Scammers are continuing to take advantage of people during the coronavirus pandemic. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) recently put out a warning about a scam specifically targeting college students looking for a job as they head back to school. Read more here from the Gazette. Remember, if it feels too good to be true, it…
Wednesday, September 30 at 12:15pm MT Come learn all about the State Department! From internships to foreign service to graduate school scholarships, Scott will be able to tell you all about this exciting lifestyle and why it’s a great fit for you!Register through Handshake for the zoom link!
Login to Handshake to RSVP and get the Zoom Link Black Creek Group is currently recruiting for their 2021 Summer Analysts & Associate Internships. Black Creek Group is an experienced real estate investment management firm that has bought or built approximately $21 billion of investments over its 25-year history. The company manages diverse investments across…
Let us celebrate you! It’s almost time for the 2019 #hired and #gradschoolbound campaigns. We want to celebrate you and your amazing summer internship, post-grad position, or grad school acceptance. Want to be featured? Shoot us an email or a Facebook message letting us know. (Psst…you can nominate friends, too!) Working hard, but not hired yet? Don’t panic – be…
Learn to code this summer with the Liberal Arts for Silicon Valley Summer of Code program, designed to give students in the liberal arts the technological tools to make a difference. Liberal Arts in Silicon Valley – Summer 2019 – San Francisco, CA Whether you’ve always wanted to use technology to drive change or you’re simply curious about…
Prepare Yourself for Life After CC at the 4th Annual Rising Senior Symposium// May 16-17, 2019 Register Now! CALLING ALL JUNIORS: Registration is now open for the Rising Senior Symposium, which is a two-day event immediately following Block 8 that is designed to help you on your own path to #adulting. This event is free and includes catered meals,…
Working Back from the Gravestone with Inventor Michael White ’02 Don’t know what you want to do with your life? Great. Neither does Stratton Series speaker and inventor Michael White (but he’s “successful” by many accounts). While it’s okay to have no idea, there are a few things we can do right now that can…
A CC Student’s Guide to Negotiating Total Compensation With Executive-in-Residence Kyle Samuel ‘92 Many students know that they should negotiate their salary before accepting a job. But did you know that you can also negotiate your benefits? Join Executive-in Residence Kyle Samuel ’92, President of M&T Insurance Agency and Senior Vice President of M&T Bank,…
Leverage Your Social Media & Live Your Best Life As part of the 2018-2019 Stratton series, meet brand strategist, social media expert, and keynote speaker Phil Pallen! Social media doesn’t have to be scary. Come learn how to leverage this powerful tool to build relationships and attract opportunities. In this virtual session, branding expert Phil…
Are you… Graduating from CC in May? Interested in higher education, marketing, communications, graphic design, web development, videography, and social media? Looking for a professional, full-time job on campus after you graduate? Hoping to stay in Colorado Springs another year? All of the above?! Apply to be the Career Center’s Marketing & Communications Fellow! The…
Exciting news! The Tiger Trek: Boston applications are now open. This trip will offer two tracks: a Computer Science track and a Scientific & Medical Research track. 12 students will be selected for each track. Applications close Sunday, March 31 at 11:59pm. What’s Tiger Trek? The Career Center and Office of Alumni and Family Relations organize Tiger Trek, a program that…
Holy moly, it’s senior year already. What are you doing after you graduate?? Come sit with the Career Center once a week and figure it all out. This is a dedicated time and space to working on your post-grad plans: whether it’s finding a job, applying to grad school, working on a grant or fellowship,…
The Ultimate Interview Guide: 30 Prep Tips for Job Interview Success By The Muse | Originally posted on The Muse.com Preparing for an interview takes a lot more than Googling a list of common interview questions. You have to make a great first impression appearance-wise (no wrinkly suits here!), have a great knowledge of your target…
The 2019 Blumenstein Internship, in Hayden, CO, is an 11-week position June 3, 2019 through August 16, 2019. This paid internship will allow one CC student to participate in hands-on water and wildlife conservation work right here in Colorado. The Colorado College Blumenstein Stewardship Assistant performs and participates in monitoring, research, management operations, maintenance, and…
Make history by attending Colorado Springs’s first-ever combined college career fair! This citywide career launchpad is your next step to continuing your future in Colorado Springs. This isn’t your average career fair. You’ll be in the company of your peers from Colorado College, Colorado Technical University, Pikes Peak Community College, and the University of Colorado…
#WHYNOTBOTH? Interested in health, science and the liberal arts? (YES! There will be pizza!) Meet Amy Alexander, a Biomedical Engineer from the Mayo Clinic’s Department of Radiology. Amy is passionate about mentoring liberal arts students on career growth. As a STEM professional in a multidisciplinary field, her talk will focus on how you can blend…
Meet Cory Page ’18 for the second 5 Under 25 program of the year! Cory networked extensively during his senior year to land a position as an Environmental Associate for the Walt Disney Company. He now works to make Disney a more sustainable organization. His talk will focus on transitioning out of CC into the…
This semester’s final PIFP info session will take place on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 12:15pm in the WES Room. Learn to craft a compelling application and tackle your interviews with confidence. Get paid to make a difference! PIFP is a program that allows Colorado College students (and CC students only!) to apply for summer-length and year-long fellowships at Colorado nonprofit…
You made it! The semester is over, your bags are packed, and you’re heading home (or maybe staying on campus to enjoy a snowy Colorado winter). Now what? Winter Break is great, but it can easily morph from a restful vacation into four weeks of slouching around the house. As amazing as it feels to…
Have you checked your graduation year in Handshake lately? It’s important that you have the right year selected for your profile, since your class year determines the types of jobs you can see and apply to! How to check your grad year: Log into Handshake. In the top right-hand corner, select your name. Click “My…
Learn what you can do to get ahead over Winter Break and start the spring semester with a bang! When? Friday, December 14 from 11am to 2pm Where? Worner The Career Center will be hosting a career resource fair on third Friday. Come learn about… Fellowships and internships just for CC students, like PIFP and…
Planning to be on campus over Half Block? Why not use your free afternoons to drink some coffee, eat some snacks, and chat with the Career Center staff about resumes, interviews, applications, networking, finding job and internship opportunities, and more? Join us in the afternoons of Half Block (January 7-17, 2019) to cover all of…
How do I plan my future career? with Rakhi Voria ’11 of Microsoft When: Wednesday, December 12, 12:15pm Where: Gates Common Room (location change!) RSVP? Yes! RSVP on Handshake. Students who are about to enter the working world are inundated with career advice, and the reality is, much of it is conflicting. You’re told to be regimented…
Radio Production with Andrea Chalfin Half Block What’s this class about? Join Andrea Chalfin from 91.5 KRCC for this dynamic week-long crash course in radio production. You’ll learn how to record high-quality audio; utilize Adobe Audition to layer voices, music, and sound; and complete a final project showcasing your skills. This course will be taught…
Have you heard about PIFP, the Public Interest Fellowship Program? Get paid to make a difference! PIFP is a program that allows Colorado College students (and CC students only!) to apply for summer-length and year-long fellowships at Colorado nonprofit organizations. Fellows are able to create valuable changes in Colorado communities and do meaningful work – all…
Girls Who Invest, a non-profit specifically geared toward placing more women in the pipeline, is seeking bright and talented diverse sophomore women from all majors for its 2019 summer intensive program. The summer intensive program consists of four weeks on campus at the University of Pennsylvania or University of Notre Dame learning core finance and…
It’s SLAC time again! What’s SLAC, you ask? The Selective Liberal Arts Consortium, which helps top-notch employers recruit students from seven outstanding colleges – including CC. Recruiting happens over video, and on-site in Washington D.C. and New York City. Everything you need to know about SLAC is right here. What are the SLAC Recruiting Days? Through Recruiting…
It’s finally here! You can now register for skill-building, resume-boosting classes that take place during Winter Break. Learn new skills, boost your resume, prepare for grad school, and try out new careers! When is Half Block? Half Block takes place over Winter Break, from January 7-17, 2019. How do I register? Register on Summit: Student Life.…
Join Scott Jarrell, partner at Ernst & Young Forensics, for an exciting demonstration of how accounting firms help banks to manage the risks of financial and cyber crime, and how they build better surveillance systems through automation and artificial intelligence. Scott graduated from CC in 1999 with an IPE degree. Since then, he has had an incredible…
Research. Banks. Insurance. Mergers. Acquisitions. Economics. SLAC is a great way to apply for jobs in the teaching field, get fabulous experience and really learn more than you ever thought possible. There are 20 different positions you can apply to with organizations such as Economist Incorporated, BDO USA LLP, Federal Communications Commission, PURE Insurance, FDIC…
