What will we talk about…? Overview of Career Services www.uvm.edu/career Graduate school Exploration Application process Resume or CV (Curriculum Vitae)? Statement Audience participation required

Overview of Career Services

www.uvm.edu/career

Graduate school

Exploration

Application process

Resume or CV (Curriculum Vitae)?

Statement

Audience participation required

First, an exercise Take a sheet of paper and answer 4 questions After each question, pass your paper to the right.

Take a sheet of paper and answer 4 questions

After each question, pass your paper to the right.

What is one expectation you have of this Career Presentation? What is your dream job? Name a personal weakness. Name a personal accomplishment you are most proud of.

What is one expectation you have of this Career Presentation?

What is your dream job?

Name a personal weakness.

Name a personal accomplishment you are most proud of.

Overview of Career Services L/L E Building Services: Career Counseling Experiential opportunities Grad school preparation Job Search Special events Alumni Connection; workshops; library

L/L E Building

Services:

Career Counseling

Experiential opportunities

Grad school preparation

Job Search

Special events

Alumni Connection; workshops; library

Graduate School What is graduate school? Master’s Degree Master of Arts, Master of Science, MSW, MBA, MEd Doctoral Degree Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Juris Doctor, DVM, MD

What is graduate school?

Master’s Degree

Master of Arts, Master of Science, MSW, MBA, MEd

Doctoral Degree

Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Juris Doctor, DVM, MD

Questions to ask yourself What specialty area will you pursue? What do you hope to accomplish through graduate work? What opportunities will open up for you with an advanced degree? Do grad programs in your field look more positively at applicants with some work experience?

What specialty area will you pursue?

What do you hope to accomplish through graduate work?

What opportunities will open up for you with an advanced degree?

Do grad programs in your field look more positively at applicants with some work experience?

Research grad programs Ask the advice of faculty, staff, and grad students in your field of interest. Contact professionals in the field. Use the Career Library and Bailey-Howe Websearch Peterson’s, GradSchools.com, The Princeton Review Research particular programs

Ask the advice of faculty, staff, and grad students in your field of interest.

Contact professionals in the field.

Use the Career Library and Bailey-Howe

Websearch

Peterson’s, GradSchools.com, The Princeton Review

Research particular programs

Timeline: SUMMER before senior yr Research and identify programs Identify deadlines Prepare for entrance exams Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) LSATs, MCATs

Research and identify programs

Identify deadlines

Prepare for entrance exams

Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)

LSATs, MCATs

Timeline: EARLY FALL Take entrance exams Begin writing statement of purpose Request letters of recommendation Research financial aid options

Take entrance exams

Begin writing statement of purpose

Request letters of recommendation

Research financial aid options

Timeline: Late fall Complete applications Request official transcripts Polish statement of purpose Hunt down letters of rec Apply for financial aid Mail completed applications

Complete applications

Request official transcripts

Polish statement of purpose

Hunt down letters of rec

Apply for financial aid

Mail completed applications

Timeline: Early/Late Spring Arrange interviews Evaluate choices

Arrange interviews

Evaluate choices

Application materials Application form Transcripts Admission test scores Statement of Purpose/Personal Statement Letters of Recommendation Resume or CV

Application form

Transcripts

Admission test scores

Statement of Purpose/Personal Statement

Letters of Recommendation

Resume or CV

Strengthening your application: Experience Research Internships Participation in professional organizations/ conferences Presentations Networking Alumni connections Incorporating all of the above

Research

Internships

Participation in professional organizations/ conferences

Presentations

Networking

Alumni connections

Incorporating all of the above

Strengthening your application: Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) Resume Typically used for applying to positions in private industry, non-profit jobs, within the United States For now, focus on content Examples

Resume

Typically used for applying to positions in private industry, non-profit jobs, within the United States

For now, focus on content

Examples

Strengthening your application: Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) The CV is the typical document for application to a graduate program or for an assistantship Can be several pages, includes everything Examples

The CV is the typical document for application to a graduate program or for an assistantship

Can be several pages, includes everything

Examples

WRAP UP What have we learned? Resources Research Experience

What have we learned?

Resources

Research

Experience