New Year, New Theme!

Welcome back to a new year, 'Canes! This year’s theme at Toppel is #BreakThru, and we’re excited to see what you discover on the other side of real and perceived barriers. #BreakThru represents moving past any uncertainty, fear, apathy, or information overload surrounding your career. It’s about pushing past barriers and putting in the work to grow personally and professionally. It’s taking advantage of opportunities and moving forward in meaningful ways. We will be featuring students who #BreakThru all year long in our Toppel Insider and on our social media (links to our accounts are at the bottom of this newsletter). Be sure to follow us, and tell us what you’ve been up to!

Aug. 17	Google Presents: Making the Most of your Conference Experience @ 7:00pm
Aug. 18	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Webinar: Securities Services Leadership Program (SSLP) @ 12:30pm
Aug. 18	Meet McKinsey’s Hispanic + Latino Network @ 7:00pm
Aug. 19	Day in the Life of AmeriCorps Service @ 3:00pm
Aug. 20	How to Ace Recruiting in a Virtual Environment @ 3:00pm

Toppel is Virtual This Semester

The Toppel Career Center is excited to welcome you to a brand new year at the University of Miami. While this will certainly be a challenging semester, Toppel is here for you virtually, and we have a number of new and redesigned services tailored to your needs. You can use virtual drop-in career advising to get the assistance you need, when you need it. It’s easy, just click on this link to meet with one of our highly trained advisors any time during our office hours, Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM. No appointment necessary!

For up-to-date information, be sure to visit our website. There, you’ll be able to find jobs/internships, career assessments, shadowing opportunities, alumni career mentors, and more! Our on-campus operations will be closed for the duration of the semester, which means that Sebastian’s Closet will be closed, and we will not be offering professional headshots. We look forward to seeing you virtually throughout the semester!

Black Lives Matter!

Over the summer months, Toppel posted our support for BLM on our website and social media platforms. This was our first statement:

We denounce and stand against racism.

We stand in solidarity with and support Black lives.

We recognize that the state of race in America is harmfully affecting our Black university community.

The Toppel Career Center team will remain dedicated to educating students, employers, and each other about diversity, equity, and inclusion in our society, and specifically, in the workplace.

We will continue to listen, learn, educate, and challenge ourselves to promote and stand for anti-racism in support of UM students and the employers who recruit at the U.

We will keep saying and honoring their names: George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor (and the countless others) and challenge you to do the same.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Stay tuned to the Toppel Insider as we feature our plans throughout the semester.

Get your dream job on Handshake

Handshake is the platform that UM uses to connect you to thousands of amazing job and internship opportunities, networking events, and career advice from fellow college students across the world. Not sure what your career goals are or what kinds of jobs to look for? Handshake recommends opportunities based on your interests! It’s a great tool to use for researching job & internship possibilities and reading employer reviews. Make sure you complete or update your profile now that the new semester is underway. 80% of students who enter their career interests get messaged by recruiters, so be sure these areas are current. Handshake will show you opportunities based on your interests and other profile information, and you can save them and apply to them directly in the platform.

Jobs & Internships

PDAcademy

Find a Career Mentor

Toppel Spotlight

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INTERN
nView Medical

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING INTERN
Elite Leads

HUMAN RESOURCES INTERN
General Motors

ANIMAL CARE INTERNSHIP
Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch

GRADUATE PUBLIC SERVICE INTERN
University of Illinois Springfield

TAX INTERN
Templeton & Company, LLP

ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERN
GOALOOP

SUMMER/FALL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Northwestern Mutual

DATA SCIENTIST
Propeterra

LEGAL INTERN
Metra

The Professional Development Academy is an intensive program designed to help students develop knowledge and skills for career readiness and success. The programs offer participants the opportunity to explore critical professional competencies identified by employers. These center around a curriculum of communication proficiency, critical thinking, and workplace professionalism. This year’s offerings include:

STEM Edition

Date: Wednesdays, September 2 - November 4 Time: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Zoom

Humanities & Social Sciences Edition

Date: Tuesdays, September 8 - October 6
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Zoom

Participation benefits include a one credit transcript notation, a certificate of completion, and opportunities for networking and personalized industry connections. PDAcademy is open to all undergraduate students who are interested in dominating the job market – apply here for the Fall 2020 semester today! Please note that you must be able to attend all sessions in order to be selected as part of the class.

Are you looking for a career mentor? An alum to who's been in your shoes? Our mentoring platform helps connect you with alumni in a variety of different industries. Expand your network and check it out today!

You can login to C2C using your UMID, enter some basic information about yourself, and then the site uses this to suggest alumni to connect to. Not sure how to start the conversation? The site has templates you can use to help you craft your messages to alumni! Remember, mentorship is a two-way street. If you're going to connect, remember to follow-through.

Ben Ezzy

Communication Specialist

Hi everyone! My name is Ben Ezzy and I am the Communications Specialist at Toppel. This means I oversee the graphic design and social media interns and help put together the communications/marketing materials that you see on our platforms… including this newsletter! I graduated from UM in the Class of 2020, and I am back as an MFA Interactive Media student in the School of Communication, where I also teach Introduction to Electronic Media Production. I have a passion for live media producing and directing, and I have interned for CBS News in New York and the Miami Heat. I’ve also worked professionally as an Associate Producer for CBS-4 here in South Florida. Outside of work, I am a referee, and I enjoy staying active and involved in athletics and going out to eat with friends.

If I can give one piece of professional advice, it’s to take advantage of the fact that you’re a student and use that to open doors. I first reached out to the producer of the Miami Heat broadcasts to do a project on sports leadership for a Sports Admin class I took junior year at UM. We stayed in touch, and that’s how I got the internship opportunity a year later.

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