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Conduct a Job or Internship Search

Telling Your Story
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The Process

While it seems straight-forward, a truly successful job or internship search is highly personal and requires thought and planning.

Take an inventory; get to know yourself both personally and professionally.

Evaluate your

• Current career goals
• Geographic preferences
• Interests/passions
• Work values
• Strengths/weaknesses
• Technical & soft skills (Skills Employers Want [pdf])
• Past jobs & internships
• Campus/community activities
• Class projects
• Service learning

Additional considerations

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Students
• Students with Disabilities
• Students of Color
• International Students

Locating Leads

• ISU CMS (Alumni Sign Up - complete and return [doc])
• Career Fairs
• Career Services for ISU Alumni
• Jobs at Iowa State University
• Iowa Workforce Development
• Generation Iowa
• Job Bank Locater
• Federal Jobs
• Making the Difference - Federal Jobs & Internships
• Idealist.org - Non-profit jobs and volunteer opportunities in over 190 countries
• Human Services & Liberal Arts Career Weekly
  User Name: iastate\netid
  Password: ISU password
• Newspapers & Trade Publications

Federal Job Search Resources [pdf]

• Where the Jobs Are
• Best Places to Work
• KSA Writing Worksheet

Federal Academic Quick Guides

• Biological Sciences
• Communications
• Computer Science & IT
• Environmental Sciences
• Foreign Languages
• International Relations
• Law
• Law Enforcement
• Physical Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Social Work
• Information on Security Clearances
• Student Loan Repayment
• Student Programs
• USAJobs.gov Guide
• StudentJobs.gov Guide
• Red White & Blue Jobs
• Red White & Blue Homeland Security
• Red White & Blue Liberal Arts

A binder of job and internship announcements sent to us in hard copy is available in our office and some are included on our Facebook page.

Resources for Researching Employers