Center for Career Education (CCE): HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK - May 11, 2009

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Best of luck on final exams! This will be our last weekly email of the semester, however, CCE’s services will continue over the summer. Still looking for a full-time position? Still have not found a summer internship position? Want to know how to make the most of your summer internship? CCE counselors are available for phone or in-person appointments throughout the summer. Our Web site and LionSHARE will continuously be updated as well. Congratulations seniors! Remember we serve you now and as alumni for the rest of your lives.

HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK - May 11, 2009

Announcements & Featured Events

• “Ten Things Every Artist Should Know”
• How to Recession-Proof Your Career
• UBS Freshman Frenzy
• Graduating Student Survey - win an IPOD Touch
• LionSHARE Throughout the Summer
• FREE Columbia Alumni Arts League Membership
• MIT's CONVERGE Program

Featured Internship, Full-time & Other Opportunities

• New York & Company - Financial Coordinator
• Madame Tussauds - Merlin Management Training Program
• GridApp Systems - Software Testing Engineer
• Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. - Engineer
• The Commonwealth Fund - Program Assistant
• Group Gordon Strategic Communications - Associate
• Civilian Complaint Review Board - Investigator
• Calyon Corporate & Investment Bank - Credit Analyst
• ABM Industries - Business Financial Analyst
• GumboWriters.com – Assistant
• Setgo - Marketing/PR Intern
• Time Out New York - Online Business Intern
• YMCA of Greater NY – Communications Intern
• Judd Foundation - Art Administration Intern
• The New Teacher Project - Summer Intern, Teaching Fellows AmeriCorps Education Award Program
• Nintendo of America - Entertainment and Trend Marketing Intern
• Triple R Labs Inc. - Green Consulting Intern
• VE Solutions Group - Engineering Assistant
• Growth Philanthropy Network - Event Planning Intern
• Wenner Media - Digital Editorial Intern, Rolling Stone.com
• Park Sutton Advisors - Investment Banking Analyst Intern
• Fundacion Dianova Nicaragua - Internship Coordinator
• People’s Choice and Hollywood powerhouse United Talent Agency (UTA) - Hollywood Insider Experience

http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/

Center for Career Education (CCE): HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK - May 4, 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK - May 4, 2009

Featured Announcements & Events

• Graduating Student Survey - win an IPOD Touch
• Connect with Employers: Sign-up for a Resume Book on LionSHARE!
• Senior Survival Series & More

1. Moving Back with Your Parents
2. How to Maintain Relationships after College
3. Finding an Apartment in NYC
4. FREE Columbia Alumni Arts League Membership

• MIT's CONVERGE Program

Featured Internship, Full-time & Other Opportunities

• Google Lime Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
• Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunity - Biology/Environment
• Medialets, Inc. - Technology/Analytical Intern
• NYC Office of Management and Budget - Analytical Intern
• Global Foundation for Democracy and Development - Marketing Intern
• LaunchSquad - PR/Technology Intern
• Alliance Bernstein - Risk Management Intern
• Columbia University Medical Center/ New York State Psychiatric Institute - Research Intern
• Groovy Griot - Film Intern
• Smithsonian Magazine - Writing Intern
• The Richman Group - Analyst
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Civil Engineer
• KIPP NYC - Financial Analyst
• Joseph & Herzfeld, LLP - Paralegal
• CodeStreet LLC - Client Operations Engineer
• Dynamics Associates - Administrative Assistant

In Case You Missed It

• Work Exemption Program - For CC and SEAS Financial Aid Recipients
• BNP Paribas

http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/

Center for Career Education (CCE): HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK - April 27, 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK - April 27, 2009

Featured Announcements & Events

• Campus Housing in New York through Summer Interns Living and Learning Program (SILLP)
• Graduating Student Survey - win an IPOD Touch
• Connect with Employers: Sign-up for a Resume Book on LionSHARE!
• Deutsche Bank 3 Day Seminar for Sophomores
• The NEW, New Journalism
• Careers by Definition: What is a Producer?
• Careers in Animation
• MIT's CONVERGE Program

Featured Internship, Full-time & Other Opportunities

• Green Corps, the Field School for Environmental Organizing
• RBS Greenwich Capital
• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
• Sanford Wittels & Heisler, LLP
• MBIA Inc.
• Weill Cornell Medical College
• Brocade, Inc.
• Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management
• Community League of the Heights
• W.W. Norton
• Classic Media, Inc.
• The Elmezzi Foundation
• Prada USA
• Community Impact
• IX Energy Holdings, Inc.
• Cypress Associates LLC
• M&J Engineering

http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/

Center for Career Education (CCE): HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK - April 20, 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK - April 20, 2009

Featured Announcements & Events

• Campus Housing in New York through Summer Interns Living and Learning Program (SILLP)
• Graduating Student Survey - win an IPOD Touch
• Taste of Morningside Heights
• The Impact of the Recession on the Foreign National Community
• The 22nd Annual Community Impact Volunteer Appreciation Dinner (VAD)
• NYC Entrepreneur Week
• The Future of Investigative Journalism
• Career Expo for People with Disabilities
• Deutsche Bank 3 Day Seminar for Sophomores
• The NEW, New Journalism

Featured Internship, Full-time & Other Opportunities

• Silverstein Properties
• New York City Ballet
• US Federation for Middle East Peace
• Solar One
• Doostang
• City of New York
• SRB Marketing LLC
• Council for Economic Education
• American Museum of Natural History
• Christie’s, Inc.
• Credit Suisse
• Bowery Residents' Committee
• Italian Wine Merchants
• New York State Psychiatric Institute
• IBM Singapore
• BlackRock

http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/

Center for Career Education (CCE): HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK - April 13th 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK

Featured Events

• Community Engagement and Service Info-Fair
• Social Enterprise Panel
• Information Networking Session with JP Morgan Chase & Co.
• Campus Housing in New York through Summer Interns Living and Learning Program (SILLP)
• The Impact of the Recession on the Foreign National Community
• MTV (Nickelodeon) Recruiting Event
• The 22nd Community Impact Annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

Featured Internship, Full-time & Other Opportunities

• The New York Times
• The Arts Initiative at Columbia University
• Foreign Policy Association
• On Deck Capital
• Bank of America
• Association for Energy Affordability
• NYU School of Medicine
• The Port Authority of NY & NY
• London Economics
• Cartier North America
• Paduano & Weintraub LL
• The Earth Institute

In Case You Missed It

• CEO Hong Kong
• IBM
• UBS
• Work Exemption Program
• Parent Alumni Internship Fund
• Summer Interns Living and Learning Program

http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/

Center for Career Education (CCE): HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK - April 6th 2009

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Featured Events

1. Funding for Summer Internships
2. Employer Connection: Mock Interviews/Resume Critiques with Not-for-Profit Employers
3. Social Enterprise Panel
4. Community Engagement and Service Info-Fair
5. Campus Housing in New York through Summer Interns Living and Learning Program (SILLP)

Featured Internship, Full-time & Other Opportunities

1. HEARST MAGAZINES
2. Inside New York
3. Bravo and Oxygen Networks
4. Nina Ricci
5. Columbus Nova
6. Organic Motion
7. Louise Blouin Foundation
8. The Corkery Group
9. Educational Networks, Inc.
10. City Year
11. UN Watch Fellowship
12. Gottex Fund Management Hong Kong summer Internship

In Case You Missed It

1. EZREZ Software Development Intern

http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/

Employer Connection Night: Not-for-Profits - TONIGHT!!

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TONIGHT!!!

Monday, April 6, 2009
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Center for Career Education Conference Room
East Campus, Lower Level

It is important to practice your interview skills and receive feedback on your resume from employers and alumni within the field. CCE continues "Employer Connection Nights" with the Not-for-Profit industry featured this semester. Representatives from the field will conduct a mock interview and resume review for each registered student.

Employers include: City Year, The Cambodia Project, World Teach, New Victory Theater, International YMCA, CIA, Peace Corps, and FEGS.

Sign up on LionSHARE !

Questions should be directed to Patricia Woods at: pew2101@columbia.edu

Funding for Summer Internships - Center for Career Education Resources

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Are you considering taking an unpaid or low-paying internship this summer? The Center for Career Education (CCE) wants to help make your internship a possibility and has resources for you to find funding and lessen the financial burden of an unpaid/low-paying internship.

Fund an unpaid summer internship through the CC Parent Alumni Internship Fund
The Center for Career Education is pleased to announce the Parent Alumni Internship Fund (PAIF) for summer 2009. PAIF is designed to encourage Columbia College students to accept a quality internship that will foster their career exploration and build upon their academic studies, while alleviating some of the financial burden associated with unpaid internships. Award amounts will range from $1,000 to $3,000. Current sophomores and juniors at CC who receive grant-based financial aid and have secured an unpaid internship are eligible to apply. Preference is given to applicants with public service internships, but we encourage all eligible students with unpaid internships to apply. For more information about PAIF and how to apply, go to http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/findajob/howtointernship/alumni
Apply by Friday, April 17, 2009.

Campus Housing in New York – Summer Interns Living and Learning Program
Are you interested in interning in NYC this summer, living in the dorms for a discounted rate, and sharing and learning about other internship experiences and industries with 30 other students? If your answer is yes, join us and apply for the Summer Interns Living and Learning Program (SILLP)! For more information on SILLP and how to apply, go to http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/findajob/howtointernship/sillp
Apply by Friday, April 17, 2009

Work Exemption Program (WEP)
The Work Exemption Program (WEP) is part of the enhanced financial aid program announced last spring for undergraduate students in Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. The program is designed to enable financial aid recipients to take advantage of such unpaid opportunities as internships, research projects, and community outreach, locally, nationally, and internationally. Beginning this summer, students will have the option of applying for exemption from the summer savings portion of their financial aid package if they are engaged in unpaid activities such as those listed above. To find out more and how to apply please visit: http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/findajob/howtointernship/workexemption
Apply by Friday, April 17th 2009.

Funding for Summer Internships presentation, April 6, 12PM
Center for Career Education, Conference Room
Taking an unpaid or low-paying internship in a field you love doesn't have to break the bank. Join CCE staff and the Fellowships Office for an informative session on how you can engage in an unpaid internship experience through a variety of funding opportunities. At this session, you will learn about how to find and apply for funding for unpaid opportunities, and about other strategies to make ends meet. The Summer Interns Living and Learning Program (SILLP) and the Parent and Alumni Internship Fund (PAIF) Program will also be discussed. The Fellowships Office will join us to share helpful tips and resources. Register for this presentation at www.careereducation.columbia.edu/events

Center for Career Education (CCE): HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK

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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK Featured Events

• Working in Communications Career Dinner
• Careers in Healthcare: Beyond the MD
• Funding for Summer Internships
• What to Do When you Don’t have a Job and Still want to Further your Career
• Employer Connection: Mock Interviews/Resume Critiques with Not-for-Profit Employers
• NYPIRG Info Session and Panel on Green Careers
• Community Engagement and Service Info-Fair

Featured Internship, Full-time & Other Opportunities

• NYCLU
• Accompanied Literary Society
• Columbia Business School
• Blackrock
• All Stars Project, Inc.
• Children’s Progress
• Jay M. Haft

In Case You Missed It

• Morgan Stanley
• Fisher American Civil Liberties Fellowship

http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/

Careers in Healthcare: Beyond the MD (3/31)

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Careers in Healthcare: Beyond the MD
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Broadway Residence Hall, 14th Floor Lounge, 556 West 114th Street at Broadway

The Center for Career Education, Division of Student Affairs, Columbia College Alumni Affairs and Development, and Engineering Development and Alumni Relations are partnering to bring alumni and students together to network and share information about careers in healthcare. The panelists represent career paths in pharmaceuticals, mental health, physical therapy, consulting and more. A question and answer session will be followed by a reception.

RSVP: http://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/get.php?vt=detail&id=31706&con=embedded&br=cce_default#

For further information regarding this event, please contact Niamh O’Brien at no2109@columbia.edu or 212-854-6384.

Media Networking Night (3/25)

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Date/Time: March 25th, 2009 7-9pm
Location: Low Memorial Library Rotunda
Contact: For further information regarding this event, please contact ek2471@columbia.edu
Dress Code: Business Formal
Registration: Register on our web calendar (required)

The Center for Career Education and the Arts Initiative at Columbia University are excited to present the 4th annual Media Networking Night! Are you interested in a career in the Media Industry? Not even sure what you want to do? Media Networking Night is the perfect opportunity for Columbia students to network with representatives from a wide variety of disciplines within the Media Industry. Meet with a variety of alumni and professionals who can speak candidly about their own experiences in the film, photography, book publishing, radio, advertising, marketing, public relations, entertainment, visual arts industries, and many more!

Use this opportunity to see how these professionals got where they are and what the day-to-day life is like for them in this industry.

We are also pleased to announce that Media Networking Night will open with a Keynote address from Gregory Mosher, the Director of the Arts Initiative and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theater Arts.

This event is open to all Undergraduate and Graduate students/alumni at the following schools: Columbia College, School of General Students, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia Journalism School, Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning, School of Continuing Education, Columbia Law School, Barnard College, School of International and Public Affairs and Teacher's College!

For tips on how to prepare for this event and how to communicate with the professionals attending, be sure to register for the "Networking 101" workshop held the evening before this event.

List of Neworkers by Industry

List of Networkers by Organization

List of Networkers by Name

Center for Career Education (CCE): HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK

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WELCOME BACK! – HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK Featured Events

• Networking 101
• Media Networking Night
• Grassroots Campaigns on-campus Information Sessions and Interviews
• Inside the Department of State
• Careers with Numbers: Beyond the Banks
• Careers in the Scientific Publication Industry
• Careers in Healthcare: Beyond the MD
• Employer Connection: Mock Interviews/Resume Critiques with Not-for-Profit Employers

Featured Internship, Full-time & Other Opportunities

• CBS Interactive
• The Mergermarket Group
• Social Sauce
• Pepsi-Cola
• Newseum summer and school-year internships
• The Financial Corps (FC)
• Google Summer of Code

In Case You Missed It

• Columbia University Internship California: International Medical Corps
• UBS: 2009 Summer Intern – KeyLink Services
• Columbia University Internship California: CBS Interactive
• Columbia Experience Overseas: Hutchison Port Holdings

Center for Career Education (CCE): HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK

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ENJOY SPRING BREAK! - HIGHLIGHTS COMING UP

Featured Events

• Networking 101
• Media Networking Night
• Inside the Department of State
• Careers with Numbers: Beyond the Banks
• Employer Connection Night: Not-for-Profits

Featured Internship, Full-time & Other Opportunities

• Southern Teachers Agency
• Wenner Media
• Phreesia
• Fete
• General Electric
• AtlasLSAT

In Case You Missed It

• MasterCard Worldwide
• Columbia Communities in Action

http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/

Center for Career Education (CCE): HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK

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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK

Featured Events

• Careers in Energy
• Your Career in the Arts
• Interdisciplinary M.A. Open House
• Employer Connection Night: Arts
• PreK-12 Education Career Fair

Featured Internship, Full-time & Other Opportunities

• The Van Amson Service Fellowship Fund
• DeVito/Verdi, Inc.
• Peer Health Exchange
• Inner Circle Sports
• Magnolia Pictures
• Ask Melissa LLC
• BBYO, Inc.
• The National Museum of American History

In Case You Missed It

• Balestriere Lanza PLLC
• Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP
• JP Morgan Chase

Not-for-Profit and Public Service Career Fair - TODAY

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March 6, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(Columbia Students Only 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Lerner Hall, Auditorium

For further information regarding this event, please contact careereducation@columbia.edu

Click Here to Visit Website.

Dress Code: Business Formal

All Columbia University Students and Alumni and Partner School Students and Alumni may attend.

Registration: Columbia Students not required to register.

The Not-for-Profit Career Fair, co-hosted by the Columbia Center for Career Education, Teachers College Career Services, CU School of Social Work, CU School of International and Public Affairs, and Barnard College Office of Career Development, allows students and alumni to explore a wide variety of career fields, employers, and types of employment in the not-for-profit/public service sector.

To see a list of employers, please download the 2009 Employer Profile Book.

This fair is not open to the public. You must be a student or alumni from Columbia University or one of the Partner Schools. To see if your school is participating in this event, please check with your career center.

Careers in Energy (3/9)

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March 09, 2009
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Center for Career Education, Conference Room
East Campus, Lower Level

For further information regarding this event, please contact Niamh O’Brien by sending email to no2109@columbia.edu or by calling 212-854-6384.

Click Here to RSVP

The Center for Career Education, Division of Student Affairs, Columbia College Alumni Affairs and Development, and Engineering Development and Alumni Relations are partnering to bring alumni and students together to network and share information about careers in energy-related fields. The panelists represent career paths in geothermal, natural gas, solar, wind and biofuels. A question and answer session will be followed by a reception. The panelists are:

Ross D. Ain, CC '68, LW’71
Senior Vice President
Caithness Development, LLC

John Berenyi, SEAS ’69 & ’70; TC ’78
Senior Advisor on Alternative Energy and Clean Technology and Co-owner of Ecocite

Gina Callender
Field Operations Planner, Gas Operations
Consolidated Edison Company of New York

John R. Eckel, Jr., CC’73
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Copano Energy LLC

Nora Sennett, SEAS '07
Primafuel
Analyst

Lawrence Neuman, PhD, CC’63, GF’66, GF’73
President
China Power Development Corp.

Center for Career Education (CCE): March 2 – March 14 at a GLANCE

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This week, follow us on Twitter, find out about Solid Career Fields: Where to Work in the Current Economy, practice your approach to employers at the career fair simulation workshop and hit the three career fairs: the Not-for-profit and Public Service Career Fair, the All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair, and the Tri-State Charter School Career Fair.

NEW at CCE: The Macy’s/Bloomingdale’s Clothing Closet - borrow a suit for interviews and professional events. More info to follow next week!

Win a 10k Scholarship by voicing your opinion at: http://www.universumsurvey.com/us.

Funding for Summer Internships - Center for Career Education Resources

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Are you considering taking an unpaid or low-paying internship this summer? The Center for Career Education (CCE) wants to help make your internship a possibility and has resources for you to find funding and lessen the financial burden of an unpaid/low-paying internship.

Fund an unpaid summer internship through the CC Parent Alumni Internship Fund
The Center for Career Education is pleased to announce the Parent Alumni Internship Fund (PAIF) for summer 2009. PAIF is designed to encourage Columbia College students to accept a quality internship that will foster their career exploration and build upon their academic studies, while alleviating some of the financial burden associated with unpaid internships. Award amounts will range from $1,000 to $3,000. Current sophomores and juniors at CC who receive grant-based financial aid and have secured an unpaid internship are eligible to apply. Preference is given to applicants with public service internships, but we encourage all eligible students with unpaid internships to apply. For more information about PAIF and how to apply, go to: http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/findajob/howtointernship/alumni. Apply by April 17, 2009

Campus Housing in New York – Summer Interns Living and Learning Program
Are you interested in interning in NYC this summer, living in the dorms for a discounted rate, and sharing and learning about other internship experiences and industries with 30 other students? If your answer is yes, join us and apply for the Summer Interns Living and Learning Program (SILLP)! For more information on SILLP and how to apply, go to: http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/findajob/howtointernship/sillp. Apply by April 17, 2009

Funding for Summer Internships Presentation
March 3 and April 6, 12:00 p.m.
Center for Career Education, Conference Room
Taking an unpaid or low-paying internship in a field you love doesn't have to break the bank. Join CCE staff and the Fellowships Office for an informative session on how you can engage in an unpaid internship experience through a variety of funding opportunities. At this session, you will learn about how to find and apply for funding for unpaid opportunities, and about other strategies to make ends meet. The Summer Interns Living and Learning Program (SILLP) and the Parent and Alumni Internship Fund (PAIF) Program will also be discussed. The Fellowships Office will join us to share helpful tips and resources. Register for this presentation at: www.careereducation.columbia.edu/events

Center for Career Education (CCE): February 22 – March 6 at a GLANCE

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This week, join us on a site visit to MTV, speak with employers at the Civic Engagement Networking night, and learn the secrets of graduate school admissions.

Next week, investigate opportunities and meet with employers at 3 Fairs: the Not-for-profit and Public Service Career Fair, the All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair, and the Tri-State Charter School Career Fair.

Also, make sure you check out the Washington D.C. Virtual Career Fair, which ends March 1.

Win a 10k Scholarship by voicing your opinion at: http://www.universumsurvey.com/us.

Center for Career Education (CCE): February 16 – February 27 at a GLANCE

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Many opportunities are currently offered through the Washington D.C. Virtual Career Fair. In addition to applying to open positions, chat with employers in real time, and connect with other internship/job seekers. Go to Washington D.C. Virtual Career Fair.

Also, broaden your horizons with visits to a wide variety of employers through CCE’s Site Visit program. Experience the work culture, tour the office, hear about a range of departments, learn about internship and full-time job opportunities, and network with alumni at the organization. More details below.

Congratulations to Jennifer Mandelbaum, GS 2012, winner of the Summer Feedback Survey Prize, a digital camcorder! We had a record number of responses this year, so thank you to everyone who participated. Your feedback will help us improve our services and help students take advantage of the many internship opportunities available.

Win a 10k Scholarship by voicing your opinion at: http://www.universumsurvey.com/us.