CAREER SERVICES OFFICE

CSO Orientation

Presented by the Career Services

Office

Agenda

• An overview of the education sector hiring practices

• The 12 month timeline

• CSO mission and services

• Access points to service

• Internships, Internship Expo, Consulting

• Summary of resources and staff

Applying the Education DegreeSectors

Hiring Methods

• Structured Recruiting– Organizations has a

need for a large number of new hires

– Generally entry level positions

– If they visit universities the organizations pick core schools

– Formal application process in place

– Examples include schools, large strategy consulting firms, young professional programs

• Just-time Recruiting– Organizations that are

not hiring in large numbers

– Generally have minimal entry level positions

– Often do not visit or use university recruiting services

– Examples include non-profit organizations, government positions, non-governmental positions (excluding YPP’s)

12 Month Timeline

What you need to know to develop your timeline:•Preferred sector•Hiring practices for this sector•Understand your gaps in experience to the function you would like to obtain.

• Working backwards:– Fill your gaps – Develop your

professional relationships– Develop your marketing

materials– Practice for your

interviews– Reach out to your

professional relationships– Apply with expectation

that employment will not come immediately

CSO Mission Statement

The professional bridge for the students to have impact in the education sector.

• Students will have knowledge of the education sector and functions within

• We provide tools for students to market themselves to the employment sector so they take charge of their career decision and job search.

•We offer opportunities’ for engagement with employers that allows students to promote themselves as potential employees.

•Providing the tools and informing students of the process to obtain licensure.

The users of our services make prudent career decisions that result in employment or further study after graduation.

Career Online Workshop and Ed.M. Online Career Resource Center

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Program-Based Workshops↓

Resumania↓

Special topics Sessions↓

Office Hours

Mission Points:•Students will have knowledge of the education sector and functions within

• We provide tools for students to create and market themselves to the employment sector so they take charge of their career decision and job search.

Mission Points:•Students will have knowledge of the education sector and functions within

•We offer opportunities’ for engagement with employers that allows students to promote themselves as potential employees.

Internship Expo

↓Recruiting Intensive Period (twice a year)

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PreK-12 Expo

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Social Impact Expo

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Career Days

↓Hired

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Harvard Career Services Partnership Events

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HGSE Outreach Committee and CSO Student Advisory Board

CAREER SERVICES OFFICE

24/7 Access

Ed.M Online Resource Center

Hired

Internships and the Internship Expo

•Internship Center•Finding Internships

•Hired posting •Internship Expo•Creating your own position

•Internship Expo•Exploration vs. obtaining a position•Targeting employers

Distance Internships

• Distant Internship Program (DIP) enables you to intern "virtually" for an organization outside of the Boston area

• DIP was developed through a close partnership with Professor Reimers as a way to support IEP students who are especially focused on gaining experiences across the globe

• See more information on S997 course site

• CIDE (1)• International Baccalaureate

(2-3) • Know.Do.Serve.Learn (1)• MedArt Productions (1)• Octavio Paz International

Academy (1)• Peace Corps (2)• Room to Read (1)• Save the Children (3)• Teach for All (1, possibly 2)• The Teacher Foundation (2)

Consulting

Introduction to Consulting – August 31, 6-7PM

• Bain & Company Networking & Information Session (undergrad focused)Thu, September 1, 8pm – 9pm1 Bennet St 02138 (The Charles Hotel)

• Boston Consulting Group Networking & Information Session* (undergrad focused)Tue, September 6, 6:30pm – 7:30pm

• Parthenon Group Networking & Information SessionTue, September 6, 5pm – 6pm20 Quincy St 02138 (Harvard Faculty Club)

• McKinsey and Company Networking & Information Session* (undergrad focused)Mon, September 12, 6:30pm – 7:30pm1 Bennet St 02138 (The Charles Hotel)

* McKinsey and BCG typically have separate information sessions for “advanced degree candidates.”  They have not been posted to yet

Resources

• Preparing for the job search– Online Career Workshop

Focus on choice of industry and function

– Online Career Resource Center

Resume Cover Letter Interviewing Negotiation Diversity

– Additional resources Program Workshops Resumania’s ConnectEd & other cross-

program Q&A sessions Office hours

– Online resources Entry points - MyGSE,

• Applying to positions– Events

Recruiting Intensive Period Career Days Expo’s Harvard University events

– Online resources Entry points – MyGSE,

CSO website, Hired Hired Directories Guidestar CareerBeam LinkedIn Crimson Compass

Staff

• Five and a half staff members with service to approximately 975 students– Valerie Sutton – Director of Career Services

– Mary Frazier-Davis – Associate Director Career Services

– Debra Breyan – Manager of Career Programs

– Rachael McDermott – Employer Relations Specialist

– Roger Dempsey – Licensure Specialist

– Sarah Deighton – FEP Specialist

Advice from Recent Grads…

• “Do what you love. Passion is essential to doing what you do well”

• “Start early (December or January may be appropriate depending on your field) and take your job search as seriously as your coursework during your last semester if you want to have a job upon graduation.”

• “Do an internship!! And contact old colleagues who have moved on to other things... they can have an interesting variety of connections.”

• “Network, network, network! Especially among your cohort and professors”

• “Make sure to integrate it into your schedule during the second term. I overloaded my schedule in the fall in order to take three and a half classes in the spring, which allowed time for job searches… Make sure to bolster experience if you are not coming from working in the field. You can do this through internships, research assistantships or volunteer work.”

• “It is scary to make phone call and to put yourself out there. You have to push yourself to get over the fear. After the third phone call it is much easier. Also, it is essential that you make face-to-face contact. Go to the area that you want to work and drop off your resume in person.”