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ROAD TO SUCCESS: Planning for Summer Research and Internships Family Weekend 2015 Judy L. Fisher, Director Why is planning important? A BS degree with an excellent GPA but nothing else equals a weak resume and a difficult internship/job

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ROAD TO SUCCESS: Planning for Summer Research and Internships

Family Weekend 2015

Judy L. Fisher, Director

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Why is planning important?

  • A BS degree with an excellent GPA but nothing else

equals a weak resume and a difficult internship/job search and a less competitive application for graduate school

  • A BS degree from a top tier college like HMC +

▫ a good GPA ▫ research ▫ experiential education ▫ co-curricular activities ▫ perhaps study abroad ▫ part-time employment

equals the ability to effectively package and market

  • neself to employers and graduate schools
  • This requires careful planning to accomplish at HMC
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Why is planning essential at HMC?

  • It takes time to amass the education and

experiences needed to successfully transition from college to the world of work or graduate school.

  • Many of the hard skills desired in candidates take

time to acquire.

  • Soft skills such as leadership, time management,

responsibility and interpersonal communication take time to develop.

  • BOTTOM LINE – Students need to have some

sort of action plan.

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Services

  • One-on-one

appointments made easily

  • nline
  • Walk-in hours

three afternoons a week

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Resources

  • Job and internship listings
  • Two job/internship fairs a year
  • Weekly Hot Internships blast
  • Weekly MUDDMines e-newsletter
  • Career Services Facebook group
  • Easy to navigate website
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Programs

  • Beyond the Bubble: Life after HMC seminar

series

  • Employer and graduate school information

sessions

  • Special events, e.g., pre-fair mixer with

employers

  • Graduate school panel with local alumni
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Class of 2018 Out of 196 students, 106 have stopped by the career center

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Resume/Cover Letter 58% First Appointment/Intro 29% Internship/Research Search 10% Other 3%

Usage Stats for First Year Students Fall 2014

Total Visits – 118 Unique Visits - 67

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Resume/Cover Letter 39% First Appointment/Intro 33% Internship/Research Search 19% LinkedIn Profile 3% Personal Statement for REUs 2% Other 4%

Usage Stats for First Year Students 2013-2014

Total Visits – 168 Unique Visits - 88

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How Students Find Summer Opportunities

  • ClaremontConnect
  • Hot Internships blast
  • MUDDMines
  • Fall & Spring career fairs
  • Clinic
  • Faculty and Staff
  • LinkedIn
  • Various internship boards
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83 28 28 28 7 37 44 55 26 27 21 73 48 13 24 19 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Summer Math Internship HMC Summer Research Work REU Other

Based on 2013 Senior Survey First Summer Second Summer Third Summer

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83 28 26 30 8 33 43 63 20 17 23 70 44 12 24 11 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Summer Math Internship HMC Summer Research Work REU Other

Based 2014 Senior Survey First Summer Second Summer Third Summer

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Where Mudders have done Internships and Research

  • Aerovironment
  • Amazon
  • Amgen
  • Apple
  • Boeing
  • Broadcom
  • Carnegie Observatories
  • Children’s Hospital of

Philadelphia

  • Clemson University
  • Counsyl
  • Department of Defense
  • DIRECTV
  • Dreamhost
  • Google
  • Green Hills Software
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • Honeywell Aerospace
  • Intel
  • JPL
  • Kent State
  • Laserfiche
  • LinkedIn
  • Medtronic
  • Microsoft NASA Robotics

Academy

  • MIT Lincoln Lab
  • NASA Ames Research
  • National Institute for

Materials Science

  • National Renewal Energy

Laboratory

  • Northrop Grumman
  • Penn State
  • Praxis BioSciences
  • Qualcomm
  • Quantcast
  • Raytheon
  • Sandia National Labs
  • Smithsonian Center for

Astrophysics

  • Southern CA Edison
  • SpaceX
  • Stanford University
  • Teledyne Scientific
  • Tesla Motors
  • The Aerospace Corp
  • UCLA ATS Lab
  • University of Maine
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Washington
  • Viasat
  • Yelp
  • zulily
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How to help your student succeed

  • Talk openly with your student about his/her plans
  • Discuss decisions, but allow your student to make the

decision

  • Emphasize the importance of internships and summer

research

  • Encourage extracurricular involvement
  • Be patient & supportive
  • Have realistic expectations
  • Gently suggest that they visit us
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Questions

Thank You!

Judy L. Fisher, Director Platt Campus Center 909.621.8091 Judy_fisher@hmc.edu