Student Affairs - Career Services
Career Services
Graduate Students
Welcome Handout for Graduate Students
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Career Services welcomes graduate students! To make an appointment to meet with a career advisor concerning your job search, interviewing, resume, c.v. or other career-related concerns,, please log into your RHODYNET account. (For alumni career services click here.)
Quick Link to Resources of the URI Graduate School. We encourage you to keep current on all matters affecting grad students here at URI. The Graduate School Website is a great place to start!
See our upcoming major events in the right hand column. When you click on an event, you can search employers/organizations currently registered to attend.
Graduate
Students—RhodyNet has been updated!
New Features:
- Make your Career Advising appointments online! Need your resume or C.V. reviewed? We are happy to assist through Career Advising appointments.
- Mark jobs as “favorites” and email jobs to friends!
Never used RhodyNet?
Login for new URI graduate student users is simple!
Click here to get started!
All URI Graduate Students are welcome and encouraged to use all services of the Career Services office. Members of the career staff, including our career advisors, are experienced and and ready to assist you in every aspect of your career planning. Career Services is open year-round and during mid-semester break.
Frequently Asked Questions about Career Services at URI
To make an appointment with a Career Advisor:
Log onto your RhodyNet Account and choose "Make an Appointment" at left.
For assistance, call 401 874-2311 (press "zero") or come to 228 Roosevelt Hall.
Issues which you might discuss with a career advisor include but are not limited to:
- Timing & strategy of your job search
- Interviewing for positions in academe
- Constructing and fine-tuning resumes and c.v.'s
- Identifying graduate internships
- Finding and applying for jobs in industry
- Researching and Negotiating salary
- International student concerns
- International job search
- Legal issues in the job search
- RhodyNet and other Online resources and how best to use them
- Networking resources
RhodyNet. URI's exclusive online career management and job posting system is accessed through the career website, http://career.uri.edu. We encourage you to activate your account for up-to-the-minute job postings, local, regional, national and international employer contacts, and details concerning organizations attending URI and off-campus job fairs and career events. For more information:
Frequently Asked Questions about RhodyNet
Job and Internship Major Career Events & On-Campus Interviews
Spring 2012
For information on past events please click here
If the event below has an active link, it takes you to RhodyNet where you will be able to search employers (and schools) attending. URI students and URI alumni with RhodyNet accounts may log in to RhodyNet and register for the events (registration is NOT required to attend) as well as view current lists of registered organizations. Employers may register for an event up to the day of the event, so it is important to log into RhodyNet frequently.
On-campus Interviews - take place both fall and spring semester. Log into RhodyNet for resume submission deadlines, which can begin as early as mid-September.
Green Industry Day, February 24, 9AM - 1PM, Center for Biotechnology & Life Sciences
Summer & Internship Job Fair - March 7, 11AM-2PM Memorial Union
RICE Careers in Education Networking Event, March 20, Crowne Plaza, Warwick
Spring Career & Job Fair - April 4, 11AM-3PM Ryan Center
On-campus Interviews - February - April 2012
What can you do to enhance your chances of getting an academic position:
- Seek out opportunities to present papers at field-specific conferences or at conferences where your work is related.
- Get experience in teaching undergraduate students.
- Attend seminars, workshops, conferences and Network! Network! Network!
- Keep current with issues in Higher Education.
- Volunteer to assist at conferences, seminars and events in your field.
- Exit your comfort zone and find colleagues in other disciplines whose work and yours may have some relationship.
- Upgrade your skills: job search/ technical/communication/interpersonal by attending online or in person workshops either at your institution or in your locale.
- Find and keep contact with mentors in your field.
- Use all of your institution’s resources, including the Career Services office. Meet with career advisors and use the office early, frequently, and consistently. Enhance your job search strategies and skills with the assistance of the Career Services office.
- Join Professional/Academic Associations
More on Professional/Academic Associations
We recommend that you maintain student memberships in appropriate professional organizations. Here are some resources to help you identify professional associations.
Associations on the Net
http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/
American Society of Association Executives
ASAE Gateway to Associations Directory – Maintained by the American Society of Association Executives, the search results provide a list of associations that meet your selection criteria.
Riley Guide:
http://rileyguide.com/union.html Includes professional, academic, trade and non-profit associations.
More resources: Conferences and Presentations
A great way to network and get your name known in the Academic world is to attend conferences and better yet, to become a presenter. It is also not a bad idea to volunteer to assist with the conference. Here are some sites where you can seek out conferences and opportunities to submit papers/presentations:
http://www.h-net.org/announce/
H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences online
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/meetings
American Association for the Advancement of Science: Meetings & Events
Resources for Networking. Gain confidence, find colleagues, increase your visibility.
The Riley Guide: Networking and Your Job Search
http://www.rileyguide.com/network.html
QuintCareers – the Art of Networking
http://www.quintcareers.com/networking.html
Additional Links: for specific fields, visit http://career.uri.edu/links.shtml
| University Job Bank | Academic Careers Online |
| Pearson Education Careers | Higher Ed Jobs Online |
| Chronicle of Higher Education | Academic 360 |
| Academic Keys | Find a Ph.D. |
| Academic Employment Network (AEN) |
Contact Information
Room 228 Roosevelt Hall
90 Lower College Road
Kingston, RI 02881
401.874.2311
FAX 401.874.5525
career@etal.uri.edu
Walk-in Career Advising
M-F, 1-3 PM, Rm. 223 Roosevelt
Career Advising Appointments
Log onto RhodyNet
or visit 228 Roosevelt Hall for assistance
Alumni Career Services
Contact 401 874 9404
Upcoming Events
Employer registration
Green Industry Day
February 24, 2012
Summer & Internship Job Fair
March 7, 2012
Spring Career & Job Fair
April 4, 2012
Previous Events
For a list of previous events please click here
Career Services thanks its Corporate Sponsors
for continuing support
