Career Services

Job Search Strategies:

• Know yourself
• Be familiar with employers and the labor market
• Know how to pursue and apply for positions
• Have your job search marketing materials and skills ready
  
  • Résumé
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Condensing Your Résumé
  • Cover Letter
  • Interviewing

Our step-by-step Job Search Checklist

Use our handy Career Guide for job search and career information. It will show you how to write resumes and cover letter and provides several samples: Career Guide

Beaver JobNet has more than job and internship listings; it has extensive tutorials and information on job searching, including resume writing and networking.  

Useful links for guidance on the overall job search:

• JobWeb - offers career and job-search advice for new college graduates.
  

• Riley Guide - a directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet. It is primarily intended to provide instruction for job seekers on how to use the Internet to their best advantage.
  

• Job Search 101 - smart tips and real-world training workbook.
• Job Search FAQs for Alums and/or Nontraditional Students

Career Services PowerPoint presentations:

• Job Search Techniques
• Résumés and Cover Letters
• Interviewing Skills

Links on Networking and Negotiating Salary:

• Networking
• Negotiations & Salaries

Websites about current industry and company information:

• Oregon Labor Market Information System
• Oregon Jobs
• Top Entry-Level Employers for 2011 (Intern, Entry Level, Masters)
• 100 Best Companies in Oregon
• Glassdoor.com - a look inside over 23,000 companies
• Glassdoor.com - 50 Best Places to Work 2011