Online Graduate School Fair for International Affairs and Public Policy Programs July 20
Thinking about a Masters or PhD Program? Searching for an international career in the private, public, or non-governmental sector?
Whether you’ve just started your search or have a shortlist in mind, join representatives of APSIA’s top international affairs and public policy graduate schools on July 20. They can help you navigate the admissions process.
Register today and answer your questions about:
- application requirements,
- curricula and joint degrees,
- financial aid, and
- career opportunities.
Go beyond what you read on a website – leave with new information and personal connections to admissions staff.
Jopwell – They represent and advance careers for Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals.
Calling all undergraduate students! Jopwell I+D, our annual student development conference, is returning to New York City – Accepted participants will win a trip to NYC for a full day of workshops, panels, and practice sessions with recruiters to help you IDENTIFY where you want to go and DEVELOP the skills you need to get there. At Jopwell I+D, our team of experts will teach you the fundamental skills you need to know to successfully land an internship.
Application closes on Friday, July 14th! To apply, you must meet the following requirements:
- Compete the form on this page
- Graduating between 2024 and 2026
- Interested in applying to 2024 summer internships
- Complete the online application here
This event will be hosted in-person. 50 students will be selected to join us in NYC with travel and lodgings covered by Jopwell.
*Please inform Alicia Gomez (email: agomez@middlebury.edu) that you submitted your application so she could nominate you for the program. Nominees will be highlighted in their application pool for priority consideration.
Harvard Business School Mixers: College Interns Connect with HBS
Harvard Business School will host mixers for college students this summer in San Francisco and Chicago. Meet current MBA students and learn about how you can engage with HBS as an undergrad through HBS’s College Programs
- SAN FRANCISCO on June 22 (6:30-7:30 p.m.) at Pilot.com, Inc. – Register Here
- CHICAGO on Wednesday, Jul 19 (6:30-7:30 p.m.) at Bain & Company – Register Here
Check-in will begin at 6:00 p.m. Food will be provided.
Our Government Explained (in 3 minutes or less) Career Guides video
Our government offers jobs in a kaleidoscope of disciplines, from aerospace to the creative arts and engineering to education.
Agencies need architects, doctors, transportation experts, businesspeople, lawyers, social scientists and many other kinds of specialists. Here is more information on which agencies offer these types of jobs, what types of jobs people in these fields do, sample positions and more.
Harvard Kennedy School Public Policy Leadership Conference
Harvard Kennedy School is thrilled to announce the 23rd Annual Public Policy Leadership Conference (PPLC) application is now live! The conference will be held October 12-15, 2023.
The PPLC mission is to inspire undergraduate student leaders—particularly those from historically underrepresented and underserved communities—to pursue careers in public service. Participants will gain insight into what it means to study public policy in a graduate school environment and connect with current HKS students, faculty, and staff as well as other dynamic undergraduate students.
During the conference, participants will learn about:
- Careers in public service
- Domestic and international policy issues
- Fellowship programs
- Resume building and networking
- Summer Public Policy and International Affairs Institutes
- Graduate schools that offer programs in public policy
- Student life
The deadline to apply is Friday, June 30, 2023 at 5 p.m. ET. For additional information, including eligibility requirements, please visit the conference website.
National Reconnaissance Office summer 2024 internships. Deadline June 30
Do you have a passion for strengthening national security? Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? Work with the experts in the National Reconnaissance Office student internship program!
The NRO is a member of the Intelligence Community and is the Department of Defense agency responsible for developing, acquiring, launching, and operating the nation’s most sophisticated and capable intelligence satellites.
For more than 60 years, the NRO has been protecting the United States, its citizens and its allies with space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. Today, the NRO’s paid student internship program is developing the next generation of space leaders.
The NRO offers high-achieving undergraduate students the opportunity to gain real-world experience in positions related to their field of study. They work alongside professionals to support meaningful projects that directly contribute to the NRO’s mission.
Learn more and apply here.
Admissions Unmasked: Jumpstart your journey to law school
Are you interested in law school or a career in law but not sure where to begin? Admission Unmasked provides the insights you need to strategically and effectively navigate the law school admission process, from putting together a strong application package to making informed choices about where to apply and attend.
The Admission Unmasked program consists of live Q&A events and asynchronous learning modules organized by topical themes. The learning modules are on-demand. You determine the pace and access of the modules in whatever order works best for you. Once you register for Admission Unmasked, the program will be available in your LawHub account to access any time. You can even revisit specific topics and related modules as you reach those milestones along your law school application journey
Additionally, you’ll want to mark your calendar to join our weekly “Ask Us Anything!” live events, from June 26 through July 21, to get answers from a panel of experts to any questions you may have about each week’s theme, or anything else regarding law school that you may be wondering about.
Learn more and register here: https://www.lsac.org/admission-unmasked
Special Assistant for the President’s Commission on White House Fellowship
This is an early-career opportunity that will provide the detailee with hands-on work supporting one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service, as well as project management experience within the Executive Office of the President.
The detailee will develop their skills in a broad set of contexts, including communication with internal and external stakeholders, organizational management, event planning/implementation, and financial reporting.
This is a short term temporary position that came on my radar, and wanted to share. Apply ASAP if interested: https://openopps.usajobs.gov/tasks/4908?fromSearch
Identifying Fraudulent Employment Opportunities
Unfortunately, not every job posting or offer is an opportunity. Scammers know that job opportunities are a powerful tool for gathering personal information, so you need to know how to distinguish legitimate job postings from scam attempts. Below are some tips to follow and red flags to look out for.
Basic Tips
- If a job sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is.
- Don’t provide financial information or your Social Security number! Legitimate employers won’t ask for your bank account details or your SSN.
- Do not send money! Legitimate employers will not ask you to wire money or pay for services.
- When in doubt, look for the job posting on the employer’s official website. Much like phishing emails, scam job postings often capitalize on well-known names and images. Do not follow links from the suspicious posting, which could take you to a cosmetically similar page, and check the employment page to be sure the opening is real. Calling the company in question (again, using publicly available contact information) is another good strategy.
- If you experience anything unusual about a job posting in Handshake, please contact CCI as soon as possible and flag the posting in Handshake.
Red Flags
- The same warning signs that signal fraudulent emails and websites: bad grammar and spelling, requests for personal information, and difficulty contacting or identifying the poster are all clear signs of trouble.
- Request for an initial investment.
- Request for bank account access.
- Requests for payment or transferring money.
- Offers to pay a large amount of money for little work.
- Offers you a job without interviewing/interacting with you.
- You are contacted by phone, and the number is not available.
- Vague descriptions that focus on money rather than the job.
- Email domain that doesn’t match the employer’s official domain.
- Email domain of a free provider is used such as live.com, yahoo.com, hotmail.com, gmail.com etc. Legitimate organizations almost always have their own email systems.
- Website that has information only on the job you’re applying for, rather than about the company in general.
What if I’m already involved in a scam?
- End all communication and immediately contact infosec@middlebury.edu, Public Safety, and the local police (if on campus, the Middlebury Police Department).
- Get in touch with your bank or credit card company and dispute any fraudulent activity immediately.
- If the scam happened online, file a report with the FTC’s cybercrime division.
Resources from Handshake
Best Practices for Job Searches
Protecting Your Personal Information
More Resources
Middlebury College – Tips on spotting phishing
Federal Trade Commission – Avoiding and Reporting Scams
World Privacy Forum, Consumer Tips: Critical Tips For Job Seekers to Avoid Job Scams
Work as a Peer Career Advisor at CCI next year
Do you give lots of advice to your friends about job searching, internship hunting and resume writing? Well come join the team at CCI and help us staff Quick Question hours and work on special projects.
You’ll join a great group at CCI and get wonderful training and access to support your own career development too!
We’re looking for enthusiastic, talented students to work with peers to help educate about career plannning, connect with alumni, make the most of Handshake and more. Due to an unexpected change, we still have some openings available!
PLEASE NOTE: In order to apply to this job you must be able to attend the entire mandatory training in-person from Sept 5-8 on campus and also be available to work the full school year. (ie. no study abroad). Preference is for rising juniors and seniors.
Check out the full job description here and apply now! Deadline is rolling but earlier the better. Questions? Contact Tim at CCI.