Career Links
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Welcome to the Office of Career Services
Opportunity + Training + Initiative = Success
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Post your resume and search for positions in this personalized system that is only available to McKendree students and alumni! Employers interested in hiring McKendree students and alumni utilize this site. In addition, search over 95,000 entry-level jobs throughout the United States. Students can also search for a mentor!
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View information from the world’s leading source of career information. 4,000+ company profiles, 3,000 Vault career advice articles, industry and occupational profiles, Vault Guidebooks, and access to the Vault Message Boards for insider information are all available to McKendree students and alumni!
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Clark Hall, Room 104
701 College Road
Lebanon, IL 62254
618.537.6805/6806
Fax: 618.537.6523
HOURS:
Monday-Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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CashCourse is an online resource from the National Endowment for Financial Education that teaches college students and recent graduates about budgeting and how to keep from overspending. Resources are also available on the World of Work and College Life.
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Focus is an online career and education planning system that is designed to provide McKendree University students and alumni with personalized career and education exploration and planning services.
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Do What You Are is an online program that is designed to help McKendree University students and alumni learn more about their personality type, and as a result maximize major and career satisfaction.
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Career Services provides a variety of programs, ranging from selecting a major during your first year to preparing for graduate school or a job search upon graduation and thereafter. Individual career counseling, resume/cover letter critiques, mock interviews, and a variety of other services are available. The Career Resource Room provides access to books and journals, focusing on career planning, graduate/professional school application, and job search information. We highly encourage you to view our Career Planning Guides on this site for a tremendous amount of information in regards to career planning, the job search, and graduate school admissions.
As a student you can attend workshops on interviewing, resume/cover letter preparation, networking, busineses ethics, and graduate/professional school admissions. By connecting with College Central Network, your resume will be available on-line to employers seeking to fill their job vacancies and you can view job openings. The Bearcat Job Finder, McKendree’s job bulletin, also provides employer vacancies. In addition, the Career Services Office hosts/co-hosts several job fairs and other networking events throughout the year.
McKendree University is proud of its strong undergraduate internship program. The internship experience complements traditional coursework by providing students with senior status the opportunity to apply classroom theory in a work environment. Internships are available each semester in a variety of companies and organizations. Please contact Career Services to discuss how an internship can benefit you.
We encourage all undergraduate and graduate students to visit us soon after they arrive on campus. We are here to assist you in order to make your life at McKendree an even more valuable experience.
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Jennifer K Pickerell, M.A.
Director of Career Services
618.537.6806
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Anne L. Dulski, M.A.Ed.
Assistant Director
618.537.6805
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