Career Services Update - week of January 23, 2006!

* Congratulations – Karla Brannen has accepted a full time position with Dawson, Smith, Purvis & Bassett. Karla will work part-time during tax season and move to full time after graduation.

If you want to share an employment success story please email me.

* Job Hunting – Sure a recruiter wants to know you have the skills necessary to do the job, but what else are they looking for? The biggest criticisms among recent grads are poor communication skills and a lack of leadership ability. Your time here at Thomas gives you ample opportunities to work on both. For more information check out this article in the Wall Street Journal.

* Mark Your Calendar – Wednesday Feb. 1 marks the annual UMaine Career Fair. There will be 95 employers in the Fieldhouse from 10:00am until 3:00pm. For more info on the fair and a listing of employers that will attend click here.

On February 9^th TD Banknorth will be on campus conducting interviews for 3 Auditor and 1 MIS summer internships. The Internal Audit posting can be found here and the MIS posting here.

The Thomas College Career Fair is slated for March 15.

The Maine Recruiting Consortium is sponsoring the Maine Tourism & Hospitality Fair. The fair will focus on summer jobs, is open to all college students and will be held Friday April 7^th from 1:00 – 4:00pm at the Augusta Civic Center. You are encouraged to pre-register online prior to the event.

* New Job Openings – The Maine Lobster Promotion Council is looking for a full-time Communications Assistant.

The Ad Club of Boston has a listing of summer internships.

Crisis and Counseling has internships in both Development/Communications and Web Communications.

Please click here for the latest job and internship openings.

Have a great week!