“How was your winter break?” is often asked of CCS when students return to class. While CCS team members did take a vacation around the holidays, we were also busy keeping the programming for the spring semester going forward. Our first program of 2010 began with the UVA Finance Trip to NYC the first week of January.
The impressive list of companies mentioned above are working through our office this week, January 25 through January 29. They are holding resume reviews, mock interviews and actual interviews for McIntire students, and Altria and Family of Companies is generously hosting an etiquette dinner to be held in the dome room of the Rotunda Monday evening (sign up was required).
Our CCS Team works hard to schedule these opportunities. Every team member has a hand in bringing employers to McIntire (next week and weeks to follow). It takes a team to manage this, too! We are always finding ways to keep the employer focus on the McIntire student. We have a slogan – Commerce Career Services – providing superior customer service to our students and employers. We all work very hard to provide an exemplary standard.
On-Grounds interviewing (OGI) for internships will begin this week through University Career Services (UCS ) at Bryant Hall (CAVLink schedules) and through Commerce Career Services (CCS) 4th floor McIntire School of Commerce (CommTRAK schedules). The CCS staff is already getting the sense that the Class of 2011 is being very careful in managing their student workloads, scheduling interviews so as to not miss class. They are also not over extending themselves in signing up for too many interviews in one day. It is a tough balance to achieve and it does take careful planning. Keep up the good work!
Please do not be discouraged if you have not been pre-selected for an interview just yet. Don’t forget the great resources available to you through CCS. We can tell you that opportunities have a way of presenting themselves, maybe not in your anticipated timeline, but they can present themselves. Remember that CCS works very hard year round to keep employment opportunities coming your way.
In the meantime, practice your networking skills through company presentations and coffee networking and keep your student focus strong. You will be amazed, once in a professional life after school, that what you learn at McIntire will be used again and again.
We wish all who are interviewing this week the best and we look forward to learning about your progress. Have a GREAT week everyone!
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