Career Services

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Career Services
www.msubillings.edu/careers
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Use Career Services ALL THROUGH your college
career to

• Get a part-time job
• Choose a major/career counseling
• Find an internship

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Life After CollegeTake one

• The Job Hunt

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Career Services can help with

• Part-time jobs!
• CareerLink
• Workstudy jobs on campus
• Community Service Workstudy off campus

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Behind the ScenesHow could Dick have avoided
standing in that long line of applicants?

• Offer to arm wrestle the first person in line for
  their spot (hint choose a smaller victim to
  improve chances!)
• Stake out the business starting at 445am (hint
  wear camo or dark colors so he could hide from
  the cops to avoid trespassing charges!)
• Find PT jobs posted in CareerLink that the
  general public doesnt know about

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Career Services can help with

• Career Counseling
• Choosing your major
• Career assessments
• Résumé/cover letter critique
• Mock interviews
• Finding jobs in CareerLink

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Behind the Scenes How could MSU Billings have
better prepared Dick for the job hunt?

• More intense PE classes to improve his 40-yard
  dash time (get down that hall, up those stairs,
  quicker!)
• Fire safety courses to learn more tricks to use
  with the fire extinguisher.
• Provide resources in Career Services such as
  choosing a major, finding a job, and setting up
  an internship!

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Career Services can help with

• Cooperative Education/Internships
• Test Drive different careers
• Earn college credit toward your degree
• Build a strong résumé

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Behind the Scenes If Dick had worked for that
company through an internship, what might have
he avoided?

• A pulled groin muscle from jumping the water
  containers
• Paying for parking the day of the interview
• Wondering if the employer had looked at his
  résumé to identify his skills

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Blockbuster TriviaAbout grads from the Class of
2007

• 90 of College of Arts Sciences grads who did a
  Co-Op Ed internship were employed FT.
• 96 of Allied Health grads who did a Co-Op Ed
  Internship were employed FT.
• 100 of College of Business grads who did an
  internship were employed FT.
• Student interns earned an average wage of
  10.83/hour.

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Career Services
Senior Campus College of Technology Library
100 Room A017 657.2168 247.3006 www.msubilling
s.edu/careers