CAREER PREPARATION RESOURCES
CAREER
PREPARATION
RESOURCES
FOR STUDENTS
HANDSHAKE CAREER
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
As an employer, you use Handshake
as a recruitment management system,
but it also serves as a career planning
and job search tool for students.
Students use it to share their resume,
research jobs and employers, apply for
jobs, schedule interviews, and more.
A peer-to-peer donation-based
service dedicated to dressing CMU
students for success at job interviews,
conferences, career fairs and internships.
All CMU students are eligible to apply
for the service, in which they receive
professional clothing that is free of
charge and theirs to keep after the
professional event.
CAREER COACHES
REACH ADVISING PROGRAM
Students meet one-on-one with a staff
member who guides them in selecting
a major and future career that suits
their personal and academic interests.
Career coaches help students define
and refine their career goals and obtain
the skills and experiences they need to
be successful.
Walk-in student-led advising that
assists fellow students with application
materials such as resumes and cover
letters, as well as provides general
guidance on career planning.
CAPITAL CITY INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM
MOCK INTERVIEW PROGRAM
A student internship program offered
in the governmental and public sector
in Lansing and throughout Michigan.
Participants intern in a variety of
legislative, executive and special
interest offices. Free transportation
from Mount Pleasant to Lansing is
provided based on student need.
Scheduled student-led mock interviews
give CMU students and alumni the
opportunity to practice articulating their
experience, skills, interests and goals in
a customized simulation. A feedback
session focusing on successes and areas
for improvement in verbal and nonverbal
communications follows the mock
interview.
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