Attn: College Graduates – InternMatch, CollegeRecruiter and AfterCollege.com
Here is a list of tools that I recommend to recent college graduates or folks about to graduate interested in internships and entry level career prospects.
About InternMatch (www.internmatch.com)
At InternMatch we know how hard finding the right internship can be. That’s why we built InternMatch to be the #1 place to find internships and offer students all the internship resources you need to master the application process.
All of our expert resources, from downloadable résumé templates to cover letter guides and interview advice are totally free for students so you can find your perfect internship without breaking your bank.
When you are ready to apply, we have one of the largest selections of paid internships anywhere with a focus on amazing business internships and hard-to-find non-profit positions. These include the biggest companies like CBS and Pixar, as well as small and dynamic industry leaders like HootSuite. One of our biggest areas of focus are IT internships, where the most elite engineering students can work at top tech companies like salesforce.com and NetApp to tackle big, challenging projects in a fast-paced work environment.
Or do you want to change the world? InternMatch works with a number of leading non-profit organizations and has positions available in micro-finance, environmental sustainability and social justice. If this is your passion, check out opportunities from Kiva, Ashoka, DoSomething, or Wikimedia..
Ultimately, college internships aren’t about getting a name on your résumé, they are about breaking into an industry you love and stacking the odds in your favor that you will land a rock star job right out of college. Over 70% of college interns are offered full-time jobs after completing their summer internships, so when preparing and applying for internships, you are doing all the heavy lifting for your future job search.
About CollegeRecruiter.com
The mission of CollegeRecruiter.com is to be the premier information source for college students, grads and recent graduates who are seeking employment, continuing education and business opportunities.
CollegeRecruiter.com Holdings, Inc. is the owner of both CollegeRecruiter.com, LLC, which owns and operates this web site, and CR Direct, Inc., which is our targeted email, cell phone text messaging, and other direct marketing business. Steven Rothberg, its President, is primarily responsible for issues related to sales and marketing. The Chief Executive Officer is Faith Rothberg, who is primarily responsible for strategic issues as well as those related to maintaining and enhancing the company's web site.
From 1991 until 1995, the company published maps of various areas, including college campuses, and earned its revenues from the sale of advertising on the maps. In 1995, the company published the first issue of College Recruiter, an employment magazine for students and graduates. In 1996, the company launched this web site as an on-line version of the magazine. The first month, the website generated 200 visitors. CollegeRecruiter.com is now the leading job board used by students hunting for internships and recent graduates searching for entry-level jobs and other career opportunities. We generate most of our revenues from the sale of advertising to employers and other organizations who want to reach students and recent graduates.
For candidates, key CollegeRecruiter.com features include hundreds of thousands of entry level job posting ads (on-line help wanted ads), a School Finder feature which matches those interested in continuing their education with hundreds of traditional and on-line schools, and tens of thousands of pages of employment-related content, including articles, blogs, and Ask the Experts questions and answers.
Key features are:
• CollegeRecruiter.com is featured by major media almost every week, including such media as ABC News, Associated Press, Business Week, CBS News, Chicago Tribune, CNN, CNN Headline News, Entrepreneur magazine, Entrepreneur radio, Fortune, FOX News, MSNBC, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Journal of Career Planning & Employment, National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation (186 stations nationwide), NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, New York Times, Reuters, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, and the Washington Post.
• CollegeRecruiter.com was a winner of the prestigious Weddle's User's Choice Awards for best job boards in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, the only college job board to win the award five years in a row.
• CollegeRecruiter.com was rated as a "best" site by CareerXroads.
AfterCollege is the Leading Career Network for College Students and Grads
AfterCollege connects students and alumni with top employers across America through faculty and career networks at colleges and universities
AfterCollege boasts:
• Over 1,000,000 registered users
• 200,000 Job postings
• 20,000 employers
• 2,300 academic institutions
• 16,000 faculty members and dozens of career centers
Contact us for more information: info@aftercollege.com
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