LCB Career Services

In the beginning there was the internet. The internet grew and expanded, and information overload ensued. There are now more choices for the job seeker on the web than ever before: Monster, Career Builder, Yahoo! Hot Jobs, JobDango, America’s Job Bank, not to mention online classifieds, blogs, and professional organizations. So how do you find the best jobs and save valuable search time in the process?

Two websites have helped to cut through the noise. The first is Job Board Reviews, an online directory which lists hundreds of job databases (organized by occupation and industry) and gives them ratings. The second is Indeed, which heralds the slogan, “One search. All jobs.” It’s a meta-search engine that compiles electronic postings from just about every other website. It’s simple interface makes it easy to use and it’s exhaustive listings gives you the confidence that you’re just about everything that’s out there.

Keep in mind that the internet isn’t the end-all, be-all of job search strategies.  Make sure you’re finding those other ways to make connections with employers–informational interviews, networking events, professional associations, etc.  Contact LCB Career Services if you’d like help with your search: 541-346-3301.

It’s the classic catch-22… you need experience to get a job, but how can you get experience without having a job? With student loans, rent, and increasing food and gas prices, it’s a problem you wish you had the answer to.

One way you can get some great business experience, see several companies from the inside, and raise your visibility with those organizations you want to work for is to temp. I know, I know… it doesn’t sound very glamorous. But look at Ryan from The Office
alright, bad example.

But think about it from the employer’s perspective. By using an employment agency, they get to test drive their work force before committing to the cost and energy of hiring them permanently.

While adding to your resume (and bank account!), you get to show them how valuable you are and how they can’t live without you.

Below are some employment agencies operating in the Portland area that we’ve had positive interactions with, but finding an agency in your city of choice is just a Google search away.

Boly-Welch
Ajilon Finance
CampusPoint
Accountemps

** A word of caution… Employers pay the agency to recruit and screen their new hires. You shouldn’t have to pay anything to submit your resume, interview, or to start working.

The UO Career Center in Portland offers plenty of free and affordable job search opportunities to 2009 graduates for six months after graduation.

• Meet with a career counselor to initiate employment searches, form professional connections, and prepare for the Portland marketplace.
• Take advantage of our online job database, UO-JobLink, which features job listings, job search management tools and access to career professionals.
• Participate in Stand Out in the Crowd: Job Search Strategies for Recent UO Alumni on Saturday, July 11, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This workshop is designed to help you transition from full-time student to job-hunter. Register online.
• Join our summer Alumni Job Search Group for six sessions over three weeks from July 14 to July 30, 2009, from noon to 1:00 p.m., and connect with other 2009 UO graduates looking for work in Portland through supportive small group interaction and shared content. Register online.

For more information contact:
Linda Williams Favero ‘89, MS
Assistant Director, Alumni Career Services University of Oregon Career Center
lfavero@uoregon.edu or (503) 412-3704
70 NW Couch Street, Suite 241 Portland, Oregon 97209

As you go through the commencement checklist, make sure you also save time to come in to LCB Career Services to help solidy your post-college plans.  We have plenty of appointments available.

If you haven’t already, please also complete the employment survey (you should have received a link in an email from Bethany Robinson)… When you complete it, you get a prize!

LinkedIn can be a very useful tool to help you manage your professional contacts.  A new account takes about 2 minutes to set up and can help reveal those hidden networks you didn’t even know you had access to.  Link now with your professors and classmates to get started, and you can link to me at http://www.linkedin.com/in/bestjessica.  See this article for more ways to use LinkedIn in your job search.

You’re invited to watch teams of LCB students compete in a business case competition sponsored by Target.  The case asks students to examine Target’s position in the Digital Media Industry and make recommendations to Target as to how they could better use digital media to drive product sales. The intention of this competition was to give the students a culminating experience to their first year that would pull together their learning across the curriculum in a real case for a real company.

Students will complete a written proposal and then present their findings in a competition for 1st Place - $2500, 2nd Place - $1,000, 3rd Place - $500. The competition will be judged by Target representatives and LCB faculty.

Join us on Friday, May 22 for the presentations in LIL 232 and a reception to follow.

9:00 - Introductions and Welcome
9:15 - Team G
9:45 - Team B
10:15 - Team E
10:45 - Team A
-Lunch Break-
12:30 - Team D
1:00 - Team F
1:30 - Team H
2:00 - Team C
2:30 - Reception in 440 Lillis
3:00 - Announce Prize Winners

Are you at the top of your interviewing game?  Are you able to clearly articulate your relevant skills and back them up with concrete, concise examples?  Whether you’re getting ready for your first or fifteenth interview, preparation and practice are the keys to success.  This workshop will offer strategies for preparing your stories, general strategies, as well as tips on answering specific questions.  Pizza will be served, so please RSVP to bethanyr@uoregon.edu.

Wed May 20, 4-5pm
228 Chiles

Every spring, alumni from the Lundquist College of Business gather to make connections with each other at the Lundquist Alumni Network’s Networking Event. This Thursday (5/14), the group will be meeting at the UO White Stag Building in Portland-and YOU re invited! Recent grads, current students, majors and minors are all welcome and encouraged to join this informal gathering from 6-8 PM at 70 NW Couch St. In previous years, students who have participated have made valuable professional connections that have helped them advance their careers.

The cost is only $10 for current students (slightly more for alumni) and you can register in advance at: http://www.uoalumni.com/events/2225951.0 or simply pay at the door. Need a ride? Limited space is available with Career Services-but you must RSVP as soon as possible to wsherman@uoregon.edu.

Don’t miss this final opportunity of the school year to network with alumni, executives, and recruiters representing a wide variety of industries, including sports, entertainment, health care, pharmaceuticals, retail, construction, financial services, banking, and more!

Sales Panel Discussion 6-7 PM (Lillis 232)

Learn all about opportunities in sales, including common misconceptions and inside career information from undergraduate and MBA alumni and executives with The Portland Trail Blazers, Cintas, NW Mutual Financial Network, and KONE.

Networking 7-8:30 PM (Lillis Atrium)
*Food and Beverage Complimentary

Find out about current and upcoming professional full-time and intern opportunities for business majors and minors with Nike, Portland Trail Blazers, Garage Games, AT&T, Verizon, Oregon Community Credit Union, US Bank, Cintas, KONE, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Mass Mutual, First Investors, Federated Insurance, Maxim Health Care, Pape, Pepsi Bottling Company, and more!

Please RSVP to let us know you will be attending by emailing Bethany at: bethanyr@uoregon.edu

There are many ways to get from point “A” to point “B” when it comes to finding a job you love. “So You Want My Job?” is an opportunity for students to learn from professionals in diverse fields who have had success in nontraditional careers or through unconventional career paths.

• Bill Sullivan hikes and writes about hiking for Oregon Hikes & Adventures.

• Ian Jaquiss handles outreach for the Trailblazers and gets people excited about basketball.

• Pamela Vorachek runs A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village, where her programs inspire kids to learn.

• Karmen Fore works for some very influential people (and is influential herself) as district director for U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio.

• Chris Kantrowitz makes videos for music tours at his production company Frank the Plumber.

Scott Coltrane, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will speak about creating your own opportunities and positioning yourself in a changing career landscape.

Please register online at http://uocareer.uoregon.edu/sywmj. Questions? Call 346-3235 or e-mail career@uoregon.edu

Tuesday, May 5
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Knight Library Browsing Room