Finding a Job
The job search process is just that - a process. This process should include, but is not limited to, identifying your personal job and career goals, identifying employers whose goals mesh with yours, researching employers of interest, writing resumes and cover letters, initiating contact through networking, applying to advertised positions, securing interviews, and negotiating a compensation package.
Seems simple enough, right? Just follow the yellow brick road to job search success. Unfortunately, what the above process flow does not show is the iterative nature of the job search process. There will be challenges along the way and you will be repeating many of the steps for each employer you are pursuing. Overall, you should seek to master each step of the process so that each eventual job prospect will continue to a potential offer. Mastering the job search process will result not only in a job offer, but in the right job for you.
Review the resources in the Alumni area to help with your job search.
Preparing for Your Search
Enhance your job search by accessing the following career services: individual career advising (staff bios), on-campus recruiting, career fairs, career development workshops, mock interviews, and company presentations.
Review our career development workshops on-line or sign-up to attend them on-campus.
Use MITCO's on-line library to obtain to identify companies, tailor your resume and cover letters, prepare for interviews, and obtain market data for salary negotiations.
Attend an Alumni Career Seminar. Individual MIT Clubs arrange career seminars focusing on career development, choices, management, and entrepreneurship, and career networking events for members and students. Contact the local club in your area for a schedule of events.
Utilize e-ProNet's Career Research Center - Brought to you in partnership with Wetfeet.com, the Career Research Center gives you access to trusted insider research on today's hottest industries, salary and relocation comparisons, detailed company profiles and more.
Making Connections
Uncover hidden job opportunities by networking with the MIT alumni community.
More than 95,000 alumni live and work across the US and around the world. Start making the connection! The most successful, influential and diverse community of alumni in the world is at your fingertips. You can make the connection by joining an Alumni Club or Affinity Group - great sources for career advice and networking, sign-up for 400 Alumni E-mail Lists. (type in "job" in the search box for e-mail discussions on the jobs in your region), gather with your class for an MIT Class Event or Reunion, and/or attend an Alumni Career Seminar in your geographical region.
Find an alumni industry contact through the Alumni Association's Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) database.
Check out MIT's Events Calendar to network with panelists in your targeted field.
Network with industry professionals at one of The Science and Engineering Business Club's career events.
Applying to Advertised Listings
Register for MIT's job-listings and on-campus recruiting via MIT CareerBridge.
Search current job listings, from alumni to alumni via MIT's Alumni Association website.
Access eProNet - a FREE career service for MIT alumni that matches exceptional individuals with exceptional opportunities at the world's most desirable companies. Tailored for high-achieving professionals, our state-of-the-art online features translate into excellent matches between our experienced alumni and our employer clients.
Make use of our Career Center Reciprocity Program - Many other colleges and universities will share access to job listings and career libraries. If you do not live close to MIT, we can request reciprocity from a career services office at a college or university near you. Other institutions frequently grant MIT alumni/ae access to their career libraries, job listings, etc. This arrangement usually does not include individual counseling by the career office staff in other institutions. (Business Schools do not grant reciprocity. In California, the state universities do not grant reciprocity.) Send us your name, course number, year of graduation, address and name of the nearby school to mitco@mit.edu.
Last updated on Monday, September 22, 08 at 10:20:37 AM EDT.
