Join Jay Tucker in conversation with Karen Toliver, EVP of Creative, Sony Pictures Animation – Wednesday, January 19
“The Evolution of Inclusion and Representation in Animation”
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 @ 3pm EST
Click here to register!
Are you a creative thinker passionate about art and design?
On Wednesday, January 19th at 6:15pm EST, the Minted team will be joining us to chat about their disruptive e-commerce marketplace and exciting opportunities for recent grads in their Merchandising function.
Minted is a marketplace for independent design, where you come to find things for your home and special occasions that are trend-setting, well-curated, high quality, and made unique to you. Minted is a late stage startup based in San Francisco, and was founded in 2007 by CEO Mariam Naficy (Williams Alumna). Join Becca O’Leary (Director, Merchandising) and Caitlin Bernstein (Recruiter) to learn about their disruptive e-commerce marketplace and exciting opportunities for recent grads in their Merchandising function.
Becca will be telling her story, chatting about merchandising and the Rotational Merchandising Associate role for which we’re hiring, and answering any questions you may have. Minted is looking for creative thinkers who are passionate about art and design, curious about the world of e-commerce, wholesale and retail merchandising, and have strong analytical and quantitative skills to join their Merchandising team.
What is Merchandising at Minted? Minted’s merchants are responsible driving sales of their respective businesses by curating beautiful assortments that inspire while also meeting customer needs, and by managing shoppability of their businesses onsite to create a flawless customer experience.
Minted is looking for creative thinkers who are passionate about art and design, curious about the world of e-commerce, wholesale and retail merchandising, and have strong analytical and quantitative skills to join their Merchandising team.
What is Minted? Minted is a marketplace for independent design, where you come to find things for your home and special occasions that are trend-setting, well-curated, high quality, and made unique to you.
Festival 2022 opportunities – Internships specialize in performing arts administration, technical production, education, community programming, and more! Deadline date: Thursday, February 3
| Are you interested in working behind the scenes to produce one of the world’s most prestigious dance festivals? Jacob’s Pillow Interns receive on-the-job training to develop professional skills and gain practical experience while working in a team-oriented environment. Internships specialize in performing arts administration, technical production, education, community programming, and more. Midd students have participated in past festivals. Click here to learn more about the opportunities and to apply today! |
IRTS Summer Fellowship Program has had a key role in launching the careers of top media professionals – Deadline date: Sunday, January 30
- Paid internship at a media company
- Comprehensive orientation to the media industry
- Mentoring and unparalleled access to the IRTS network
- Plus One-Week Expense-Paid NYC Conference
The 9-week IRTS Summer Fellowship Program will begin with an expense-paid orientation week in NYC (subject to pandemic status) followed by remote internships and virtual sessions for the duration of the summer.
Highly praised throughout the media industry, the IRTS Foundation’s Summer Fellowship Program has provided unparalleled access and education to diverse, aspiring young media professionals from across the country.
Current college and university juniors, seniors, and graduate school students are eligible to apply. Several Midd students have participated in the IRTS conferences and the summer fellowship program. Apply now!
Click here to learn more about the IRTS Foundation and click here to apply!
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 the local police and Public Safety.
- 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
The SECOND (of seven) drawings is on Friday, January 14. Make sure you are entered into the drawing by completing the resume approval process!
CCI is offering a $500 AIRLINE GIFT CARD just for completing the résumé approval process.
There will be 7 drawings, the first 6 will be for $20 in Middlebury Money and the final (cumulative) drawing will be for the $500 airline gift card.
All you have to do to enter is complete your Handshake profile and have your résumé reviewed and approved by a CCI Peer Career Advisor (PCA) – (go/PCAs for their drop in hours to have your résumé reviewed.) The earlier you complete your profile and have an approved résumé, the more chances you will have to win!
Career Conversation with Elianna Kan’10, Literary Agent, Translator, and Writer – Wednesday, 1/26 from 4-5pm
Please join us for a Career Conversation and an Industry Discussion with alumna Elianna Kan ‘10. She’ll discuss her career journey and current trends in the industry.
Elianna is a literary agent, translator, and writer. She joined Regal Hoffmann & Associates in 2017 as a literary agent focusing on building a list of Spanish-language and Latinx writers writing in English, as well as work in translation in general. She began her publishing career at Picador and as Senior Editor of The American Reader, where she edited literature in translation. After several years working independently as a Spanish language reader for Maria B. Campbell Associates and various US publishers, she decided to immerse herself more fully in the Latin American publishing world by moving to Mexico City where she worked as a consultant for Penguin Random House Mexico’s Foreign Rights Director. She continues splitting her time between New York and Mexico. Elianna is a native of New Hampshire with a BA in Literary Studies and a background in theater from Middlebury College. She has studied Critical Theory at the University of Buenos Aires and is currently completing an MA at the Bread Loaf School of English. She has written about the Latin American publishing market for Publishing Perspectives and interviewed writers and theater-makers on behalf of The Paris Review, BOMB Magazine, and The Believer. Her translations from Spanish into English have appeared in Aperture magazine and various art gallery publications. She has a passion for interdisciplinary cultural programming and teaches creative writing and literary translation at Columbia University.
Check out these opportunities in Handshake!
- Social Media Fellow (Deadline date: January 15)
- It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders Podcast Intern – Summer 2022 (Deadline date: January 14)
- ‘The Limits’ Podcast Intern – Summer 2022 (Deadline date: January 14)
- Several NPR internships (Deadline date: January 14)
- Social Media Intern
- Summer 2022 Black Fashion Collection Research Internship at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Content Development and Writing Internship
- Multimedia Internship
- 2022 Summer Internship (Strategic Communications Firm)
- Leadership Development Internship
IHS Markit offers Summer Internships and New Grad opportunities
IHS Markit is now accepting applications for their Americas 2022 Summer Internship program and Graduate openings! More specifically, they are looking for exceptional students to hire in for offices across the Americas to support Financial Services, Energy & Natural Resources, Trading Analytics, and Transportation. If any of the below streams interest you, you’re encouraged you to apply via Handshake and the Early Careers site.
📡 Technology
If you are passionate about solving challenging technical problems and have a desire to work in technology, this is the stream for you. There are opportunities in software development and full stack developer roles.
🤝 Client Services
Building and maintaining strong customer relationships is key to IHS Markit’s success. If you are interested in being front line support for global customers, liaising with clients, managing relationships, analyzing and troubleshooting complications and ensuring products are best leveraged, this stream is for you.
💻 Research & Analysis
Understanding the latest trends and leveraging sharp analytical skills and specialized industry expertise, IHS Markit analysts deliver the data rich insights that guide clients in long term decision making. If you are passionate about building the story behind the data, and becoming an industry or product specialist, then this stream is for you.
📈 Sales
Building and maintaining strong customer relationships is key to our success. If you are interested in being in a customer facing role, where you can impact the quality of the relationships IHS Markit builds, the Sales application stream is for you.
Internships, Resumes, and Informational Interviews!
Three workshops this week will teach you how to find a summer internship, how to create or improve your resume, and how to navigate interviews and networking conversations.
CCI events to get you ready for your summer internship or job search:
Find and Fund your Summer Internship
Tues, Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 pm, Zoom Webinar
Considering an internship this summer? This workshop will walk you through how to find an internship and discuss CCI’s grants for unpaid summer internships.
Register and access link in Handshake
This webinar will be recorded so if you can’t attend, please register via link above and the recording will be sent to you.
Resume Tips and Tricks
Wed, Jan. 12, 4:30 pm-5:30 pm, Axinn 229
Is your resume ready to apply to summer jobs, internships, or CCI’s summer internship funding? CCI’s Peer Career Advisors will teach you their top tips and tricks for creating a resume or taking your current one from good to great!
Register and access link in Handshake
After attending this workshop, get your resume approved at Quick Questions and be entered to win a $500 airline gift card!
Attend this event co-sponsored by CCI, MiddCore, and Compass to get you ready for important informational and networking conversations that can lead to internships, jobs, and clarity on future career paths.
Cultivating Relationships: The Art of the Informational Interview
Tuesday, January 11, 3:00-4:00 pm via Zoom
Do you have nerves around interviewing and outreach? Want to put your best foot forward in an interview? After a successful start to a career in sales, Amelia Howard ’19.5 will share a framework and best practices for taking the lead in professional conversations. With Amelia’s support, build skills, strategies, and confidence to make lasting professional connections this winter and beyond.
Presented by Amelia Howard ‘19.5 | Account Executive, Gong | Co-sponsored by CCI, MiddCore & Compass
Register and access Zoom link and password
