Hiremizzougrads.com
Lindsey Benne, posted Nov. 30, 2006
You
are sitting on the commuter bus waiting for it to take you
from the Trowbridge parking lot to campus when a friend of
yours climbs aboard and sits next to you. Your friend begins
telling you how excited they are about being hired by Pioneer
for an internship this summer. They tell you about the great
pay they will be getting and the credits they will receive
towards their degree. You then realize this is not the first
of your friends to be hired for an internship in the past
few weeks and begin to worry that maybe you should be doing
the same. Where do you go to get an internship? Who do you
talk to about it? You realize you do not even know where to
start. Your friend then tells you to register with hiremizzougrads.com.
A Web site created at MU, hiremizzougrads.com helps students
become connected with employers. “Hiremizzougrads.com
is an online interactive career system providing students
with full and part-time jobs and internships,” said
Stephanie Chipman, Career Services Director for CAFNR. “It
also allows students to manage on campus interviews and career
fair events.”
After registering with the Web site, students and alumni may
search for job postings, sign up for on campus interviews,
browse employer directories, and RSVP for career fairs and
events. “This service is available to all students and
we encourage all students to begin using it early to become
familiar with the site,” said Chipman.
Employers that register with the site may post and manage
job openings. Anything from full and part-time jobs to internships
and campus, seasonal, and graduate assistantships. Employers
may also schedule on-campus interviews, browse resumes, and
register for career fairs and events. Students will find a
wide range of companies using the Web site including Archer
Daniels Midland, Pioneer and Monsanto.
To register with the Web site, students should go to www.hiremizzougrads.com,
and click on Enter. Students are then asked to give their
name, addresses, skills and additional information including
career goals and job preferences. Students must then submit
a resume for reviewing. “After filling out basic information
of address and major, students then submit a resume that is
reviewed by students who are professional resume reviewers,”
said Chipman. “After having their resume reviewed, students
will then be approved by an email notification.”
Users may upload resumes, cover letters, references, recommendation
letters and other documents. Accounts may also be updated
at anytime.
“I encourage students to take advantage of the service,
it is completely free for students,” said Chipman.
