Prospective Undergraduates
Careers
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Fisher's individual attention works very much to your advantage as you prepare to transition from the classroom to the workforce. Career Services staff act as personal coaches in your job search. They get to know you personally and then collaborate with you to design a strategy that helps you focus only on those networking practices that emphasize and reinforce your strengths and interests. This means that all of your job search energy is focused on companies and industries where you have the strongest chance of a successful placement.
The Career Services staff keeps their finger on the pulse of ongoing hiring trends and can anticipate and plan for changes in hiring practices and needs - which ensures that you can position yourself in the best way possible to potential employers. Fisher College graduates leave us in-step with the business community and equipped to hit the ground running wherever they find themselves.
How Fisher prepares students to enter the workforce... Jeff Rice
Associate to the Dean, Career Services
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Career Development
From the day you step on campus, you will find a variety of tools at your disposal all designed to provide you with professional enhancement and networking opportunities. An academic advisor is assigned to each new student. Academic advisors will assist students in planning their course work, provide information about the various programs and specializations within the college, choose academic programs to meet career goals, and identify other University resources available to students.
Internships
Fisher College Career Services offers workshops, career counseling, and resources to help students prepare for the internship search process. Students are encouraged to use several resources to search for internships, including on-campus interviews, resume referrals, job fairs, and internship postings. Internships posted through Career Services are paid positions at top companies all over the United States. In 2002-2003 school year, the average monthly salary for undergraduate co-op and internships was $2,339.