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Career Services Notes for MSBA Students
Monday, April 13, 2020
Good evening! I hope that you had a nice weekend, and that your week is off to a solid start. These are not easy days for anyone; patience and persistence will be key to our success. I miss seeing you in BIF! I hope that you are doing well, and continuing to do your part by social distancing, to prevent the spread of this virus to the extent possible. Career Services advisers are also working from home – and we’re creating programs to support your continued job search. Read on, for details.
Your Career Services advisers are also all available for individual appointments...schedule a 30-minute appointment, or a 60-minute Practice Interview, or a Mock Case Interview, using your Gies Groups account. If you need help scheduling, please email me and I will gladly help you figure it out.
Reminder: You can read all past versions of this newsletter on Gies Groups. From your program portal (NOT the Gies Graduate and Career Services portal...) click on the “Newsletters” tab at the top, and you’ll find each newsletter since the beginning of the academic year!
Here’s the news you need for this week:
Hire Big Ten Plus Virtual Career Fair – TOMORROW
Career Development Theme of the Week: Telling Your Story, Building Your Brand
Career Services Workshops
Monday – Making the Most of a Virtual Career Fair
Thursday – Effective Job Search Strategies in Today’s Global Market
Thursday– Mastering Your Next Virtual Interview
Friday – Business Students Virtual Career Exploration at Research Park
Scam Alert
Company Information Sessions
Job Postings
Hire Big Ten Plus Career Fair – April 14, 10:00am until 1:00pm
Every Spring Semester, several universities collaborate to host a virtual career fair. These Universities are in the Big Ten athletic league, plus the University of Chicago, the University of Notre Dame and DePaul University. University of Illinois students have made beneficial contacts with recruiters from participating companies at past Hire Big Ten Virtual Fairs, so take advantage of this opportunity!
This year’s fair will take place tomorrow, Tuesday April 14 from 11-2pm Eastern Time – so mark your calendar to participate between 10:00am and 1:00pm, Illinois time. You can participate from wherever you are – just make sure that you login at the right time. Hire Big Ten is working with a vendor, VFairs, that will host the event. 60 employers have posted position on the site! The virtual career fair site is https://hirebig10.vfairs.com/ Register today, so that all you need to do on Tuesday is Login! And – research the companies in advance. Create a target list, and prepare questions.
The company list and jobs list is now available on the fair website! Scroll down and click on “View All Jobs” Positions that caught my eye that may interest you include:
Epic – Technical Solutions Engineer, Project Manager, Quality Assurance, Software Developer
Fast Enterprises – Implementation Consultant
FDM - 2020 Summer Graduate Business Consultant
Medpace – Project Coordinator
Primera Engineers – Business Analyst
Sibel, Inc. - Data Analyst
US Department of State – Consular Fellows Program, Office Management Specialist, Information Management Specialist
Career Development Theme of the Week: Telling Your Story, Building Your Brand
Resources:
Career Services Workshops
TODAY – Making the Most of a Virtual Career Fair
If you were not able to attend (via zoom!) at noon today, you can watch the 16-minute edited recording of the workshop at https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_011hvyho
Thursday – Effective Job Search Strategies in Today’s Global Market
This will be a not-to-be-missed presentation by a VAULT.com representative, for all Gies College of Business students. Learn how to leverage VAULT’s resources in your job search! Complete information, including the “gotomeeting” login address, is included in the event announcement on Gies Groups.
You have access to VAULT’s vast library of career development and job search resources.....click on “Useful Links” from the Gies Graduate Career and Student Services” portal and then click on “Vault”. Use your university credentials to login to access at no cost to you. (Note: if you logon to vault.com you will be charged to access these resources...)
Thursday– Mastering Your Next Virtual Interview [Covid 19 Edition]
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Come learn about best practices when it comes to landing a job while social distancing! Explore the tools and resources that you have access to during your career search while listening to our peer career advisors share tips and advice from their own experience with virtual interviewing.
This is the same workshop that was offered last Friday, April 13. If you are not able to attend this week, you will have one more opportunity to receive the information for this topic on Friday, April 24, from 3:00pm until 4:00pm
Friday – Busines Students Virtual Career Exploration at Research Park
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Complete information is on Gies Groups
There have been several opportunities to connect with Research Park (the Research Park Block Party, Research Park tables at campus career fairs, the Research Park Career Fair in March...), so it’s likely that you are fully aware of what will be presented in this Virtual Career Connections Series presentation by Dr. Jennifer Kim. Anyone who has not engaged with the Research Park before, and is interested in learning what happens at the Research Park, is invited to attend this session with MSA and MSF students.
Scam Alert
Beware – do not believe everything you read! Don’t get caught and find yourself involved in a scam!
This weekend I received an email message with the subject line “Important Announcement!”. The text of the message was: “We are currently seeking for someone who can work from home as a personal assistant. willing to pay 400UDS weekly and working time is 8 hours weekly. If you are interested in this opportunity send your Full name and phone number to: …....”.
Consider this and any similar message you receive to be a fraud. DO NOT REPLY. Delete the message. Ignore it. The sender is looking for information, which will lead to the responders becoming victims of cyber crime. How do I know it’s a fraud? The grammar error caught my attention... and no real job tells you the pay and hours required before telling you more about the job duties. This is the very beginning of some sort of scheme that will end in people paying their own money for something that turns out to be nothing. Victims’ personal bank accounts have been drained by similar schemes. DO NOT FALL VICTIM to such crime!
If you ever question the source of any job lead, please contact me immediately. Send me an email, or schedule an appointment to talk about it.
Company Information Sessions
Multiple virtual sessions: Bloomberg Asia Pacific
Starting Monday, March 2 until Wednesday, April 29. The webinar access link will be sent to registered attendees a few days before the session.
Bloomberg APAC Recruitment Team has launched a series of recruitment information webinars for students who are interested in graduate and internship opportunities in APAC in 2020. Register today to join an informative and interactive session! To learn more and RSVP visit Handshake.
Unilever Virtual Info Session
Thursday, April 16th| 7:00 PM (Beijing)| Virtual |Virtual Event Register Here
Innovation Lead & Smart IoT BOE Career Workshop Livestream
Thursday, April 16th| 8:00 PM –9:30 PM (Beijing)| Virtual |Virtual Event Register Here
Interview Skill Workshop of Bloomberg Hong Kong/ APAC Opportunity´éÀMonday, April 20th | 4:00PM HKT–5:00PM HKT| Virtual Event
Job Postings
GE China is hiring! A few of the positions I heard about are “Digital Technology Leadership Program Early Identification Intern”, “Operations Management Leadership program Early Identification Intern”, and “Commercial Leadership Program Early Identification Intern”. The positions are posted at campus.51job.com/ge2020 If you are interested in GE China opportunities, please let me know, as I have a few more details to share with interested students.
Campus Recruiting Intern at Midea, China |
Midea Group, world’s leading technologies in consumer appliances, is looking for 2021-2022 graduates for various positions open in multiple major cities in China. To learn more and apply click here.
Posted on Handshake:
Make sure to check Handshake frequently, and apply for positions as soon as possible. Although there is an application deadline included in the posting, most recruiters will review applications and contact applicants as they find suitable candidates.
Here are a few positions that caught my eye this week:
BMW Group China positions are posted by Lockin, and posted on Handshake (search Lockin to find)
Tesla has several positions posted on Handshake. Those that could interest MSBA students include:
Tesla – Manufacturing-Supply Chain Internship Fall 2020
Tesla – Manufacturing Supply Chain Logistics Internship Fall 2020
Tesla – Manufacturing Supply Chain Planning Internship Fall 2020
Tesla – Manufacturing Supply Chain Purchasing Internship Fall 2020
Tesla – Manufacturing Project Management Internship Fall 2020
ByteDance – Overseas Game Operation Management – 2020 Campus
ByteDance – Overseas Game Brand Management – 2020 Campus
ByteDance – HR Recruitment Operation Expert
ByteDance – Overseas Game Localization Management – 2020 Campus
ByteDance – Game Data Operation – 2020 Campus
ByteDance – Game Project Management – 2020 Campus
That’s it for this week. Please let me know how I can help your job search! I’m only an email message away!
Dede
Dede Kern Brown
Your Career Advisor
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