1. What
Ramstad Commons
Can Offer You
Danielle Shepperd
COMA 235

3. Ramstad Commons Offices
• Academic Advising
• Center for Community Engagement
and Service
• Academic Internships
• Career Connections
• Student Employment

4. Academic Advising

5. Academic Advising Functions
• Preparing for the year or next semester
• 104R
• Registration Appointments
• Help Declare a Major
• Schedule Changes

6. Center for
Community
Engagement and
Service (CCES)

7. CCES Services
• One Time Volunteer Opportunities
• Pierce County Hunger Walk
• Franklin Pierce Youth First Fun Run
• Martin Luther King Jr Day
• Make a Difference Day
• Volunteer Projects
• Spring Break Service Opportunities
• Winter Fest
• Club Keithley
• Big Buddies

8. Academic
Internships

9. Academic Internships
• Defining Internship Goals
• Searching for Internships
• Preparing to Apply
• Get credit for an Internship
• “99% of employers want an intern”-
Allie Troxell, PLU’s Internship Contact

10. Career Connections

11. Success or Failure?

12. Job Searching
• 1) Go to Plu.edu/career
• 2) Click on Career Connections Opportunities
Board
• 3) Search Jobs/Internships/Volunteer
• On Campus Positions
• Off Campus Positions
• State Work Study Positions
• Volunteer Positions
• Internships
• 4) Click Apply

13. Resume and Cover Letter
• 1) Draft a resume or cover letter
• 2) Come in to pop-in hours
• M-F 10:30 am-12:00 pm and 3:30 pm-5:00 pm
• 3) Revise resume or cover letter
• 4)Put up on opportunities board

14. Interview Prep/Mock Interview
• Have an interview?
• 1) Schedule an appointment with career
counselor
• 2) Bring in resume, cover letter, and job
description
• 3) Dress as if going to interview
• 4) Receive comments and practice on how to
answer questions
• “33% of bosses know who they’ll hire in first 90 seconds”
-Career Connections

15. Monthly Events/Career Fairs
• Past Year Career Fairs:
• Division of Natural Sciences
• Fall Career Fair: Jobs, Internship and Volunteer
Opportunities
• School of Business
• Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Education
• School of Arts and Communications Panel and
Networking
• Workshops
• LinkedIn
• Resume/Cover Letter
• Interview

16. Student Employment

17. What do I do now?

18. Student Employment
• You got a job!
• 1) Fill out I-9 and W-4 Forms
• 2) Bring in forms of identification
• 3) Able to work

19. Practice Makes Results!

20. Q&A