Career Planning Services

Career Fairs and Special Events  

Local Job Listings

Workshops / On Campus Visits

Resumes/Interviewing/
Cover Letters

Career Development Assistance

Career Resource Library

Job Search Assistance

Study Abroad

 

  Career Development Assistance

Career Counseling:  Individual career counseling is available to assist students in relating information about themselves to specific occupations, to help with career decisions, the job search, and the graduate school application process.  To schedule an appointment with the Director of Career Planning, call ext 4648.  For additional assistance, try the following web sites:

What Color is Your Parachute?
America's Career InfoNet
Catapult Career Choices
College Board Online Career Search
Job Smarts for Twenty-somethings
Occupational Outlook Handbook

Salary and Cost of Living Information:
U.S. Cost-of-Living Comparisons
Salary Wizard

Underrepresented Student Resources:
The Black Collegian Job Site
Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
GayWork.com
Equal Opportunity Publications
Hire Diversity.com
Hispanic Online
Diversity Careers

Career Resource Library

Our library contains a large collection of resources on occupations, career planning, job searching, resume writing, employment trends and salaries, specific employers, study abroad and graduate school programs.  


  Job Search Assistance

Assistance in developing effective job-seeking skills are available to all students on an ongoing basis.  For additional assistance, try the following web sites:

Local Job Postings
Career City
Career Readiness Tips
Career Way
College Grad
College Recruiter Mega Search Page
Companies Online
Idealist
Job Hunt
Lehigh Valley at Work
Monster Career Center
Princeton Review
Snag A Job
Occupational Outlook Handbook

Career Builder

International Jobs:
Asia Net
Council on International Education
Employment.com
FPA Global Jobs
Immigration and Naturalization Services
International Career Page
Monster - Global Gateway
US Department of State


  Study Abroad

The Career Planning Library in the Allen House has numerous resources to help you find the study abroad program of your choice.  Stop by any time to browse our library.  In the meantime, there are several sites on the internet to help make finding the perfect program a lot easier-  The Study Abroad Programs Directory is a new on-line study abroad information resource.  You will find listings for thousands of study abroad programs in more than 100 countries throughout the world.  You will also find hundreds of links to study abroad program home pages.  Best of all, you can search for a Study Abroad Program: by Country, by Academic Programs, by Intensive Language Programs and by Language Experiential/Internship Programs. Also,  The Study Abroad Handbook is a very useful, comprehensive guide to traveling abroad by Bill Hoffa.

Institutions with Approved Study Abroad Programs:
American University
Arcadia University
Boston University
Butler University
CIEE
Drew University
Partnership for Service Learning
Sarah Lawrence College

International Internship Websites:
Cultural Experiences Abroad
Education de America, Inc
University of Rochester Internships in Europe
Arcadia University Center for Education Abroad
www.goabroad.com
www.cdsintl.org
American Institute for Foreign Study
SIT Study Abroad
Study Abroad with IES
School for International Training
University College London
Impact Publications
www.studyabroad.com
www.gradschools.com
 
www.iie.edu
www.fieldstudies.org
www.ifsa-butler.org

Additional Programs through:
Alma College
Contact:  Tatyana Puchkova, Director of International Education
www.alma.edu


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