Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ready for Summer? Mimi Hollingsworth Program Manager Career Center Do you have plans for the summer? Start planning now for the best summer of your life. Many opportu nities are available for students to gain valuable work ^ experience and life experi ence. Summer jobs and internships provide an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the career field of choice, which will assist in your future career planning. Working at a summer job or an internship will give you the chance to apply knowledge learned in the classroom to practical work experience. Often it is these experiences that lead you to the knowl edge of a career that you wish to pursue, or in ideal circumstances it may lead to a full time job. Have you thought about the interview that you will have when searching for your first job after college? It will go much more smoothly if you have concrete experience like an internship or sum mer job to discuss in your interview. When a recruiter asks you an interview question, you should have no trouble responding when reflecting upon that great summer job you held as a sophomore or jun ior. So now that you know you want an internship, how do you find one? The Career Center has many resources that are packed with valuable information concerning internships and seasonal employ ment. Many internship books are available as well 'as employer files that contain information about company internship programs. Do not forget to check the Career Center's website at http://wjl.resumeexpert.com/0415/student.htm for jobs posted through our center as well as many links to local, national and inter national internship and seasonal employment sites. Finally, JobFest will open the doors to many internship and summer jobs. Representatives from a variety of industries including financial, government agencies and summer camps will be present. Bring a great attitude and resumes, and network with recruiters who will be hiring for summer employees and/or interns at JobFest. "My Part-time Job at UPS is Really Working Out." “UPS is paying me almost $10,000 a year to get in the best shape of my life. See, I work part time loading and unloading packages, about three to five hours a day. After sitting in class all day, it feels good to get some exercise. It’s like doing a couple of hours in a gym- except you get paid to work out. That’s not the only advantage of working at UPS. There are other benefits-like choosing your own work schedule and getting paid holidays and vacations. No other company understands students like UPS. And no other company offers more. They make it easy to work your way through school. If the whole student body worked at UPS, everybody would be in better shape-physically and financially.” Interested applicants should contact United Parcel Service @ 822-6294. An equal opportunity employer, m/f/h/v