#MakeMoves

Welcome back! We hope that your winter break and holiday season were filled with good cheer, great company, and some well-deserved rest. Now that you have had a few weeks to re-charge, it’s time to welcome the start of a new semester. Make this semester your best one yet by setting concrete professional development goals. These 5 goals are a great place to start:

Create and strengthen your resume
Meet with a career advisor at Toppel
Make a list of all the companies or organizations you are interested in
Apply for a job or summer internship
Sign-up to do a practice interview at Toppel

#MakeMoves this semester and take advantage of all Toppel has to offer! Check us out at HireACane.com.

Toppel Awards

The Toppel Career Center is on a mission to recognize outstanding students, faculty, staff, employers, and recruiters for their commitment to career education & development -and we need your help! Do you know any career champions who deserve to be recognized? Please take the time to nominate yourself, classmate, UM Faculty member, UM alumnus, or employer today!

If you nominate someone, both you and your nominee/nominees are invited to attend a catered awards ceremony on February 20th, 2018 from 12:00pm- 1:30pm in the H100 room. Don't miss out on an afternoon full of food, awards, and the opportunity to network with other students, faculty, and employers.

The deadline for nominations is January 19th, click here to view categories and nominate.

10 Simple Career Tips that Make a Big Difference

You might think that only the big moves can have an impact on your career, but in reality the smaller (and simpler) moves you make can add up and lead to a big impact over time.

This article covers 10 “little” things you can do that will ultimately have a huge impact on your career. The best part? None of them require too much time or effort.

Strengthen your Search Skills

Taking time to understand Handshake’s search functionality will help you identify the best jobs for you. Use the tips below to strengthen your search skills and make your job search more efficient:

Remeber to search using Keywords.
Use the filters and create a saved search. For example, if you are looking for a summer internship in a specific city, you can set these as filters in your search!
Favorite the jobs that you are interested in, and mark the jobs you are not interested in as “not relevant” to customize your user experience.
Sort job listings by using the drop-down arrow next to the ‘Sort By: Relevancy’ button on top right-hand corner.

Jobs & Internships

University of Oxford Summer School

UShadow

Toppel Spotlight

EUROPEAN UNION
Paid Internship- Spring 2018

UM’s European Union Chair is offering an innovative program combining internship training and individualized research supervision to all undergraduate and graduate students at UM. This experience is highly valued when applying for internships at the EU sites or other private and government employment.

BODEGA & CO
Brand & Market Development

Bodega & Co is seeking two full-time Brand & Market Development staff members based out of their corporate office in Miami Beach. Bodega & Co has indicated that they are open to hiring OPT candidates.

E2GENERATIONS
Junior Developer Intern
Business Development/Marketing Analyst Intern

E2Generations is a group of startup operators and engineers with a unique model for getting tech companies to their next major milestone through investing development services and capital.

The Enterprise and the Environment Summer School is designed, delivered, and managed by the University of Oxford. It is a program intended for undergraduates as well as recent graduates and young professionals passionate about leading environmental change in business, NGOs or the government sector. During the Summer School, attendees will be provided with over 50 hours of teaching (through a combination of lectures, simulations, field trips and case-studies), engage in discussion with University of Oxford academics, and network with a global classroom of students.

To learn more, click here.

The Toppel Career Center’s UShadow Program provides University of Miami students the opportunity to shadow a UM alumnus or employer throughout a typical workday and gain career advice & connections!

Want to meet professionals who have your dream job? Experience a true day-in-the-life of an industry you are considering and gain knowledge about various career fields!

Applications are open to those with Sophomore or Junior status and the deadline is January 31st on HireACane.com

Contact Carly Smith, Associate Director for Career Readiness, at Carly@miami.edu or 305-284-1818 to learn more.

Devin Rogan

Assistant Director, Recruiting Services

Devin oversees all on-campus recruiting at Toppel, including company information sessions and on-campus interviews. He focuses on creating and planning interactive events between students and prospective employers. He is originally from Central New Jersey and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Monmouth University. Devin is also pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Miami and is excited to be a part of the Hurricane family.

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