Undergraduate Students
Prepare for Job Search
Help with Preparing for Your Job Search
Internships:This link will take you to the Internship website and give you information about getting started and how to get an internship plus what to do before, during, and after your internship. Plus you can read success stories from students who have done internships.
WetFeet.com Resources:This link will take you to a WetFeet.com site customized for Fisher College of Business Undergraduates sponsored by Ernst & Young. Find useful resources for researching employers and finding job search advice.
Effective Resume Writing:This link will open a pdf file with information about resume writing. Resume writing power point presentation - Start presentation.
Convincing Correspondence:This link will open a pdf file with information about writing cover letters, thank you letters, and job acceptance letters..
Successful Interviewing:This link will open a pdf file that covers tips for a successful interview and introduces you to the STAR technique for answering behavioral-based interview questions.. Also try the two articles on:
- Successful Interviewing:Provides good advice about interviewing
- Preparing for Interviews: Self-Assessment and Research:this article contains a section that will help you prepare yourself for behavioral-based interviews
- Interviewing power point presentation:Tutorial on interviewing
A Guide to Company Visits:Concise introduction to the issues involved with conducting an on-site company visit/interview.
The Job Offer Decision:Introduces you to the issues involved in accepting a job offer and takes you through the process of evaluating what is important to you (benefits? location? training? salary?) as you decide whether to accept a job offer.
Expanding Your Resources Beyond Campus:Depending on your career goals, you may need to conduct your job search using many resources not available at OSU. What are those resources and how can you use them in your search?