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Networking: Professional & Personal Contacts
Identify and contact everyone you know – Managers you worked for. Coaches. Teachers.
Neighbors. Religious leaders. Family members. Everybody. Get their email addresses, and email
them your resume along with a note about the type of work you’re interested in. Ask them to forward
your resume to anyone they know who may be aware of interesting positions. Victor eRecruiting & Career Services Campus Recruiting Register with Victor eRecruiting, review jobs and employers who recruit at NIU, submit your resume and apply for positions of interest. Interested employers review your materials and schedule oncampus interviews in the Campus Life Building. NIU Major WebLinks: www·niu·edu/careerservices/weblinks/index·html Visit the major(s) of interest to you for occupational information and job search sites. The following sources can be accessed via the WebLinks: |
Job Fairs
Prepare your resume, review the companies that are attending, meet with employers and submit your resume.
Dates and locations are posted on the Career Services homepage. If you miss the NIU Job Fair, you can still
visit the Career Services website, examine the positions of interest, and submit a cover letter and resume to the
contact person listed. Links to Job Fairs conducted elsewhere in the U.S. are available in the NIU Major
WebLinks.
Web Searches
Using such search engines as Google, Kartoo, and Metasearch, simply type in “Key Words” to locate job
listings and regional job sites. For example: “Underwriting Jobs Chicago.”
Newspapers
Respond to posted advertisements. NIU Major WebLinks
contains links to U.S. newspapers - large and small.
Internet Job Search Sites
Post your resume and apply to on-line job listings. NIU Major WebLinks contains hundreds of popular
“megasites” (e.g., Monster, Hot Jobs, Career Builder, Yahoo Careers) and specialized sites (e.g.,
Journalism Jobs, Jobs in Fashion, Hire Diversity, Social Service Jobs, Financial Jobs, Chicago Jobs).
Research and Apply to Employers of Interest
- Visit Company Web and Job Sites. Apply directly to companies of interest via company job websites, job hotlines, or through the mail to the company’s Human Resource Department.
- Review company literature in the Career Services Resource Center and Founder’s Library
- Examine Employer, Business and Professional Directories and Company Annual Reports
- Read newspapers, magazines, journal articles, business and trade periodicals
- For a list of corporate and professional directories available on-line and in Founder’s Library, go to:
www·niu·edu/careerservices/handouts/FoundersDirectoriesRevised·pdf