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SENIORS – Group Advising Appointments to discuss searching for Jobs/Internships in Communications
In addition to signing up for 1:1 advising appointments, I’m offering group advising appointments this semester focused on a specific career path. Please continue to check back since we will discuss a different industry during each meeting.
This week I will be hosting and facilitating two group advising appointments. Please let me know if you would like to attend one or both. I will add your appointment in handshake.
Wednesday, April 15 from 3pm – 4pm EST –Career Path: Advertising, Marketing and PR
Friday, April 17 from 3pm – 4pm EST — Career Path: Journalism and Publishing
These group advising appointments will be a great opportunity for students to learn more about a specific industry, build a career community, and practice peer to peer learning.
I am limiting the number of participants. Therefore, YOU MUST REGISTER WITH ME. Please send an e-mail to agomez@middlebury.edu to let me know you will attend, and I will add your advising appointment to handshake.
TransPerfect will provide Tips on dissecting Job Descriptions- Thursday, February 20
TransPerfect, world’s leading enabler of global communications, will discuss various job roles in the company and tips on dissecting job descriptions – including their own job and internship opportunities currently available in handshake!
TransPerfect was founded with a mission to help the world’s businesses navigate the global marketplace by providing a full array of language and business support services, including translation, interpretation, multicultural marketing, website globalization, subtitling, voiceovers, staffing services, e-learning and training, and legal support services. TransPerfect is more than a translation company. It’s a family of committed individuals dedicated to being the world’s leading enabler of global communications. From offices in more than 90 cities on six continents, TransPerfect offers a full range of services in 170+ languages to clients worldwide.
At TransPerfect, we are looking for people who would like to make the world a more globalized place by solving complex problems and helping other businesses grow.
Date: Thursday, February 20
Time: 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Location: Davis Library 201
Please click here to RSVP in handshake!
Schedule your 1:1 chat with TransPerfect (Language and Business solutions) team – Job and Internship opportunities currently available!
The world’s best businesses know that potential customers can be anywhere. TransPerfect helps our clients to BE EVERYWHERE. With global headquarters in New York and offices in 90 cities across 6 continents, TransPerfect is the world’s largest privately held provider of language services and related technologies.
The TransPerfect family of companies offers a full range of language and business solutions, including:
- Translation and Language Services
- Website and Software Localization
- Globalization Management Technology
- Multicultural Marketing
- Legal Support and E-Discovery
- E-Learning Platform Internationalization
- Multimedia and Studio Solutions
- Interpretation and Call Center Support
Click here to schedule your 1:1 chat on Friday, February 21!
Schedule your 1:1 chat to learn about Careers in Language and Intercultural Competence!
Find out more about the opportunities for careers in language and intercultural competence, and the possibilities for gaining marketable skills in these fields at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Dr. Thor Sawin, who teaches linguistics, language education, and intercultural competence courses, will share and answer any questions about gaining skills either in a Masters program or a study away semester as language teachers, curriculum designers, localizers, translators and interpreters, language product and assessment designers, or intercultural competence consultants.
Click here to schedule your 1:1 chat on Thursday, February 27!
New Jobs/Internship Resource in Advocacy, Communications & Public Affairs – Check It Out OFTEN
Just posted a new Top Resource on the Social Impact site which features LOTS of job opportunities and is regularly updated called:
WASHINGTON DC AREA JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, MEDIA, WEB DEVELOPMENT, LOBBYING AND RELATED FIELDS.
Here are a few featured that I cherry-picked from the last few days related to social impact opportunities:
Urban Institute
- Project Coordinator, Communications
- Research Analyst, Justice Policy Center
- Research Assistant, Justice Policy Center
- Policy Assistant, Justice Policy Center
- Senior Research Associate, Housing Finance Policy Center
- Policy Assistant supporting the Research to Action Lab
The International Council for Clean Transportation has just shared these with us:
Rescue – The Behavior Change Agency
Behavior/social marketing agency Rescue seeks Field Organizing Fellow to drive implementation of youth-targeted tobacco control and nutrition/obesity prevention policy campaigns across Virginia – significant travel required.
Obama Foundation
- Communications & Media Relations Associate
- Regional Development Analyst – DC, Chicago, IL or San Francisco, CA
- Development Communications Associate – Chicago, IL
American Institutes for Research – Communications Assistant/Intern – Summer 2019 – suited for candidates currently seeking a degree in such fields as communications, graphic design, technical communication & marketing.
The Arc is the largest national community-based organization advocating for & serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities – and your place in this worthy enterprise could be Communications Associate, Media & Public Relations .
E-bike & -scooter sharing outfit Lime is seeking a Community Affairs Manager with 3+ years community organizing, political campaign field org.
Fresh opportunities with the Human Rights Campaign:
- Policy Coordinator
- Admin Assistant supporting the Welcoming Schools program
Food & Water Watch – Communications Coordinator – $40k-$45k – experience in communications or politics, preferably linked to issue campaigns, and proven ability to place stories in traditional media outlets sought.
The Marshall Legacy Institute, a group helping remove landmines & returning war-scarred territories to a measure of stability, seeks part-time Marketing & Development Intern (pdf) for a Feb.-Aug. 2019 term of duty – $12-$15/hr – more info here
Pew Research Center – Intern, Global Migration & Demography – Summer 2019 – paid position – strong quantitative skills with proficiency in STATA, SPSS, or R required
International Development Summer 2018 Internships and Full-Time Job on Handshake
Tetra Tech IDS (https://tetratechintdev.com) is now accepting applications for internships at their Burlington, VT and Arlington, VA offices for summer 2018. They will offer a total of 4 internships and interns will learn from and work with their technical programs team or operational team professionals. Application deadlines are approaching fast and all internships will begin in early June. We have several Middlebury alumni working there now (check out LinkedIn).
They currently have 4 postings in Handshake!
- International Development Communications Intern – deadline April 23rd
- Land Tenure and Property Rights Internship – deadline April 27th
- Democracy and Governance Internship – deadline April 27th
- IT Support Technician Internship – deadline May 1st
- Assistant Editor – deadline April 27th (Full-time Job for a Graduating Senior or Recent alum!)
Tetra Tech creates practical, sustainable, and environmentally responsible solutions to address the world’s most complex challenges. Their service areas include agriculture and economic growth; democracy and governance; energy; environment and natural resources; land tenure and property rights; water supply and sanitation; architecture, engineering, and construction services; and global security. Tetra Tech creates practical, sustainable, and environmentally responsible solutions for federal agencies, governments, multilateral banks, and multinational corporations.
Their approach is based on sound science, stakeholder engagement, capacity building, and innovative technologies and best practices. Their goal on every project is to ensure local ownership and sustainable development long after their work is complete. Their expertise includes monitoring and evaluation tools, grants management systems, compliance systems, and public-private partnerships.