AREER ADVISING

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AREER ADVISING
C
AND PLANNING SERVICES
Family Weekend 2007
The University of Chicago
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CAPS Mission

• The University of Chicagos office of Career
  Advising and Planning Services (CAPS) guides
  undergraduate and graduate students in the arts
  and sciences, as well as University of Chicago
  alumni, through their career development process.

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What We Do

• We work with students and alumni in their career
  exploration and internship and job search

To navigating the application process and
celebrating your first job.
From early exploration to writing your first
resume
To targeted searches and mock interviews
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How We Do It

• One on one career counseling with CAPS advisors
• One on one graduate and professional study
  advising
• Daily walk-in hours
• Daily appointments
• Assistance identifying and applying for
  opportunities
• Summer and term time opportunities
• Full-time jobs and post-graduate study
• A wide variety of programs for students
• Resume, Cover letter and Personal Statement
  workshops
• Interview preparation, including mock interviews
• Career Exploration Workshops
• Immersion camps
• Facilitate Connections
• Alumni, fellow students, employers

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Immersion Days

• Focused on exploring careers and
  professionalizing within a specific industry
  students join Alumni and area professionals in
  these full day events.

Arts and Culture Training Day (ACT)
Business Recruiting Immersion Camp (RIC)
Science and Technology (STATIC)
Public and Social Service (PASS)
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Externships Internships

• Alumni Board of Governors Externships
• Past externship sites have included the Wall
  Street Journal
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• Jeff Metcalf Fellows Internships - Past
  internship sites have included
• Museums Smithsonian Institution, Art Institute
  of Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry,
  Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic,
  London
• WTTWs Chicago TonightChicago Public Television
• Brookings Institute, Cato Institute
• Chicago Mayors Office
• JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, The Cambridge Group,
  LEK, Sidley Austin, LLP (DC office)

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Externships Internships

• Other UChicago Internship Opportunities
• Journalism Program places students at media
  outlets including Fox News Radio and CBS Evening
  News Weekend Edition
• Human Rights Internship Program places students
  internationally, including locations such as the
  Institute for Democracy, Cape Town, South Africa
• Summer Links places students in Chicago-area
  public service organizations, including John
  Stroger Hospital (Cook County) Trauma Center,
  World Relief, Marjorie Kovler Center for
  Treatment of Survivors of Torture
• Richter Research and Internship Grants
• Summer Arts Planning Council Grants

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Full-Time Opportunities
On Campus Recruiting
164 companies conducted 3,000 interviews for
full-time and internship positions.
Abbot Laboratories, Argonne National Laboratory,
Brookings Institute, Goldman Sachs, The State
Department, Google, Microsoft, the Peace Corps,
Teach for America

• CAPS

Sample Organizations
Job Internship Opportunities Posted Weekly
UChicagoTRAK
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Facilitating Connections

• CAPS is committed to facilitating valuable
  connections for our students
• Alumni Careers Network (ACN)
• Over 15,000 alumni available for students to
  contact to learn more about their professional
  trajectory
• Searchable by 16 criteria including location,
  occupation, and major
• Chicago Student Network (CSN)
• Over 2,400 current students available for other
  students to contact to learn more about their
  majors, internships, summer experiences, or
  post-college plans
• Collaborating with Alumni
• Our alumni are an active and vital resource for
  our students as they explore and pursue
  opportunities
• Diversity in the Workplace, Taking the Next Step,
  Metcalf Fellowships, etc.

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Student Outcomes
Full-Time Employment
15 Fulbright Scholars and 3 Truman Fellows last
year
Fellowships Grants
What Our Graduates Do
Graduate Professional School
Travel Short-Term Employment (i.e. The Jet
Program)
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Student Outcomes
Full-time Employment Over 200 unique
organizations employ the class of 2007

• Industries include
• Banking
• Consulting
• Education (teaching)
• Federal Govt and Legal Services
• Medical/Healthcare/Biotech
• Non-profit
• Research/Development
• Technology

• Employers include
• Boston Consulting Group
• Goldman Sachs
• Peace Corps
• Meltwater News
• National Institute of Health
• Savannah Theater
• Google
• Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
• Meltwater News
• Teaching Fellows programs in NY, Chicago, DC,
  Oakland and Mississippi

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Student Outcomes
Post Graduate Studies

• Programs
• Graduate School in the Arts and Sciences
• Law School
• Medical School
• Business School

• Graduate Schools
• Harvard University
• Stanford University
• Princeton University
• Columbia University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Student Success Stories
A transfer student studying public policy who is
also an avid Jazz musician, applies for Metcalf
internships with the Smithsonian Museums Jazz
archive and the Chicago Mayors office.
He receives an internship in policy at the
Mayors Office for the summerthey ask him to
stay on throughout the school year.
His Jazz trio made up of another undergraduate
and a graduate Philosophy student also receives a
Summer grant from the Arts Planning Council.
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Student Success Stories
A 4th year Biological Chemistry major, having
second thoughts about medical school came to CAPS
to explore other opportunities.
He participated in the Recruiting Immersion Camp
wrote targeted cover letters and resumes
practiced his interviewing skills with GSB
students.
He was pre-selected for 17 interviews with top
financial service and consulting firms received
4 offers and decided on health care consulting.
He returned this year to participate in the
career fair as an employer!
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AREER ADVISING
C
AND PLANNING SERVICES
https//caps.uchicago.edu
(773) 702 - 7040