offered at Career Services through a professor. When he came to ask advice on obtaining an internship he received tons of advice including tips on what should be put on a resume and what should and shouldn’t be said in interviews.

Ronald came to Career Services in search of a co-op that would accomplish just that. He said, "The staff really helped match my strengths with the placement. They also helped me pick something that allowed me to work, go to school, and play baseball at the same time."

He explained that he received many tips such as "staying positive" about finding a match. He also found it extremely helpful to be able to get a list of contacts and call them directly so that possible employers would be able to match a name to a face versus applying online.